links for 2011-06-15

Whether free or not, these resources normally come with a license to ensure fair use. For professionals, understanding the limitations of a license is critical; with this knowledge, you’d be surprised by what’s available. Understanding copyright and licenses allows us to do what we do best: be creative.

But what if I told you that a service that gets 6 billion photo uploads each month, and has nearly 100 billion photos total, is about to launch a new photo sharing app for the iPhone? And what if I told you that it looks awesome? Yeah, you’d call it a killer too.

Det är min övertygelse att Google har kapitulerat inför köpta länkar och andra märkliga metoder för att ranka och kommunicera genom deras system(Om du tillhör deras VIPklubb). Tecknen för dessa blir bara fler och fler. Idag skall vi visa hur tex Aftonbladet(och SEB) kan spamma Google News för att sprida sitt köpta budskap som är ett bevis av många för mitt påstående.

The growth of the smartphone provides a number of opportunities for brands to engage with consumers based on their current location.

Location-based marketing allows brands to adapt their marketing messages based on where consumers are geographically when they see them, and also what that location may tell you about their habits.

At $100 billion, Facebook’s impending IPO would be one of the largest in history, quadrupling Google’s $23 billion IPO in 2004.