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q-stores where the majority of product is from the main brand, g-star, but there are other brands in the store whose products compliments g-stars

"Instead of other sites where every place gets 3.5 stars, we come up with our scores using the same Foursquare magic that powers Explore. We look at signals like tips, likes, dislikes, popularity, loyalty, local expertise, and nearly 3 billion check-ins from over 25 million people worldwide. And, with every check-in and Explore search, our scores will get smarter and better."

Video Star for iOS facilitates the creation of homespun music videos to go along with any song on your device. To use it, you simply choose a song from your music library and start shooting. You can act along with the song, lip sync, dance, shoot video of your dog, or whatever.

Lego is donating a toy to the US Marine Corp' Toys for Tots for each Star Wars themed e-card sent through their site

More comedians as ad stars

Yesterday the IAB unveiled the winners of its Rising Stars competition, an initiative launched to spur greater creativity in interactive advertising by introducing a series of new brand-friendly ad formats.

Is Marriott responding to the challenges of contender, Airbnb, with Content Creation produced by OTT stars and networks?

"Seurat, a new tool that allows for rendering of very high resolution immersive content even on mobile VR devices that don't necessarily have the best specs. To demonstrate Seurat's capabilities, Google showed off a collaboration with ILMxLAB, which brings cinematic-quality renders from Star Wars to interactive mobile VR."

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The film, to be directed by Sundance-winner Drake Doremus (Like Crazy), is based on the story of Alex, a young man who wakes up every day with a different appearance. Intel and Toshiba are seeking actors for the film via a Facebook Page. The first episode in the film is scheduled to premiere on Aug. 16 at 3 p.m. PST. The final episode will air on Sept. 20. In a bit of product placement, Alex will employ a Toshiba Portege Ultrabook during the movie. Grace doesn't appear in the trailer above, but he narrates it. The two tech giants collaborated on a similar project last year called The Inside Experience starring Emmy Rossum. In that case, the plot was moved along by comments from viewers on Facebook and Twitter.

daily 8.19 crowdsourced execution where ppl claim 15 second bits of a star wars movie and remake it, then all the pieces are put back together

Well executed branded social game. Essentially a Pawn Shop Tycoon game with the Pawn Stars IP behind it.

"The site has three themes: Timeless Tiffany includes the story of Tiffany, including its diamond heritage, major milestones, masterpieces, drawings from the Tiffany Archives and a virtual hall of fame that showcases vintage ads and images of jewelry from every fashion era from the Gilded Age to the present day; Tiffany Insider, a gallery of images and videos that Tiffany says "captures the excitement and creativity behind photo shoots, dressing stars in Tiffany diamonds and unveiling windows that invite the imagination to dream of elegant new worlds"; and Tiffany In Style, which covers events and introduces designs in jewelry and accessories, along with advertising images and videos."

"Here are five lessons in the art and science of storytelling I learned by studying the pros ... 1) Adopt a newsroom mentality Make content development a core part of the way you do business - just as it is in journalism. Embed it in every department. Hire journalists just as LinkedIn, Qualcomm and others have done. Curate voices like we do on edelman.com. 2) Hand-craft your content for each venue Some companies try desperately to create singular pieces of content that can be simply be dumped in different places. That no longer works. Instead, hand-craft your content for each venue. Jonah Peretti, Buzzfeed's co-founder, summed it up best when he said: "Twitter is for your head, while Facebook is for your heart." 3) Cultivate superstars who have a POV News and information, to some degree, is commodity content - it's everywhere. Deep, thoughtful analysis, however, is in high demand. Just as the New York Times has Nate Silver and ESPN has Bill SImmons, you too can grow and cultivate rock stars who create thoughtful content with unique analytical point of view. 4) Be relentlessly data driven Speaking of Mr. Silver, if there's one thing he taught us this year it's that data rules. Follow in his footsteps in not only how you use data to inform and deliver your storytelling but also in how you measure your results. Many newsrooms, for example, now have real-time dashboards that help shape their decisions. 5) Let constraints fuel creativity Finally, it's often hard to convince management to put resources behind content until there's proven ROI. However, constraints can breed creativity. The Wall Street Journal's daytime video network, for example, was challenged to cover the Olympics without footage. So instead it creatively turned to using puppetry - and with great success. Be creative to get around constraints."

Like Birchbox, except she and her team also uploads videos to YouTube on how to apply the products.

Gatorade released a playable video game ad on Snapchat celebrating the career of tennis star Serena Williams. The game is called Serena Williams' Match Point, and it can be played within the ESPN Discover channel on Snapchat.