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Los Angeles Non-Profit “The Giving Spirit” Has Set A Goal of $200,000, Will You Be A Part Of It?

December 3, 2010 / Charity

The Giving Spirit, a Los Angeles based non-profit founded in 1999 is holding it’s annual “December Giving” week (December 5th-12th), during which volunteers will assemble and distribute 2,640 survival kits full of items essential to human wellbeing. The non profit was setup to work on behalf of LA’s homeless population, thanks to its grassroots base and the goodwill of its friends and family. The most exciting part of this non-profit is that it is 100% volunteer run. I have to [...]

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Raise Money For Food Banks on YouTube: Mike Relm For Ready Set Bag

December 3, 2010 / Entertainment, Featured, vid, Videos

This fun remix collaboration with Mike Relm shows off his skills as indy film, Ready Set Bag, is helping to raise money for the food banks. You should check out Ready Set Bag and follow the film on twitter @readysetbag to try and get more updates and you can see the

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Are We Ready To Accept Preroll Ads For Free Content?

November 30, 2010 / Social Media, Technology

In an article published at the beginning of November on AdAge.com, it was reported that completion rates for pre roll advertisements on online video actually went up from 45% in Q1 to 54% in Q3 2010, according to data provided by Freewheel. Online video content distributors such as Youtube, Hulu and Blip.tv are currently using pre roll advertising, a advertising format which is placed at the beginning of the content and cannot be skipped. If we look back to the [...]

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Rana Sobhany: iPad DJ Interview Part Four

November 29, 2010 / Entertainment, Entrepreneurs, Technology

If you want to listen to the other parts of this interview, click here. In the concluding part of my interview with Rana Sobhany, we spoke about: What Rana was doing in London (the week of November 8th 2010) What Rana thinks of the London music scene Rana’s thoughts on how things have gone so far (in the past six months) If Rana think this will be a long term project? The criticism Rana has faced whilst doing the iPad [...]

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High-Tech Luxury Fashion

November 28, 2010 / Style, Technology, vid, Videos

These day’s H&M is selling designer styles right after they leave the runway. So high fashion is turning to technology to make unique clothes that can’t be ripped off as quickly as other designs can. I sat down with Diana Eng from Project Runway for Forbes to talk about it. Check out the full report on Forbes. “Want to stand out at a holiday party this year? If money is no object, don a “video gown” from CuteCircuit. This $20,000 [...]

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Top of the Charts

November 27, 2010 / Entertainment, Featured, vid, Videos

One reason why Lady Gaga is so successful with her fans is because her videos are higher quality for the web than they are for TV. Her most popular video is Bad Romance! Social Media is the extra edge that artists need now to extend their reach to find new fans.

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A Very Vloggy Thanksgiving

November 24, 2010 / Entertainment, Featured, Social Media, Videos

James West, an Australian Broadcast journalist has been accidentally CC’d on the Thanksgiving preparation emails of the West Palm Beach Tran family for the past 3 years. Every year he’s dismissed the email chain as spam, but this year he decided he wants to be part of the Trans Thanksgiving festivities. His Vlogs on his quest to “Track down the Trans” are quickly gaining fans around the world as this amazing “You’ve Got Mail”-esque drama unfolds. James reached out to [...]

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Southwest Airlines And Microsoft To Offer Free Holiday Photos

November 23, 2010 / Technology

For those travelling with Southwest Airlines from December 2nd onwards, the company just announced today they are launching a partnership with Microsoft to offer free holiday photos with Santa at participating airports. The partnership is part of a promotion to show people how easy Windows 7 and Windows Live are to use when storing and editing photos. Southwest Airlines appear to be optimistic about this “Southwest Airlines is excited to be partnering with Microsoft to bring such a unique program [...]

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Mashable’s Jolie O’Dell on Tech Journalism, Audrey Hepburn and Her Future Goals

November 22, 2010 / Featured, Technology, vid, Videos

Sarah Austin sits down with technology journalist, Jolie O’Dell of Mashable, to discuss writing for developers, school and how she came up with her classy personal style.

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Good2Give Helps Poverty Stricken Children Through Online Retailers

November 21, 2010 / Charity

Here’s an awesome way to give back to those in need whilst you are doing your Christmas shopping online (for U.S citizens only) Good2Give.com, a subsidary of Maestro Technologies, Inc has launched The Good2Give Children’s Charity Mall. This online store is a partnership between Good2Give and Children International. When you click to visit an online retailer such as Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble, the link is made into a referral link. That means that every time you purchase a product, [...]

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Rana Sobhany: iPad DJ Interview Part Three

November 19, 2010 / Entertainment, Technology

Last Sunday I traveled to London to meet Rana Sobhany who has risen to fame recently for being the “iPad DJ”. To listen to the first part of the interview click here To listen to the second part of the interview click here This is the third part of my interview with her. In this section of the interview we talked about: Rana’s favorite bands and music How she sources music for her iPad DJ’ing Rana: My favorite band is [...]

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The State Of Personalized Fashion Shopping On The Web

November 17, 2010 / Featured, Style

Personalized fashion shopping on the web is becoming the hot trend to follow. Companies such as MyShape, Boutiques.com (recently launched by Google) and Stylecaster are all trying to create the perfect experience for visitors unable to try the item on before purchase. As Louise Wannier of Myshape.com explained it in a recent interview with Jesse Draper: “It’s as if you could go into a boutique and the only clothes on the rack are the ones that are actually your style [...]

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