Brew Dog Releases new beer named #MashTag, Social Media Users Participate Enthusiastically
British beer company, Brew Dog, has come out with a new alcoholic beverage called #MashTag, whose style, name and alcohol count has been determined by social media users themselves. In explaining how the company got users involved in the process of creating this beer, a spokesperson for Brew Dog, Sarah Warman said, “Over the course…
Read MoreFacebook, With a Focus on Mobile, Works on Project for News Via Users
Facebook has plans to become a newspaper for mobile phones, and is working on a service called Reader that will display content from Facebook users and publisher in a new format. Speaking of the difficulties that await the company that now wants to venture into long-form reading, a Forrester analyst, Nate Elliot, said, “There are…
Read MoreYouTube is Eight Years Old Today, Continues to Grow Steadily
YouTube is eight years old today while also enjoying the distinction of 100 hours of video being uploaded every other minute. If one remembers well, the company had its humble beginnings in 2005 – the year when Michael Jackson was accused of child molestation and Lance Armstrong won his seventh Tour De France. Even if…
Read MoreA Talk About Android Design Principles at Google I/O, and the Math of Joy
Helena Roeber and Rachel Garb, Android UX and interaction design leads, spoke at the Google I/O about Android Design Principles (ADP). But this wasn’t just about geek-speak as the talk covered the importance of positive human experience as well, and which was used to create ADP. The ADP itself is based on three principles namely…
Read MoreApple’s iPhone Records Strong Growth in the US, a comScore Report Reveals
Apple has been going from strength to strength in the U.S market for sometime now, thanks to them gaining more and more subscribers each month. According to a report compiled by comScore, during the quarter between November 2012 and February 2013, Apple gained almost 8.9 million iPhone subscribers as opposed to Android which added only…
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