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Angela Natividad
Angela Natividad is a freelance copywriter, journalist and strategist based in Paris. She co-founded AdVerveBlog.com, a blog and podcast about ads and design, and writes MarketingProfs' “Get to the Point!: Social Media” newsletters. She likes people and animals, but not as much as books.
Tweet her @luckthelady.
James Martin
James Martin is the community manager of music & TV tradeshows midem & MIPTV/MIPCOM. He edits their respective industry news & trends blogs (blog.midem.com & mipblog.com) and also covers video games and technology for French cultural weekly A Nous Paris
Tweet him at @jamesmart_in
Stuart Dredge
Stuart Dredge is a freelance journalist based in the UK. He writes about digital music for Music Ally, and about apps and mobile for The Guardian, The Sunday Times and The Appside, as well as his own Apps Playground site.
Tweet him @stuartdredge
checkthis: super simple social shouting OK so there’s tumblr (right here), and there are clever module-based online flyer offerings like webdoc. But we’ve rarely seen as simple and effective “digital posters for social media” (their own words) as checkthis. If you’ve got something to say, you can chuck in text, photo, video (this playlist example’s particularly smart) and even polls and the like (cf. our own checkthis what I just made, pictured above), then share it on Facebook/Twitter/Pinterest etc.  Crucially, when you do so on Facebook inparticular, your checkthis is shared as a  proper piece of content (like a YouTube video, for eg.), as opposed to — god forbid — just a link!  Yes, it is very similar to webdoc: but hats off to checkthis’ superior usability & overall quickness. Try our poll & you’ll see! Plus we’ll be eternally grateful :)

checkthis: super simple social shouting

OK so there’s tumblr (right here), and there are clever module-based online flyer offerings like webdoc. But we’ve rarely seen as simple and effective “digital posters for social media” (their own words) as checkthis.

If you’ve got something to say, you can chuck in text, photo, video (this playlist example’s particularly smart) and even polls and the like (cf. our own checkthis what I just made, pictured above), then share it on Facebook/Twitter/Pinterest etc. 

Crucially, when you do so on Facebook inparticular, your checkthis is shared as a  proper piece of content (like a YouTube video, for eg.), as opposed to — god forbid — just a link! 

Yes, it is very similar to webdoc: but hats off to checkthis’ superior usability & overall quickness.

Try our poll & you’ll see! Plus we’ll be eternally grateful :)

Facedeals: Making Big Brother a Deal-Maker.

Watch out, Foursquare and Square. Facedeals is a facial recognition camera that syncs to your Facebook profile. 

The Facedeals camera is in beta in select Nashville, TN stores. Here’s how it works: you approach a resto you like and the camera passively recognises you. Minutes later, your phone tells you that you’ve been automatically checked in at the establishment. It’ll also send you a deal that you can immediately show the waiter to save money right that minute.

Users who want to participate must opt in to Facedeals from their Facebook accounts.

Given that everyone and their mom has Facebook, we can easily imagine Facedeals or a similar service becoming a mainstream commodity. Once that happens, it’s not unreasonable to dream up a Square competitor which will liberate you from wearing a wallet; the app could manage payment remotely by interfacing between the restaurant and Facebook, which probably already has your credit card information anyway.

Brought to you by Red Pepper Lab.

(Source: adverve)

Yves Saint Laurent's Fans-Only Makeup Palette

The YouTube how-to girls will be going crazy for this one. To demonstrate its social love, Yves Saint Laurent Beauté is pulling a first in its industry and launching a makeup palette sold exclusively to Fans on Facebook.

The “Devoted to Fans” product line, produced in partnership with Facebook, goes live with the “Pantone Facebook” palette, of which only 1650 will be produced for the brand’s fan page. 

In an interview with FrenchWeb, marketing and digital director Carla de Préval of Yves Saint Laurent said, “Before I arrived there’d already been a number of cool productions, and since my arrival we’ve tried to push things a little further, to have a complete and global vision of digital — to separate ourselves from a completely internet-oriented vision and to really digitalize all points of contact.”

Definitely a hype worth following. The playful spirit that goes into producing a quality product for Facebook fans also reminds us of Jimmy Choo’s Catchachoo effort for Foursquare. Because we’re in a time when the fun and frivolous energy of fashion is being democratised, breaking out into the world and becoming contagious, like a fever. Ironically it took a screen to do that.

Angry Birds for Facebook gets share and embed feature

You can now share levels from the Facebook version of Angry Birds with friends. Developer Rovio announced the feature today.

