In 2010 we had quite the year: from a record snow fall locking us indoors for two weeks straight, the Facebook kobeface worm evolving more each week, new endevors as we change Evolution Freelance Media (EFM) into Play This Media (PTM) and a new direction for our content. We wanted to take a moment and look back and some of the biggest Play This news from 2010.
Just hours away from 2011, keep an eye out for new projects from Play This. We will begin free e-classes on social media, furthering our resource pages and quite a few surprises. As always, feel free to let us know if there is something you would like covered. We are here for you, to empower, educate and eventually take over the world (ok maybe just take over the world).
From all of us to you, have a wonderful new year. Please don’t drink and drive.
Play This Magazine’s top story from 2010
‘We want Bruce Campbell to host SNL’
Forget Betty White (who is pretty much already a zombie) we want the mother of all B actors, Bruce Campbell. The Internet has spoken and now they are requesting that Saturday Night Live allow Bruce Campbell to host the late night show.
Social Media Resources
Twitter – Articles planned for January – Your Website Only Needs One Social Share Button – Social Media and Numbers, Why They Don’t Matter – Socializing Your Social Media Tools – Your First Tweet
DC Snomageddon
DC was covered with snow that shut down the metro, government offices, schools and everything inbetween.
DC Blizzard: Blizzard must die! – Follow the DC ‘Blizzard’ of 2010 through video and pictures – DC Accuweather reporter freaks out due to snow
Facebook Statuses: ‘Blue’ ‘Black’ ‘Hot Pink’ ‘Commando?’
Curious about the one color statuses on Facebook? It’s for breast Cancer awareness.The random one color status updates have filled our news feeds and it didn’t take long to find the culprit, Breast Cancer. [Article]
Social Media
Facebook alert: darkroomevents.com message leads to phishing site
The first wave of the infection starts with mass Facebook messages being sent out. The second attack will then use the Facebook accounts that the first attack successfully stole and then spam on all of their friends walls to go to a particular site and download a virus scanner, which is in fact a virus itself.
Virus: Facebook Message ‘You Tube’ Contains Virus
A new round of Facebook viruses are being sent through direct messages, often with the subject line of “You Tube”. If you have received a message containing a strange URL and a subject of “You Tube,” it will more than likely contain a malicious virus. This may be a new form of the koobface worm.
Old Spice is invading social media sites
Old Spice has been ramping up their ads for the last couple of years now, but today they have embarked on a new journey, social media.
Oldest Twitter user dies at 104-years-old
Ivy Bean was noted to be the oldest active Twitter user. After a lengthy battle with her health, she passed away at 104.
New .co domains available today for companies and commerce
The new domain address will end in “.co” or www.imawesome.co, which means the wild west has opened a new district on the Internet again. Companies will be duking it out for land-grabs on the newest domain address, which are currently selling between $26 – $32.
Censorship and Politics
Google Gives Up On China’s Censorship, GoDaddy Joins In
China has officially pulled down their site for China and temporarily redirected it to Hong Kong, but has since been censored from the Chinese government. For a short period of time the redirecting site would let people freely search the internet search results provided by Google, but the Chinese government quickly began blocking the services.
The public GOP site has a new goal in mind after failing to stop the new health care reform bill. To fire Pelosi. The public GOP site (not the governmental one .gov) is currently forwarding to a fund raising event to help kick House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the curb for her surge in helping the health care reform bill to pass.
Social Media Woes: Soldier Posts Classified Information On Facebook
According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, a soldier posted information about a raid in a Palestinian territory. The soldier posted details including the whereabouts of the attack and at what time it would take place. Luckily the soldiers friends reported the update that resulted in a cancellation of the attack. The now court-martialed soldier started by saying, “On Wednesday we clean up Qatanah, and on Thursday, god willing, we come home.”
No: Journalist/Blogger shield laws are not at stake in Chen’s home raid
Unfortunately for Jason Chen and more likely the rest of Gizmodo, they are not associated with a press association. To claim yourself as a journalist is one thing, to write opinion pieces as a blogger and claim to be a journalist is another.
The Other News
Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg also has annoying Facebook friends, too
2010: Perhaps not quite the year for tablets
Web 2.0: Turning Spam into Ham
Simply Awesome
Zack Anner even makes Denis Quiad seem funny
Chatroulette Piano Improv Merton Rocks The House
Oatmeal: Matthew Inman is an evil genius, owned PETA
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