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Link Post for February 20th through February 22nd

February 22, 2010 By The A2SM Editors Leave a Comment

This is the A2SM Link Post for February 20th through February 22nd. To see more of the bookmarks we’ve found, check out our Delicious Feed.

Twitter and Digicel Eliminate SMS Charges for Haiti – Twitter, as a platform, played a big role in the instantaneous spread of information following the earthquake that devastated Haiti in January. Today the microblogging site is officially supporting the exchange of real-time information and offering free SMS tweets for Digicel Haiti customers.
Guinness World Records Buys Video Site for Zany Challenges – Guinness World Records has purchased Bragster, a video-sharing site where you can “dare your friends and brag about it.”
On Bragster, users post dares — for example, “I dare everyone to drink five raw eggs” or “I dare everyone to make as many spins in an office chair as possible (in 1 min)” — and other users respond by posting videos of themselves fulfilling the task. Selected winners get bragging rights points and compete in a site-wide leaderboard. Each initial dare also gets voted up or down, so you can weed through the news for the most interesting dares.
Denny’s Menu Misprint Leads to Twitter Mess – Denny’s dine-in menu invites customers to “Join the conversation!” and follow @Dennys on Twitter. The problem is that the account in question belongs to a Taiwanese Twitterer — Dennys Hsieh — and not the American restaurant chain, which manages two official accounts: DennysAllNightr and DennysGrandSlam.
Walmart Acquires Online Movie Service Vudu – Walmart is set to make a play for your living room. The company has acquired online movie service Vudu, just over a month after rumors about a deal first surfaced.
A Beginner’s Guide to Made-for-Internet TV – Web video is expanding right now, and though a lot of attention is paid to episodes of network TV shows like Lost or The Office that you can stream online, there’s an emerging wealth of content made just for the web. There’s going to be even more of it in the future, so this is a great time to get in at the ground level and experience an emerging art form.
Facebook Acquires a Third Startup, Shuts it Down –

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Link Post for January 25th through January 26th

January 26, 2010 By The A2SM Editors 1 Comment

This is the A2SM Link Post for January 25th through January 26th. To see more of the bookmarks we’ve found, check out our Delicious Feed.

More Security Flaws Found in Internet Explorer – It’s been a rough few weeks for the Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. First, Google revealed that Chinese hackers have used an undocumented security flaw in IE to access personal data of some of their employees. Microsoft did not immediately issue a fix, which prompted both the German and the French government to warn against using Microsoft’s browser.
Google’s Nexus One to Be Sold at Walmart? – Although Google may have launched Nexus One with a unique direct-to-consumer strategy, it appears that might soon be changing, as the phone could be headed to the shelves of Walmart.
Google Voice Arrives on iPhone With HTML5-Powered Web App – Google has put the power of HTML5 to work to finally bring a rich Google Voice web app to the iPhone (and Palm webOS).
Apple Is Fighting To Drop iTunes TV Episodes to $0.99 – The Financial Times reports that Apple is trying to convince television networks in the United States to sign on to a drastic price cut for TV shows available for download through iTunes.
Social Is the Top Priority for Marketers in 2010 [STATS] – The research, published today in eMarketer, shows that 45.4% of respondents considered social a ‘top priority’ while another 42.2% deemed it ‘important’. That narrowly beat out digital infrastructure for the top spot,
Man Buried in Haiti Rubble Uses iPhone to Treat Wounds, Survive | Gadget Lab | Wired.com – U.S. filmmaker Dan Woolley was shooting a video about poverty in Haiti when the earthquake struck. He could have died, but he ultimately survived with the help of an iPhone first-aid app that taught him to treat his wounds.
Why Social Media Is Critical To E-Mail Marketing – It’s All About The Content