50 Cent Gets Online, Pop-Ups Go Bollywood, Safe Kitty Sex Promoted, and Crocs Trot the Globe

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– Crocs launched a travel site, Cities by Foot. Designated Crocs-wearers explore cities like Denver, New Orleans, San Francisco and Vail. Every once in awhile you get a close-up shot of their feet.

– This guy travels to India to remedy his PC pop-up problem. Hijinks ensue. My favourite line: “Just tell them to unplug it, and PLUG IT AGAIN!” Cut to the song.

– Apparently 50 Cent is social media savvy.

– The British government tries scare tactics to keep kids away from knives. They also plan to give out postcards featuring mutilated body parts.

– Riding the Sex and the City hype train, PETA whips out a racy animal birth control video called Sex and the Kitty.

– In the spirit of dynamic social media, BusinessWeek engages in revisionist history. Oh yeah, and there’s some Twitter worship too.

– Hoping to ease the burn of apathy, Facebook redesigns its MiniFeed. Now you can get three different lengths of stories. Seriously.

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