haha funny and so true:

Via CollegeHumor

Says Gmail Product Director – Keith Coleman. Whether it’s true or not, I am really excited about Gmail’s new feature: Priority Inbox.

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Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany’s leading national newspaper, partnered with the AR provider Metaio to provide their readers with world’s first magazine entirely available with mobile augmented reality!

The AR edition of the newspaper’s Friday magazine has been delivered to over 550,000 households today and I am wondering how many readers will actually download the app and enjoy this new media experience!

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Shopkick is a new geo-location app that will allow retailers send coupons and special offers to customers’ mobiles when they enter a store!

As opposed to other location based apps like Foursquare or Loopt, Shopkick does not rely on GPS or Wi-Fi but uses a custom system that only works with certain hardware installed in the partnering store (for now only US stores e.g. Best Buy or Macy’s). That means that shoppers, who download the application, will get discounts and promotions when they physically enter the store – is there a better way for brands and retailers to directly communicate with the potential customers?

The app will be available in the next few weeks on iPhone, and later on other smart phones.

Wanna know more? Check out the Tech Crunch video below:

Or at least according to the dating site OK Cupid. Their survey shows that iPhone users have more sexual partners than BlackBerry or Android users: an average 30-year-old iPhone owner has had about 11 sexual partners, compared to 8 for BlackBerry users and ONLY 6 for Android phones owners.

Oh, and you must love the author’s observation: “Finally, statistical proof that iPhone users aren’t just getting fucked by Apple.”

Brazilian Ad Agency Moma Propaganda has created these awesome ad series as part of their  “Everything Ages Fast” campaign for Maximidia Seminars.

via InventorSpot

A study by ExactTarget found that consumers active on Twitter are three times more likely to impact a brand’s online reputation than the average consumer. The study which surveyed 1,500 consumers identified top motivations for following brands on Twitter and provides new insight into consumers’ expectations for interacting with brands online. Below the highlights of the research:

• Twitter users are the most influential online consumers:
  • 72 percent publish blog posts at least monthly
  • 70 percent comment on blogs
  • 61 percent write at least one product review monthly
  • 61 percent comment on news sites
• Daily Twitter users are:
  • Six times more likely to publish articles
  • Five times more likely to post blogs
  • Seven times more likely to post to Wikis
  • Three times more likely to post product reviews at least monthly compared to non-Twitter users.
• 23 percent of online consumers read Twitter updates at least monthly.
• 11 percent of online consumers read Twitter updates, but do not have a Twitter account themselves.
• 20 percent of consumers indicate they have followed a brand in order to interact with the company – more than become email subscribers or Facebook fans for the sake of interaction.
• Men are more than twice as likely as women to follow brands on Twitter to interact with the company (29 percent compared to 13 percent).
• Nine out of the 10 most common motivations for consumers to follow a brand on Twitter involve consumers seeking information from a company.

Some fascinating stats about social media usage in the UK:

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Via Simply Zesty.

via Visual Loop