Are you so addicted to Angry Birds that you would play it anywhere? Well, we have good news: here’s a little add-on to do just that – on the web. It’s actually an extension that works with most browsers and will let you add add an Angry Birds gameplay layer to every single web page. Have a look at the demo video, featuring The Next Web: It was created by the agency Wunderman Buenos Aires to promote the launch of Angry Birds on … [Read more...]

Do you remember Orkut? Unless you live in Brazil, you probably don’t think about it very often; even if you do, you may think its glory days are over. Well, don’t bury it too soon; according to a report released today by Experian Hitwise, it still accounts for over 40% of the social networks market in Brazil. Experian Hitwise’s study focused on social networks and forums in Brazil during the month of September. According to its … [Read more...]

Do you have a hard time dealing with abstract concepts? Do you find it hard, for instance, to understand what’s at stake when talking about online identity? Well, this debate has become very concrete; it even has a name: “La Gringa“.Or better say, a pseudonym. This is also the name that this American blogger was using to report crime in Honduras on Facebook – until the social network suspended her account a couple days ago … [Read more...]

General elections began this morning in Argentina when 28 million registered voters were able to elect a new President and Vice-President, 24 senators, 130 deputies to the lower house of Parliament as well as nine provincial governors. Facing such an important event, Google decided to participate and developed a series of initiatives around the election. The most visible of these initiatives targeted at Google users in Argentina is today’s … [Read more...]