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Meet Aliaz: The French About.me

Tess — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:39:22 +0000

Aliaz: Your digital self…French style! About.me, Flavours.me and now Aliaz, are like doorways to your digital self. Creating such a profile can be useful if you want to have a semblance of control over your web presence. For example, you could hand your Aliaz to your future employer and he can discover you on [...]

Monopoly: Jailbreak Your Favorite Token!

Tess — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:40:37 +0000

Which Monopoly token will stay behind bars…forever? Monopoly is entering the 21st century by replacing one of its iconic, 1930s tokens by a more contemporary one. Therefore, fans are asked to vote for their favorite token on Facebook and Twitter by using the hashtag #tokenvote. Ryan Mugford, senior director of global brand strategy and marketing of [...]

CheckThis: Social Posters

Tess — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 20:23:34 +0000

Between nothing and a blog If your thoughts don’t fit into 140 characters and if you don’t want to go throught the hassle of setting up your blog, CheckThis is probably your best bet to get creative without a hassle. CheckThis lets you get creative without any technical knowledge or without having to worry about [...]

Escape to Haven on SyFy

Tess — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 22:43:11 +0000

Haven continues its Twitter integration which was first introduced in Season 2. Short before the launch of the long awaited Season 3 of Haven, fans came across the following hashtag on Twitter: #EscapeToHaven. Ealier in Septembre, a few weeks before the premiere of Season 3, Vince and Dave’s Twitter accounts and the Haven YouTube channel [...]

Care to send some cake via Facebook?

Tess — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:03:41 +0000

Delight your Facebook friends with some virtually real treats We live in a digital era, so why not delight your friends with a treat via those web 2.0 platforms? Treater does just that! You can send your Facebook friends a voucher for a free coffee at Starbucks or a free cupcake at their favorite bakery [...]

How Syfy fully integrates Twitter into a show’s storyline

Tess — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:45:36 +0000

Is Twitter lifting the veil on Haven’s many mysteries? A TV show using Twitter? No big news there, you might think, especially since many TV shows an their actors have Twitter accounts in order to interact with their target audience. Well, Syfy pushed the whole Twitter hype a little further by actively integrating the popular [...]