By Tech on
7/30/2012 1:29 PM
Instagram, the mobile photo-sharing app acquired by Facebook in April, announced on its blog they have surpassed 80 million users who have shared nearly 4 billion photos. The site launched October 2010 and has expanded from one platform to two when adding the Android app to the existing iOS app.
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By Tech on
7/27/2012 6:43 AM
The U.S. Census Bureau released a new online service that makes key demographic, socio-economic and housing statistics more accessible than ever before. The Census Bureau's first-ever public Application Programming Interface (API) allows developers to design Web and mobile apps to explore or learn more about America's changing population and economy.
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By Tech on
7/26/2012 6:45 AM
Email marketing, while still a prominent marketing tool, is most effective today as a nurturing platform than for acquiring leads, according to research conducted by Pardot, a leading provider of marketing automation for small and mid-sized businesses. Pardot conducted an online survey in June of 2012 to determine the role of email in B2B marketing strategies. The survey covered topics ranging from email marketing best practices to usage and testing, and was completed by more than 100 anonymous B2B marketers in the United States.
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By News Account on
7/24/2012 4:09 PM
NBC's television comedy series "Parks and Recreation," was filming sequences for the series’ season opener last week in DC ... Discovery Channel and Sapling Pictures teamed for a cross-promotional campaign supporting the network’s popular series, "Mythbusters", and new 20th Century Fox release, "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" ... and, in conjunction with Double R Productions' 25th anniversary, the firm hosted the premiere DC screening of “The Contradictions of Fair Hope".
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By News Account on
7/24/2012 3:18 PM
Peter Corbett of iStrategy Labs is featured in a Washington City Paper story ... Ketchum adds former Reuters correspondent Jeremy Pelofsky as VP and media strategist in the agency's public and corporate affairs practice ... Linda Roth Associates adds Megan Roberson as a senior publicist ... and, idfive in Baltimore adds Matt McDermott
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By Tech on
7/24/2012 12:34 PM
More Fortune Global 100 companies are using YouTube, but Twitter remains the most popular platform according to the third annual Burson-Marsteller Global Social Media Check-Up. The research included data from Visible Technologies. The study found
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By News Account on
7/23/2012 4:43 PM
Fleishman-Hillard announced the inaugural class of its China Masters Exchange program. Three students were selected to work in the agency's offices in St. Louis, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The 2012 recipients of the China Masters Exchange program includes Jing Kuai who will be working in the firm’s D.C. office.
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By News Account on
7/23/2012 4:40 PM
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense agency, announced that iostudio, a marketing agency with offices in Nashville and Washington, D.C., has been selected to receive the 2012 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award.
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By News Account on
7/22/2012 4:05 PM
The Borenstein Group announced that it finished first in the Washington Business Journal-Capital One Social Madness Challenge; and is the region’s only creative agency to make it to the national round, outscoring over 20 area competitors in the “Companies under 100 Employees” category.
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By News Account on
7/22/2012 3:16 PM
Design Army's Pum Lefebure has been named one of the 37 “Creatives Most Lusted After By Rival Agencies” by Business Insider. According to the article, the “2012 Poach List consists of the creatives (worldwide) cited most often by rival agencies—art directors and copywriters that make agencies jealous.”
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