BeanCast 298: Fuel Bands and Little Planes

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Farrah Bostic, President, The Difference Engine

Mitch Joel, President, Twist Image

Tristan Louis, Founder, KeepSkor

David Spark, President, Spark Media Solutions

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Topics

Do Brands Apologize Too Much

Sources: Digiday opinion piece

Branded Wearables In Trouble

Sources: CNET Reports, ReCode add perspective, More perspective

Growth Hacking Hype

Sources: GigaOm reports

One-Second Viewability

Sources: Ad Age article

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#AdFail5

GMail's New TOS admits they're reading our email for ad targeting.

Uber adds a terribly named $1 Safe Rides fee.

Samsung internal memos revealed they viewed Steve Job's death as a marketing opp.

General Mills issues new TOS that says if you like their Facebook page you can't sue them.

US Airways sends a pornographic Tweet.

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