1. In case youve been hiding under a rock

2. Whats New In:
Social Media
Digital Media
PR & Media Relations
Word of mouth > Social Media
Other Current Events
Americans #1 in humor
Sarah Palin answers Who is Paul Revere? [video]
Palins e-mails
Millionaire Maltese passes away
Bob Barker denounces Sea World [video]
The iPad, the iPhone, and the iCloud
Top 10 Mobile Cities
Green/Outdoor
Ted Talks
Eli Pariser speaks on the dangers of Filter Bubbles [video]
3. Social Media
Facebook has enabled all of its users privacy settings to allow face recognition. It can detect facial features in pictures uploaded by users then prompts users to tag friends. Some have complained that it recognizes certain faces incorrectly.
4. Social Media
A German Facebook user accidently made her digital birthday party invitation public. The invitation went out to 15,000 Facebook users, and though the young girl cancelled the invite, 1,600 of her friends still showed up, ready to PARTY!
5. Social Media
Weinergate: Best thing to EVER happen to Twitter
Representative Anthony Weiner of New York helps twitter.com to have best week in its history. Weiner accidently sent out a photograph of hisumm.namesake to the entire twitterverse. At first denying that he was the one to tweet the picture, Weiner later admitted to taking the photo, and mistakenly tweeting the photo publicly. This incident marked the most comments twitter.com has ever seen, trumping Bieber fever and even the death of Osama Bin Laden.
6. Social Media
LinkedIn said to be most valuable social networking profile to have.
Facebook is the only social networking site to decline in importance.
61% of consumers are more likely to talk about a product on Twitter, compared to 49% on Facebook.
7. Social Media
How often should brands communicate with consumers? (According to consumers)
*Information taken from Facebook and Twitter users by Mediapost.com
8. Social Media
Quick Service Restaurants grab highest amount of check-ins on location based application, MyTown. Foursquare, meanwhile, has the highest number of check-ins in transit locations.
9. Digital
Video
Cats can now play with the iPad thanks to Friskies new App.
10. Digital
Apple users can now sync all of their information (photos, files, music, etc.) to all Apple devices via a personal network, the iCloud.
Apple has also released an unlocked iPhone4 whichallows interchangeable SIM cards, and global service options. The 16GB unlocked iPhone is being sold for $649.
11. Green/Outdoor
goes green:
Google invests $280 million to finance solar energy installations across the U.S. The large price tag makes this Googles largest investment in renewable energy projects so far.
Invest in a pair of KEENS and help disaster victims:
For every pair sold from June 17-July 3, the Grassroots Outdoor Alliance and KEEN will donate $5 to the American Red Cross to help spring storm victims in the Midwest and South.
12. PR & Media Relations
Bad news for journalism good news for PR?
A federal study found that local reporting has waned. From the findings: "Coverage of state governments and municipalities has receded at such an alarming pace that it has left government with more power than ever to set the agenda and have assertions unchallenged.
Word of mouth beats out social media: A study found that word of mouth was more powerful in motivating social causes. Nearly 2/3s of Americans reported that being told in person was typically how they learned about causes and social issues others wanted them to be involved.
13. PR & Media Relations
Someone who could really use some PR help: Newt Gingrich
Presidential nominee Gingrich, was recently abandoned by his entire circle of advisers, who left as a result of differences over the campaigns direction. Its apparent even years of experience and loads of money can still result in PR disaster.An embarrassing YouTube incident, the emergence of his six-figure debt at Tiffanys, avoiding speculation and disappearing on a two-week holiday may have led to the meltdown.
14. Current Events
Its official: Americans rank the most hilarious according to a global poll of 30,000 people across 15 countries. The Spanish took second place. Its no laughing matter for the Germans, who took last place.
One American who keeps entertaining: Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin's response to "Who is Paul Revere?"

15. Or, even better: the best of her 24,000+ emails the Alaskan govt. just released