The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is heading for a new battleground: social media. In preparation for the long-awaited peace talks between Israel and Palestine beginning this Thursday in Washington, both sides are bringing the network effect to diplomacy. In recent days, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened up accounts on Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, and YouTube, reports the Personal Democracy Forum (PDF).
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Israel and Palestine Leveraging Network Effect in Latest Peace Talks
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New York Magazine has a really great piece up about the Hollywood Stock Exchange, also known as HSX. HSX was originally a game, using virtual money, that involved betting on the earnings potential of movies
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Why the Film Industry Is Afraid of the Hollywood Stock Exchange
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Mashable discovered a new setting in Twitter today, available to only a few Twitter users.
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Twitter to Integrate Photos and Videos Into the Stream
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How a 25-year-old college dropout became the “it” nerd to the stars.
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Next Tech: "I’m With Coco" Creator Aviv Hadar
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Magazine editors who’ve been playing around with Wired’s iPad app this weekend might like to know that the Adobe software used to create it will soon be available for anyone wanting to develop a fabulous iPad app (memo to GQ digital department: this means you ). While Steve may not be a fan of Flash, it’s not stopping Adobe from making their software the go-to product for tablet-based publications.
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Adobe iPad Publishing Tools Coming Soon
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Magazine editors who’ve been playing around with Wired’s iPad app this weekend might like to know that the Adobe software used to create it will soon be available for anyone wanting to develop a fabulous iPad app (memo to GQ digital department: this means you ). While Steve may not be a fan of Flash, it’s not stopping Adobe from making their software the go-to product for tablet-based publications. The software, which uses Adobe’s InDesign CR5, was created with Wired staff input, and Adobe is claiming that it will deliver “a new advertising paradigm”–and, maybe, make its iPad-izer , as Stephen Shankland calls it, almost as ubiquitous as the iPad is expected to be
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Adobe iPad Publishing Tools Coming Soon
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We evaluated “Dexter's” fourth season, which premiered last September, and the upcoming third season of “True Blood,” which premieres June 13.
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‘Dexter’ vs. ‘True Blood’: The Battle of Two Killer Media Plans
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Over 8,200 people have made online reservations in the past month for the upcoming Nissan Leaf EV, and for good reason. The $33,000 vehicle, set to be released later this year, is the first affordable all-electric vehicle from a major auto manufacturer.
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Nissan Leaf EV to Have Ultra-Cheap Battery Pack
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LCD Soundsystem played a secret gig in New York the other day, and the band used the event as an opportunity to make an unusual plea, direct to their fans: Please don’t leak our upcoming album on the Web. It fell on deaf ears. After playing some old favorites, dancepunk act LCD Soundsystem launched into a few new numbers to promote their upcoming This is Happening album, due out on May 17th.
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LCD Soundsystem’s Anti-Piracy Plea to Fans Goes Unheeded
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Flash in the Can is probably one of the coolest events on the subject of technology+art+advertising. This video to promote their upcoming events is quite fun, even if someone think of it as “exaggerated” (as in the comments for the…
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The Last Advertising Agency On Earth
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