April Fool’s Idiocy, Twitter Tweaks, Chainsaw Humor, Facebook Data

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– Yes, it’s April Fool’s Day and the jokes are out: Becks redesigns its label. The New York Times downsizes. Xbox launches Yodeling game. Tom Brokaw sues Brokaw agency over domain name

Ariel Waldman spots a possible new Twitter redesign which includes trending topics in the sidebar. It comes and goes and is not yet a permanent change.

– Alisa Leonard-Hansen comments on the Facebook redesign and how she thinks it has more to do with data portability as opposed to “competing” with Twitter.

– Don’t like deathbed humor? Don’t watch this DDB Auckland-created Stihl Machine commercial airing in New Zealand.

– Check out the Effie Awards winners here.

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