Earlier this month we put out a call for the most creative people in social media marketing.

Well, the deadline has been extended, so you now have until end of day Friday May 24 to let us know who is dominating Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine, Pinterest, and whatever social platforms are out there.

A brilliant social media campaign can be

24-year-old Rob Rhinehart turned heads a few months ago with a simple announcement – he no longer needs to eat food in the conventional sense.

Rhinehart has created what he calls "Soylent," a powdered concoction that seemingly contains all the nutrients and biological fuel people need to go about their lives. Added to water, it's constituted

The effectiveness of any advertising campaign rests on a brand's ability to effectively deliver their message to a target audience. 

As advertisers look to follow consumers across screen, brands need to know how and on what devices target audiences are consuming content. They need to track and measure a single individual’s responses

Apple is going to integrate IAC's video site Vimeo and Yahoo's photo sharing site Flickr into the next version of iOS, the software that runs iPhones and iPads, Mark Gurman of 9 to 5 Mac reports.

Gurman says iOS users will be able to upload video straight to Vimeo from their iPhones and iPads, just like they can currently upload straight to YouTube.

Welcome to the new "Forza Motorsport 5" for the new Xbox One. It is officially a launch title. 

The Forza series has been Microsoft's big racing franchise on the Xbox, and that looks to continue into the next generation without a pause. 

Racers, rejoice. Now check out the video and screenshots from the Xbox reveal event. 

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Square Follows Google With Pay-By-Email Service (SocialTimes)
In another sign the mobile payments wars are heating up, Square

VMware today demonstrated its new cloud computing service that takes on the 800-pound gorilla, Amazon.

No one really expects that this new cloud, named the vCloud Hybrid Service, will really damage Amazon's lock on the cloud computing market, any more than IBM's, HP's, Google's and Microsoft's clouds will.

However, VMware has a few carrots that are

Xbox One, the new gaming console introduced by Microsoft today, will not play older games from the Xbox family.

This means that if you want to play your old Xbox and Xbox 360 games, you better keep a compatible console around.

This is due to major changes in how the Xbox One works compared to other models. It uses an "x86" architecture for its

Steven Spielberg will executive produce a live-action Halo TV series.

Bonnie Ross from 343 Industries made the announcement at the Xbox Reveal.

343 Industries is the studio that makes Halo.

The series will feature exclusive interactive Xbox One content and will be created through a partnership with 343 Industries and Xbox Entertainment

Microsoft has revealed the new version of Kinect, the hands-free motion control system for Xbox One. And it is a beauty.

Put it this way, it can detect your heartbeat.

Each Xbox One will come included with a Kinect.

The Kinect now recognizes your voice and commands are more conversational.

It is also packed with a 1080p HD camera for video chats