“Not only can you share and embed a level directly onto a Facebook timeline, blog, or webpage, you can also play it there instantly - no questions, no installs, no hassle!” explains the company on its blog.

“We’re happy to be one of the first developers to bring gameplay directly to your Facebook feed, Tumblr, Wordpress, or wherever else you might want to share and play with your friends!”

We’ve done it above: have a play.

British broadcaster the BBC is getting into the social games market, but with an experienced partner: 6waves Lolapps. The idea: to launch a series of social games based on its most famous TV shows, including Top Gear, and Jane Austen’s Rogues & Romance. (Yes, Jane Austen. In 2012, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a long-dead author in possession of a good source of costume-dramas must be in want of a Facebook game.) “With Facebook’s global platform and user reach, it’s a natural fit to extend BBC’s IP to social games that can enrich experiences and connections for our fans and their friends,” says the Beeb’s Robert Nashak.

British broadcaster the BBC is getting into the social games market, but with an experienced partner: 6waves Lolapps.

The idea: to launch a series of social games based on its most famous TV shows, including Top Gear, and Jane Austen’s Rogues & Romance.

(Yes, Jane Austen. In 2012, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a long-dead author in possession of a good source of costume-dramas must be in want of a Facebook game.)

“With Facebook’s global platform and user reach, it’s a natural fit to extend BBC’s IP to social games that can enrich experiences and connections for our fans and their friends,” says the Beeb’s Robert Nashak.

There’s a big buzz around documentary ‘Marley’, about the life of Bob Marley. Its cinematic release is 20 April, but there’s a fascinating twist: the very same day, it will also be available to stream on the Bob Marley Facebook page. For a price. Fans will pay $6.99 via PayPal or credit card to watch the film online, using technology provided by F-commerce firm Milyoni. They’ll also be able to chat to other fans while watching, and tag their favourite clips to share with friends. Interesting – although judging by the message I just got when trying to click through, it won’t be streamable here in the UK. Milyoni is a company to watch though: back in March 2011 it worked with Warner Bros to make some of its films streamable on Facebook using the same tech platform.

There’s a big buzz around documentary ‘Marley’, about the life of Bob Marley. Its cinematic release is 20 April, but there’s a fascinating twist: the very same day, it will also be available to stream on the Bob Marley Facebook page.

For a price. Fans will pay $6.99 via PayPal or credit card to watch the film online, using technology provided by F-commerce firm Milyoni. They’ll also be able to chat to other fans while watching, and tag their favourite clips to share with friends.

Interesting – although judging by the message I just got when trying to click through, it won’t be streamable here in the UK. Milyoni is a company to watch though: back in March 2011 it worked with Warner Bros to make some of its films streamable on Facebook using the same tech platform.

Here’s a great example of how Facebook Timeline can be used. Hop over to Spotify’s Facebook page to experience — and listen to — a near-complete history of music, going all the way back to the year 1000. When, we ask, have you ever been able to experience ear candy like a Bible scholar?!Here’s a great example of how Facebook Timeline can be used. Hop over to Spotify’s Facebook page to experience — and listen to — a near-complete history of music, going all the way back to the year 1000. When, we ask, have you ever been able to experience ear candy like a Bible scholar?!Here’s a great example of how Facebook Timeline can be used. Hop over to Spotify’s Facebook page to experience — and listen to — a near-complete history of music, going all the way back to the year 1000. When, we ask, have you ever been able to experience ear candy like a Bible scholar?!

Here’s a great example of how Facebook Timeline can be used. Hop over to Spotify’s Facebook page to experience — and listen to — a near-complete history of music, going all the way back to the year 1000. When, we ask, have you ever been able to experience ear candy like a Bible scholar?!

Facebook buys Instagram for $1bn. Promises not to kill it.

So much for public holidays. Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg spent his Easter Monday announcing the social network’s acquisition of photo-sharing app Instagram, in what TechCrunch is claiming to be a $1bn deal.

Our first response – well, our second response after yelling something unprintable out of sheer surprise – was to wonder if this makes Instagram the latest cool service to be bought and then shut down / run into the ground by Facebook. But Zuck says Instagram most certainly isn’t the new FriendFeed, Drop.io or Beluga.

“We believe these are different experiences that complement each other. But in order to do this well, we need to be mindful about keeping and building on Instagram’s strengths and features rather than just trying to integrate everything into Facebook,” he blogs.

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