While few brands struck social media gold on Super Bowl Sunday, Esurance was able to break through by putting a digital twist on one of the oldest marketing moves in the book: a sweepstakes.People are still talking -- and tweeting -- about the insurer's post-game ad, which dangled $1.5 million in front of viewers.
Diabetes is a serious disease that affects millions of people. It is occurs when insulin is not produced properly by the body. Too much insulin and too little insulin can cause blood sugar levels to drop or rise and cause a variety of symptoms. There is no known cure to diabetes and while certain people are more likely to be diagnosed with it than others, almost everyone is susceptible.
Google announced that it has launched Google Now notifications in Chrome beta.
If you’re on the beta channel, you’ll be getting notifications via the notification center on Mac, Windows or Chromebook. You’ll need to sign into Chrome with the Google account you already use for Google Now, of course.
Katie Couric is finally talking about when she’ll marry her fiancé John Molner.
Couric attended Howard Stern’s 60th birthday bash at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Friday night. When the outspoken, often controversial shock jock asked when she and Molner would tie the knot, Couric answered “Summer!”
In retrospect, it was over before it started, but Super Bowl XLVIII still managed to draw more viewers than any other broadcast in U.S. television history. According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, Fox’s Super Bowl broadcast delivered an average 111.5 million viewers, besting the previous record holder set by NBC in 2012 by the slimmest of margins.
Well, this looks like a first. Kevin Jonas, a member of pop group Jonas Brothers, and his wife, Danielle Jonas, evidently signed a deal with Dreft to let it introduce their baby girl to the world on Twitter.
The debate over net neutrality in Washington is just getting started. Just days after President Obama pledged during a Google+ hangout that he supported net neutrality, Democrats rallied in Congress to put some legislation behind his words. Rep. Henry Waxman (Calif.), ranking member of the House commerce committee, Rep. Anna Eshoo (Calif.) and Sen.
Philip Seymour Hoffman was an actor whose star had risen pretty far in recent years; after winning an Oscar for his stunning turn in “Capote”, especially, it seemed that he was on a track to nothing but continued success. After landing a part in “Hunger Games: Catching Fire” and signing on for the next two installments in the franchise–”Mockingjay: Part 1″ and “Mockingjay: Part 2:–Hoffman had a full schedule right up until his death over the weekend of a heroin overdose.
A sudden eruption of an active volcano in the Sumatra Islands of Indonesia has so far claimed 15 lives according to official reports. According to Jarkata Post, this is the first time volcanic eruptions of Mount Sinabung have caused fatalities..
Spirals of volcanic ash spewed violently more than one mile into the sky, with temperatures reaching as much as 700 degrees Fahrenheit. The toxic ash from the volcano has also hindered search and rescue efforts to save more victims.