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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Black Friday, Take Two
This tweet came across the hardworking staff’s desktop this AM: Because she sucks? Besides, there’s a much better alternative: Much better value for your YouTube dollar.
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Tagged @Trixxy, Black Friday, Rebecca Black, Steely Dan, Thomas Ricker
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Herald Scoops Globe On Facebook’s Privacy Grab
For the past several days the hardtracking staff at Sneak Adtack has been chronicling Facebook’s new data-sucking policies, which essentially strip control of online information from the Faceherd. The Boston Herald noted the change – in its usual minimalistic way – in … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Facebook, Faceherd, privacy, Sneak ADtack, The Ticker
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An Email From Facebook? That Can’t Be Good (II)
The hardtracking staff at Sneak Adtack noted yesterday that Facebook has alerted its Faceherd to several changes in its Data Use Policy, including: New tools for managing your Facebook Messages Changes to how we refer to certain products Tips on managing your … Continue reading
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Tagged Associated Press, Facebook, Faceherd, privacy, Sneak ADtack
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Name o’ the Day (Google Spokeswoman Edition)
From a Thursday New York Times piece about Google’s autocomplete feature, which anticipates what you’re searching for online. In a statement, Krisztina Radosavljevic-Szilagyi, a Google spokeswoman, wrote: “The search queries that you see as part of autocomplete are a reflection … Continue reading
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Tagged autocomplete, Google, Krisztina Radosavljevic-Szilagyi, New York Times, search results
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Why The New York Times Is A Great Newspaper (‘Impact Of A Storm’ Edition)
The New York Times hasn’t just covered the impact of Hurricane Sandy. The paper has illustrated it as well. From Wednesday’s edition: A Survey of the Flooding in N.Y.C. After the Hurricane The web feature has its attractions, but … Continue reading
An Email From Facebook? That Can’t Be Good
The hardworking staff received this email from Facebook today: Okay. For starters: 1) Any Facebook reference to privacy means you’ll have less. 2) Protest all you want, but Facebook is a master of two steps forward, one step back. 3) … Continue reading
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Tagged Data Suckah of All Time, Facebook, Facebook cookies, Facebook Timeline, Mark Zuckerberg
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Herald Serves Up Menino Leftovers
Yesterday’s Boston Globe featured the main course: A front-page piece on the hospital room where Boston Mayor Tom Menino’s been holed up for a month with a Whitman’s Sampler of symptoms from blood clots to spinal cracks. Hospital room is now Mayor … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston City Hall, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dot Joyce, Tom Menino
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NYT Convicts BBC Host Jimmy Savile Of ‘Serial Child Molesting’
From Tuesday’s New York Times Business section: Clouds Lifting Over Murdoch, He’s Out to Buy Again News Corporation is starting to look like its old self again. The media conglomerate, which had been on its heels for more than a year … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, hacking scandal, Mark Thompson, New York Times, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch
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State Of The Cuisinart Marketing (IV): Brand Journalism Is Bad News
Not long ago, the hardtracking staff promised to examine brand journalism, another flavor-of-the-month among the branded content set. And so, here we go. Start with PR Newser (“Is ‘Brand Journalism’ the New PR?”), which says American Express’s Open Forum is a legit news source, as is HSBC’s Business … Continue reading
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