Instagram is generally seen as being an item for consumer usage. However, did you think about ways that Instagram can be used to promote your business
Using hashtags and @ mentions, images can be promotional tools. Find out more about uses for Instagram here.
Citizens continue to play a critical role in supplying news and human rights footage from around the world. YouTube is committed to creating even better tools to help them. According to the international human rights organization WITNESS’ Cameras Everywhere report, “No video-sharing site or hardware manufacturer currently offers users the option to blur faces or protect identity.” YouTube will be the first.
A new tool on YouTube has launched that will allow users to obscure faces within videos with the click of a button. Once the video is chosen, the user can edit within the Video Enhancements tool can go to Additional Features and click the “Apply” button below Blur All Faces. Before publishing, a preview of what the video will look like with faces blurred will appear. After saving changes to the video, a new copy is created with the blurred faces.
Visual anonymity in video allows people to share personal footage more widely and to speak out when they otherwise may not. Because human rights footage, in particular, opens up new risks to the people posting videos and to those filmed, it’s important to keep in mind ways to protect yourself and the people in your videos.
PlayStation always strives to deliver engaging performances for its titles by utilizing incredible talent. Beyond: Two Souls pushes immersion to the next level by pairing top Hollywood talent with the latest in full performance capture technology.
At last week’s San Diego Comic-Con, Jeff Rubenstein sat down with Ellen Page, who’s playing the lead role of Jodie Holmes, and Quantic Dream writer/director David Cage. Click the video below to find out how this project came together.
To see more from Beyond: Two Souls, and meet some of the game’s other talent (including Kadeem Hardison), catch highlights from the Comic-Con panel here.
Beyond: Two Souls is a unique, psychological action thriller from the makers of the award-winning Heavy Rain. Featuring a brand-new game engine, a compelling, original story, and a top-notch Hollywood cast; Beyond: Two Souls promises to be one of the most immersive experiences on the PlayStation3.
Live the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes, a young woman who possesses supernatural powers through a psychic link to an invisible entity. Experience the most striking moments of Jodie’s life as your actions and decisions determine her fate. As she traverses the globe, Jodie will face incredible challenges against a backdrop of emotionally-charged events never before seen in a video game.
KFC has partnered with Comedy Central to create the original content digital series and contest dubbed ‘Growing Up and Getting Out’ to help promote the new Original Recipe Bites. The web series consists of five episodes web series plays off the theme of millennials who are moving back home to live with their parents.
Consumers are encouraged to take part in the weekly contest by sharing pictures and stories on freerentcontest.com that express the humorous side of living at home with their parents. Fans on the site can vote for their favs and Comedy Central will spotlight the funniest entries.
The campaign will run till August 20, when five winners will receive $12,000 cash, the so called ‘rent for the year’ to let ‘basement dwellers’ to set out on their own. They will also get an additional $500 in cash and $600 in KFC Chicken Checks redeemable for Original Recipe Bites or other KFC products to cater a moving out party. Not all money just for them — winners will be asked to give $100 of the Chicken Checks to their parents.
So, the first episode is available to watch on the web site, the rest is coming in the following weeks. Each week, fans will have some fun watching the dramatic relationships between at-home millennials and their parents. The following episodes include: Homecoming (July 17); Dinner (July 23); Chores (July 30); Date (August 6) and Video Games (August 13).
Determining the ROI on social media is often quite a vague thing. Check out this infographic filled with some of the latest polls and interesting mini-case studies that show support for social media ROI.
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Facebook and NBC are pushing out a radical new partnership for the London Olympic Games. NBC will remind viewers to join the conversation about the Olympics on Facebook, while Facebook will remind users about events on NBC. Find out more about the arrangement here.
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According to a study by PageLever, only five to 10 percent of traffic to Facebook pages comes from external sources. Find about more about what that means here.
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Whether or not you ‘like’ marketing your business on Facebook, your users want to do much more than “like” your business in return – they want to be engaged. Read five tips to gamify your page and do so here.
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On the official Facebook page for Gears of War: Judgment, announced at E3, fans that share the official trailer on their wall will receive a redemption code to for Baird’s goggles for their Xbox Live Avatar. Gears of War: Judgment takes place before the events of the original Gears of War trilogy to the immediate aftermath of Emergence Day — the defining event of the Gears of War universe.
Later this year, the Battle.net World Championship will take place and be the culmination of more than 30 eSports events run by Blizzard and tournament organizers. These events are collectively known as the StarCraft II World Championship Series.
The goal of the StarCraft II World Championship Series is to identify local heroes as they battle their way toward become a true global champion. Players from over 28 countries will enter and qualify through open tournaments starting at the national level. Once qualified, they will participate in their country’s National Championship tournament where they will vie for the opportunity to represent their country in their respective Continental Finals, a showdown between neighboring countries. The top finishers at each Continental Finals will then go on to compete at the Global Finals for the StarCraft II World Championship Series: the 2012 Battle.net World Championship.
Visit the World Championship Series overview blog to stay up to date with the action. Also a Facebook App on the official StarCraft page has been launched to keep fans connected to the action.
