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'Its him. He died': Woman live Tweets own husband’s road death

A Vancouver woman who was live tweeting updates from a road crash has created an online wave of sympathy as it emerged she had been tweeting her own husband's death. ...

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World - 05/12/2013
Technology
SocialSanta app checks if people are naughty or nice based on number of times they have sworn on Twitter

SocialSanta app checks if people are naughty or nice based on number of times they have sworn on Twitter

A Social Media Agency, the social media branch of 10 Yetis PR Agency, has unveiled a new app to get social media fans into the Christmas spirit, finding out if they are naughty or nice based on the number of rude words used on their account. ...

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UK - 04/12/2013
Entertainment
44,000 pairs of 3D glasses and a specially created website help raise £9.5m for charity

44,000 pairs of 3D glasses and a specially created website help raise £9.5m for charity

ICAP brokers donned 3D glasses, and in some cases a festive elves costume, as part of the company’s annual charity day, which took place yesterday, 3 December. ...

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London - 04/12/2013
Technology
Yahoo brings in Ron Burgunday, Champ and Brian Fantana to sum up 2013

Yahoo brings in Ron Burgunday, Champ and Brian Fantana to sum up 2013

Yahoo has created a video with the irreverent characters from Anchorman, summing up its most searched terms of 2013. ...

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World - 04/12/2013
Technology
video
Sea Eagle snaps own selfie after nicking Australian wildlife camera

Sea Eagle snaps own selfie after nicking Australian wildlife camera

Wildlife rangers in Australia got more than they bargained for after installing a video camera in a remote corner of the Australian outback to record crocodiles, after it was snapped up by an inquisitive Sea Eagle who proceeded to loft it airborne...

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Australasia - 03/12/2013
Technology
Waterstones unveils owl delivery service following Amazon drone announcement

Waterstones unveils owl delivery service following Amazon drone announcement

Not to be outdone by Amazon's announcement of its drone delivery service, Waterstones has unveiled the new way it will be dispatching books: the Ornithological Waterstones Landing Service, or Owls for short. ...

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UK - 03/12/2013
Entertainment
video
Darth Vader

Star Wars Episode VII marketing kicks off with Darth Vader Instagram selfie

The next Star Wars film is not released for another two years, but the marketing effort appears to have commenced. ...

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World - 03/12/2013
Advertising
The Frying Nemo livery

Adelaide chip shop 'Frying Nemo' in copyright threat from Disney

An Adelaide chip shop has been served with a legal notice from the Disney corporation over claims that it has breached its copyright. ...

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Australasia - 03/12/2013
Below the line
Domino’s Pizza pokes fun at BA’s ‘look up’ outdoor ads in #Lookdown campaign

Domino’s Pizza pokes fun at BA’s ‘look up’ outdoor ads in #Lookdown campaign

Domino’s Pizza has unveiled a lighthearted take on British Airways’ #Lookup campaign, inviting consumers to #Lookdown at a pizza delivery man in an outdoor campaign. ...

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UK - 02/12/2013
Advertising
Man arrested in Asda during Black Friday chaos

Man arrested in Asda during Black Friday chaos

A man has been arrested in Asda during its Black Friday sale after he reacted badly to staff telling him he couldn’t buy two discounted TVs. ...

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UK - 29/11/2013
Technology
The White House brings turkey naming tradition into the digital age, as Americans vote for either #Caramel or #Popcorn

The White House brings turkey naming tradition into the digital age, as Americans vote for either #Caramel or #Popcorn

The naming of the ‘National Turkey’ has once for a second year taken place on social media. ...

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United States - 26/11/2013
Technology
Alex Salmond photo-bombed by a Union flag during live interview

Alex Salmond photo-bombed by a Union flag during live interview

Alex Salmond has had a taste of his own medicine as a Union flag was waved proudly behind him during a live STV interview for his White Paper on Scottish independence. ...

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Scotland - 26/11/2013
Media
Comic Relief unveils 'shameless book plug' campaign with Monkey

Comic Relief unveils 'shameless book plug' campaign with Monkey

Comic Relief has unveiled a campaign created by Mother, which sees Monkey appear in a new video for Careless Whisper. ...

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UK - 26/11/2013
Marketing
video
Nissan 370

Man sells testicle for a Nissan

In what is likely to be an unexpected - but possibly welcome – coup for car brand Nissan, a man has appeared on a US medical TV show and claimed that he wishes to sell a testicle in order to buy a Nissan 370 sports car. ...

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United States - 26/11/2013
Below the line
video
One Direction's third album is released today

Content discovery platform Outbrain analyses One Direction's content footprint to coincide with album launch

As One Direction launch their third album ‘Midnight Memories’ on both sides of the Atlantic within hours of each other, content discovery platform Outbrain has revealed that the UK remains the heartland of the 1D fanbase. ...

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World - 25/11/2013
Market Research
All Blacks and Adidas celebrate 14 wins in row with new website: wwwwwwwwwwwwww.allblacks.com

All Blacks and Adidas celebrate 14 wins in row with new website: wwwwwwwwwwwwww.allblacks.com

The All Blacks and Adidas are celebrating 14 wins in a row with a new website address: wwwwwwwwwwwwww.allblacks.com/. ...

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UK - 25/11/2013
Technology
Social Buzz Awards infographic: 95% of conversation about the event taking place on Twitter

Social Buzz Awards infographic: 95% of conversation about the event taking place on Twitter

The Social Buzz Awards, in association with iomart Group and sponsored by Meltwater, are set to take place this Thursday, 28 November. Meltwater has unveiled an infographic looking at discussion around the event. ...

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UK - 25/11/2013
Social Media

The return of DigitasLBi's #RaveCave racks up 5.4 million Twitter impressions

DigitasLBi invited more than 1,800 lucky ticket holders through the doors of its Brick Lane...

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UK - 22/11/2013
Advertising
How the Ashes England and Australia teams line up on Twitter

How the Ashes England and Australia teams line up on Twitter

The England cricket team is beating the Australian team ahead of the first Ashes test match…on Twitter at least. ...

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World - 20/11/2013
Social Media
One of many Bat-memes

Batman actors Ben Affleck, Val Kilmer and Adam West harness Bat-memes

Former Batman actors Val Kilmer and newly announced incumbent in the role, Ben Affleck have both joined in on the latest Bat-meme to hit the Twittersphere. ...

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World - 18/11/2013
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