A very quick post to highlight the Call Elmo iPhone app because it is absolutely terrific and genius. The application essentially mocks the Facetime experience – but instead of a friend calling, Elmo calls. And …

Just a terrific, creative and well-timed use of the Facebook Timeline by Nike Basketball. Coinciding with the NBA Playoffs – and a handful of new sneakers for top stars like Lebron James, Kobe Bryant and …

This is pretty significant news out of Amazon: all seven Harry Potter books are now available in the Kindle Lending Club. It is the all-time bestselling book series and is a testament to Amazon’s willingness …

So much is great about this: Porsche takes to Facebook to alert fans that the Macan is on Pinterest…. that drives 2,500 likes and 200 shares within 6 hours. That alone is interesting and somewhat …

This is a fun, effective example of integrated / co-marketing done right. Grantland is ESPN’s new sports and pop-culture media hub (led by Bill Simmons). To simply sum up Grantland: it is a robust blog …

Such is the online video content war: catalogs grow, compete and find their way into the homes / devices of as many eyeballs as possible…. after all, content wants to be seen and ultimately the …

Yesterday Living Social ran a promotion with McDonald’s: $13 for 5 Big Macs and 5 large fries.
With 15 hours to go, they have already sold ~260,000 deals… which equates to 1.2 million Big Macs.
~35,000 people …

Editor’s note: Guest contributor Andrew Machado is the founder of Open Home Pro, which empowers real estate agents to give their clients a new type of experience when shopping for a home with just …

The world’s first offline social network.
From FX’s The League. This is terrific.

Please excuse the poor quality… home video =)
And please excuse some slight profanity – but still kosher for TV!

I am a sports nut. That shouldn’t be news if you follow me here or on Twitter / Facebook. I also spend my professional life on the web and looking at new technologies. In part …

The downtown Palo Alto Borders is closing and the entire store is marked at 60-80% off. Everything is on sale – from the books to the bookshelves. I walked in with the intention of buying …

230,000 have RSVP’d to the debut of Lady Gaga’s new single: Born This Way. Why? In part because it is Lady Gaga (who only trails Justin Bieber in internet popularity) and in part because the …