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The Real Message of “The Social Network”

Facebook By John Oates on Oct 14th

Last Wednesday started innocuously enough; I woke up, came to VaynerMedia, worked all day and met up with my girlfriend for dinner and a movie. Suffice it to say, it was a pretty normal day. So it’s weird that the night ended with me saying things like “I think I [...]

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VaynerMedia’s Great Groupon Debate

Current Events By John Oates on Sep 21st

One of the benefits of working at VaynerMedia is that everyone here is intelligent, strong-willed and competitive. Therefore, when a debate sparks about anything, whether it’s about major industry developments or fantasy football or Scattergories, it’s always intense. So naturally when Kyle Bragger shared this interesting article about Groupon with [...]

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OnStar: Taking the Danger Out of Staying Connected

Current Events By John Oates on Sep 15th

I was driving into Manhattan from my apartment in New Jersey and I was in stop-and-go traffic in the Holland Tunnel. Seeing as how I was only driving between 5 and 10 mph, I viewed this as an opportune moment to check my Facebook. I reached for my iPhone, opened [...]

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Geolocation Is Going Places

Current Events By John Oates on Aug 24th

On August 18th, Facebook announced their newest feature, “Places”.  The latest contender in the geolocation game is fully integrated into the dashboard of the Facebook iPhone app or touch.facebook.com (if your mobile browser supports HTML 5). If you’ve used some of the popular geolocation apps that have been picking up [...]

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Wave Goodbye

Current Events By John Oates on Aug 5th

Google announced yesterday that they have decided to scrap Wave. First announced on May 27, 2009, it was introduced as “a new web application for real-time communication and collaboration.” Basically, it allowed the user to combine email, instant messaging and social networking, effectively tying everything together into one easily digestible [...]

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