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daily 12.3

quick breakdown of social media players in 2011

Raised $1.5 million - $1 million from FarmVille players.

Online retailer using personal shoppers and direct email to the recommend items to the site's most valued customers.

Daily 5.5

Target's digital efforts for back to school

On entering the site, users begin to travel through the world of Harry Potter and the [Sorceror's] Stone, following in the footsteps of Harry and learning new facts about his world as they open an account at the goblin bank Gringotts, travel up and down Diagon Alley shopping for equipment for school and choosing a wand. Unlocking new content as they progress through the storyline, they can click on and collect items for their "trunk," build and evolve their profiles, adding their own drawings, collecting books and chocolate frog cards, learning spells and brewing potions. A Pottermore account can also be connected to a Facebook account, with users able to make friends-and even take part in wizarding duels once they reach a certain point on the website.

Twitter is being used by high school teachers to force concise writing in students.

Berlin street artist, Sweza, is bringing back the old-school boom box in a new-school way with his super cool project called QRadio. Just spot his QRadio boombox on the streets, snap a pict of the QR code with your phone, and your phone is transformed into a cassette tape that fits perfectly with the piece. Sweet.

Inspiring, fostering, nurturing the next wave of innovation.

So mental telepathy does work... Verizon is doing what we wanted them to do.

Think this is great for adults who have neither the time nor the capabilities to remember old school math. I think it's terrible for kids.

Learning is doing - things changing so fast impossible to teach