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Social networking platform will monitor activity in certain nations around the world

The credit company gossips that computer giant is creating a new touch-free way to make purchases.

New study out of Harvard suggests that iPad, Kindle Fire and others are bad for your health.

We review the best in design, trends, culture, arts and fashion in our weekly 'What's Trending Now' roundup.

The kick-off weekend for Occupy Design includes a hands-on series of workshops examining design within the context of protest.

Hibrow.tv.com curates video of visual art, music, literature, theatre, dance and cinema for an upscale audience.

The former director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts says that role of creative pursuits today is to help us examine the awkwardness of our culture and find the things that bind us together.

PSFK is on scene at IDS Toronto to share the highlights of the latest offerings in houseware and furniture design.

The Faculty Project curates free online lectures by professors from top universities.

Experts debate whether good ideas are the product of individual genius and hard work or "groupthink" and brainstorming.

"Heart Stop Beating" is a fascinating look at the lives of Drs. Billy Cohn and Bud Frazier and their successful implantation of a continuous flow, beatless, mechanical heart.

Popular decorators put stylist touches on quaint hotel rooms.

Sugata Mitra shares his opinions on how traditional pedagogical methods should adapt to the digital and connected 21st century.

How one of Steve Jobs' favorite proteges helped turn around a lagging fashion brand.

-According to reports, Facebook will file for its IPO next week. link

-Meanwhile, FTC head Julie Brill isn’t mincing words when it comes to Facebook and Google’s privacy issues. link

-According to a Deutsche Bank analyst, we could be seeing more cuts within the MDC Partners network. link

-Walton Isaacson tapped former Genre publisher Bill Kapfer to lead its LGBT marketing effors. Kapfer will be based in WI’s NYC office.

-The Ad Club Denver’s 2011 “50″ winners have been revealed. link

-Sports bar/restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings tapped Fallon to serve as its new lead creative agency. link

-We missed this one, but Enfatico insists reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated. link

-Tennis pros take, um, center court in a new campaign for Wilson Racquet Sports from Wexley School for Girls (above). link

-Chicago ad firm Two by Four opened up a second office in Chattanooga, Tennessee. link

New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

In Argentina, AXE runs an interesting online campaign featuring The Cleaner. This guy makes sure no evidence is left behind after that very wild night. The campaign is completely video based, and starts with a 3-minute long adventure.

When visiting the website, you will get to know The Cleaner in two different episodes. And although my Spanish is pretty bad, I get the picture easily, and so will you. The cool thing is that due to lenght, size and quality of the video’s, it feels like a little movie you’re part of. The campaign is set up to promote different AXE showergels, among which the new Instinct range.

Via: illegal advertising

 

The indie record label, Sone's Throw, is offering a "Digital Discography" to subscribers that includes all of their new releases for $10 a month.

Each week, we’re sent hundreds of pieces of advertisement-y work that falls into the fun-to-watch-video category. There’s not enough time in the day to think up copy for all of them so here’s a round-up of the best ad-related video we’ve seen in the last 7 days. You’re welcome.

7. Irritable Bowl Syndrome is a rant by comedian Bill Maher that someone turned into a video infographic thing.

6. Dating Rules From My Future Self is longer-form branded content that doesn’t suck at all.

5. There’s a badass Panda out there who will be serving up his own brand of post-Apocalyptic survival justice in a theater near you.

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New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

PSFK curates some of the strategy, digital and creative advertising news catching our attention.

Plink teams up with chain restaurants to offer Facebook Credits to diners.