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  • Facebook campaign demands Portugal soccer team rock mustaches for the World Cup

    Facebook campaign demands Portugal soccer team rock mustaches for the World Cup

    Posted on March 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Most social media campaigns stinks on ice. I think the one exception to that ironclad fact was the recent I'm With Coco meme, which I'm not even sure you could call a social media campaign. This one, though, this one totally is. It's called "Queremos a Selecção de Bigode no Mundial!" It's a growing movement to get the entire Portuguese national soccer team to grow mustaches. I've taken to calling the movement the Portuguese Mustache Federation, which, conveniently enough, doubles as a fantastic indie rock band name.

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  • Apple Planning Some Super Secret Social App?

    Apple Planning Some Super Secret Social App?

    Posted on August 11, 2009 | No Comments
    Again, this is nothing but a very vague rumor for the time being, but it's also very interesting. Following up on its iTunes 9 rumors, Boy Genius Report claims to have new details from the same trusted source about what iTunes 9, and specifically the social aspects of it, will entail. As expected, the tipster says you'll be able to broadcast songs you're listening to out to various social networks. But the really interesting thing is the reference to some new social application that Apple is supposedly getting ready to launch. It's not clear at all if this would be a desktop app or an iPhone app, but it is said to be something that consolidates your various social networking activity from around the web into one place.

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