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Texting to Pay is Cool

Local company XIPWIRE is a mobile payment provider that enables you to securely send and receive money using a simple text message. Pretty cool, huh?!

Well SXSW certainly thinks so! The XIPWIRE founders are in the running to be among the presenters at the 2011 interactive conference this spring. And you have the power to make it happen!

Vote now: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/7647

 
 

The Summer of 2010

The Summer of 2010

(The below post was created by one of our stellar PR interns, Andrea Highbloom.)

Whether they made us cringe, smile, or scratch our heads in confusion, we'll certainly remember these moments from the summer of 2010.

1. Andy goes to college:

Fifteen years after the original Toy Story, and eleven years after the sequel, Pixar and Disney released Toy Story 3. Getting to see old friends Buzz Lightyear, Woody, and the rest of the gang actually made it worth the extra $3.00 the theater charged for the plastic 3D glasses. I'm not embarrassed to admit that the bittersweet ending had me shedding a few tears…

 
 
Forever 45 Just Doesn't Have the Same Ring...

A clothing retailer for tweens and teens has just launched a maternity line but immediately faced a firestorm from parents across the country, suggesting that the new line promotes teen pregnancy. Did they cross the line or is this just how retailers expand?

More after the jump.

 
 

Midnight Runners

Midnight Runners

Five Brownstein Group employees spent their Saturday night working up a sweat at the Midnight Run.

 
 

The Fun Theory

The Fun Theory

Who would have thought being a healthy, upstanding citizen could be so amusing.

 
 

Air Phone.

Air Phone.

This is the first iPhone-App-Thingy that actually made me smile.

Get the Fingerist and you can take air guitar to a whole other digital level.

Video and more after the jump.

 
 
Not So Young Any Longer

Monday night class sessions, client conference calls, and late-night brainstorms - all signs that point to the fourth annual PR Institute, which recently came to an end on Tuesday, June 22nd.

 
 
A New Reason to Smile

When you put Facebook, smiles and a vending machine together, what do you get?

Find out the answer after the jump.

 
 

Now That's Cool

Now That's Cool

Never mind what your parents taught you growing up, now you CAN throw rocks at a glass house!

 
 

Pepsi goes naked?

Pepsi goes naked?

In Argentina, Pepsi is having some fun with the World Cup.  According to AdAge: "If Argentina wins the World Cup, Pepsi Cola plans to follow the example of Argentina's coach Diego Maradona, who says he'll celebrate by running around naked in Buenos Aires."