Fun Pop Mashup of the Week #11

Hey so V Day is upon us…do you enjoy a bit of the consumerist love fest? The card, the flowers, and the stuffs? Personally, I am just going to have Easter instead as the Creme Eggs ads are on telly and the Mini Eggs are egging me on from the shelves and well…it’s all getting too much really.

Also Read: How To Make Boring Underwear An Awesome Product On KickStarter

But as always, main course before dessert – here’s the MASH!!!

Spammer Spammed?

So Twitter’s security has had another blow this week with Anthony Noto, the company’s own CFO, sending some 300 spammy tweets within a 20 minute hack space. Luckily for the birded wonder, it wasn’t anything political, controversial or irreverent. Touch concerning on the security side of things though as if they can’t even keep their homeside accounts locked down, what about the rest of us 288 million? Eh?

When #Twitter’s CFO gets hacked on… Twitter: 300 spammy tweets in 20 mins!

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Twitter And The BAFTAs…

Twitter also discussed (read dissed) the #EEBAFTAs 2015 in style. The main subjects were:

1. Kassabian trying too hard to be cool. And failing.

Drummer and bassist from Kasabian clearly thinking “Why can’t we just look NICE for once.” pic.twitter.com/pRQYnX0aaQ

— Alan (@alan_maguire) February 8, 2015

The #EEBAFTAs: the only event in the world where you can see Kasabian perform in front of footage of Paddington falling down some stairs. — Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) February 8, 2015

2. No mention of Bob Hoskins in the compilation of actors and film industry figures who’ve died in the last year.

The omission of Bob Hoskins in the BAFTA remembrance montage seems symbolic of the erasure in modern times of the working-class actor.

— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) February 9, 2015

Well I remember Bob Hoskins and what’s more I bet the Oscars will to. — Douglas Henshall (@djhenshall) February 9, 2015

Quite a few also mentioned the omission of Rik Mayall who had a huge impact on British film and TV culture. It is still the British Academy of Film and Television Arts…right? Not the Boring Arrogant Film (only) and Tat Association?

Lovebook = Matchmaking Facebook

Valentine’s day is definitely on in Facebook world as Lovebook goes live. Matchmaking using Facebook ads is the future of the dating scene it seems as its reach is really quite extensive.

Matchmaking using #Facebook ads is the future of the dating scene it seems. #LoveBook

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The ads featuring specific information about the customer get “pitched” to targeted markets filtered on specific criteria and consisting of some tens of thousands of potential love interests.

Creator CJ James says:

[quote]These ads have the potential to go viral (…)if you have the same interests as Kim Kardashian or a Premier League footballer, you could end up on their page.[/quote]

No thanks on either of those actually, get me Kanye or recently suspended Brian Williams and we can talk! Rates range from £10 to £40. Love does cost a thing.

InstaHotDudeReading

Instagram wise, it seems to be ALL about Hot Dude Reading. Quite simply, an account setup to capture handsome bookworms absorbed by various literature whilst on the tube. The account is only weeks old and has already won the hearts of over 155,000 followers with its appealing subjects and comments glazed with sarcasm. Here is a taster:

Good morning, single bachelor. Nothing gives me more hope than a banker without a band. Almost has that dangerous Patrick Bateman vibe, but I can tell he’s a nice guy on account of the black loafers and blue socks. He’s probably listening to Taylor Swift in those headphones. #blankspace #hotdudesreading

A photo posted by Hot Dudes Reading – Official (@hotdudesreading) on Feb 3, 2015 at 8:07am PST

Purring Can Get You In Trouble On YouTube

I will leave you with news that a cat purring video on YouTube has become the subject of a copyright infringement dispute raised by EMI. The video in question is here “Cat Purr 1 hour – Phantom – Calm and relaxing for study, sleep or meditation” and apparently, a 12-second section of the cat purring infringed on the copyright of a song named Focus that is owned by EMI…What the whiskers?!