Dell are set to launch two new social media campaigns: 1. “Trade your dinosaur for a Dell”People post pictures of themselves with their old laptop and post a story. People then vote on the best story, with the winner receiving a new Dell laptop. 2...

Leveraging Social Media for Contest Promotion by Guest Author on Jun 30, 2010 very helpful indentifying the right matrix of influencers. In summary, by adhering to the recommendations above and focusing on engagement over visits and conversations ...

BZZZZZZ: YouTube Gets A Vuvuzela Button (Seriously) by Jason Kincaid on Jun 23, 2010 for the tip. http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/23/bzzzzzz-youtube-gets-a-vuvuzela-button-seriously/

More info and submit your videos here: http://www.youtube.com/play

Stickybits Rolls Out “Official” Branded Bits, Signs Up Pepsi As First Advertiser by Erick Schonfeld on Jun 7, 2010 http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/07/stickybits-pepsi/

Become A Music Mogul: Hitmaker From NoiseToys Hits The App Store . The app is now available in the iTunes store as a free download. This was one of my favorite products to launch at Disrupt, even though the company never made it past the first rou...

mTouch: An affordable multi-touch web table by John Biggs on May 25, 2010 It’s hard out here at Disrupt for gadget geeks, but we just got lucky. Merel Technologies is showing off a very cool multi-touch web table that uses gesture recognition, obj...

A really interesting article. Zynga are the company who made Farmville, Mafia Wars etc. This article analyses their rise to fame, their current environment, and their challenges ahead. A must read for anyone interested in the software / social med...

Fiddme Lets Foodies Share Their Favorite Dishes With The World by Robin Wauters on May 4, 2010 (This is a review of one of the 7 startups presenting today at Techonomy 2010 Read more: http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/04/fiddme/?utm_source=feedburner&...

Video montage for the launch office party. It's about aliens and it's out of this world.

Expect a lot more news and hype surrounding this announcement over the next few days. More reading: - http://www.facebook.com/f8 - http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/21/facebook/ - http://www.facebook.com/#!/sitetour/connect.php - http://mashable.com/2...

So after all the fuss, Apple has their iPhone prototype back. Was it real? Did Apple leak it as a PR stunt? Did they leak a fake prototype to throw everyone off track? Who cares. At least it stopped everyone asking whether it will support Flash. h...

I have been talking about these guys for a while, personally I think the concept is great: a miniature mobile phone with basic functionality (eg. Call, text etc.) Then when you plug it into various “jackets” (ie. mobile phone shell), it gets a new...

A 30 second mosquito swatting game that ends with their education message and a low involvement call to action. Definitely more engaging (and hence more likely to stick in your mind) than simply sending out an EDM with “doom and gloom” stats. http...

http://www.cxpartners.co.uk/thoughts/the_myth_of_the_page_fold_evidence_from_user_testing.htm The myth of the page fold: evidence from user testing Posted Friday, September 18th, 2009 by Joe Leech Share this on twitter As web professionals, we all...

To celebrate the launch of Animoto’s Quickstart API, I put together this short tribute video of last year’s ski trip. Enjoy. Play video -

Facebook are making some big moves, and they are due to be unveiled at the upcoming F8 Developer Conference. The most intriguing move involves the soon-to-be released “Like” button that can be placed on ANY website. It may sound like yet another s...