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Top 5 Social Media Meltdowns
Being a celebrity isn’t without its challenges.
Top 10 Celebrity Tech Endorsements
Going viral in the past week are two celebrity tech ads — James Franco promoting the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and Penélope Cruz promoting the Nintendo 3DS. That’s a good enough excuse to re-watch celebrity-endorsed tech …
Are Personal Apps the Next Step in Celebrity Branding?
Celebrity branding is nothing new – from fragrances to underwear endorsements to charities, public figures have perfected the practice of personal branding. But amid a cultural obsession with social media, celebrities are …
The 10 Most Dangerous Celebrities on the Internet
The fine folks at security firm McAfee have compiled a list of the 10 most dangerous celebrities on the internet, with searches for the top celebrity comprising an almost 10% chance of running into something awful.
Rapper ‘The Game’ Scores Legal Trouble with Twitter Prank
Things You Probably Shouldn’t Do on Twitter #23: Tell your followers that if they want to be your intern, they should call a phone number that belongs to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. Sounds obvious, right?
And yet, it’s something that rapper “The Game” didn’t seem to think about when he sent that very tweet out to his 580,000 …
Why Google+ Shouldn’t Be Chasing Celebrities
Lady Gaga is not on Google+. Nor is Oprah Winfrey, Justin Bieber or many other mega-celebrities, but apparently, Google wants to change that.
CNN reports that Google is drawing up a “celebrity acquisition plan” for its new social network, including a way to verify famous people as the real deal. Google won’t confirm the plans, but CNN …
Yay Plus K? Ashton Kutcher Launches His Own Twitter App
What do you do when you’re one of the most popular people on Twitter? Launch your own Twitter desktop app, of course. That’s just what Ashton Kutcher (aplusk) has done with his new “A.Plus” application.
Available for both PC and Mac computers, the application is basically a desktop Twitter client running on Adobe’s AIR platform that …
Twitter Gets Sued For Creating “Virtual Community of Famous People”
Look out, Twitter, it looks like the folks at VS Technologies are after you.
The small company alleges that the micro-blogging site is infringing on patent 6,408,309, which discloses “a method and system for creating an interactive virtual community of famous people.”
Hold on–Twitter is a virtual community of famous people? Now, …
Can You Tell When a Celeb’s Tweet is #Endorsed?
When actress Elizabeth Hurley tweets that she loves a specific Estee Lauder product, she could be getting paid the big bucks to say so. Since the actress has been the face of the brand for over 15 years, it seems like quite the coincidence that every once and awhile she gives Estee Lauder shout out.
Although the FTC ruled late last …