You’ve probably seen the news regarding the acquisition between Yahoo! and Tumblr splashed all over the media for a cool $1.1 billion, so you can imagine that the 26 year old CEO, David Karp isn’t too worried. The news of the deal comes after another social platform integration a few months back, between Facebook and Instagram. The question on everyone’s lips though, is what on earth will Yahoo! do with Tumblr? Tumblr is a hugely popular blogging and social networking site, especially for younger audiences. Yahoo! on the other hand, has always been lurking in the background. The move is …
Attending gigs and coming away with photos and videos of your experience, may become a thing of the past. Artists such as Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Savages have already banned fans going away with illegal footage. The latest act to voice their views are Alt-J, who recently won the Mercury Prize and album of the year at the Ivor Novello. They believe they’ve come up with a solution. At their Brixton show on Friday night, the band were the first group to put in force a new app called Soundhalo. The app is to help discourage fans from picking up …
Los-Angeles-based writer Greg Karber has launched an online campaign, which is attempting to “remake the A&F brand”. His video, uploaded to YouTube on Monday, calls for everyone who owns Abercrombie & Fitch clothing to: 1. Look through your closets, your friends’ closets, and your neighbours’ closets for A&F clothing. 2. Give them away to your local homeless shelter. 3. Share what you’re doing on Facebook and Twitter. Karber set up his #FitchTheHomeless campaign in response to CEO Mike Jeffries’ comments featured in a recent Business Insider article in which Jeffries admits that A&F markets to “cool kids”, and excludes those …
You’ve probably seen by now that goats have become a fan favourite in the world of social media. Why, I hear you say? Well I’ll tell you why… because they are hilarious! Who would have thought you could fit a screaming goat into a Taylor Swift video!? A genius, that’s who. I first came across goat stardom when a now very famous goat was featured in a YouTube clip sounding very much like a human. It currently has over three million views! The next thing I know, someone, somewhere, took it upon themselves to take this goat and throw it …
Ever imagined what Facebook would be like in real time? Well the video below shows exactly that. Yes we get regular updates, and yes our privacy settings aren’t always clear, but people like change, right? An update in my eyes, is for the better. There is a slight hint of sarcasm in the video, which i’m sure a lot of people can relate to, but how else would we be able to differentiate ourselves from every one else? Of course I’ll post about the University I went to or show the current music I ‘like’. Watch below and see if …