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| Burger King's Whopper Holder is the Ultimate in Lazy Dining | | Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:11 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Labor-intensive Whopper eating is a thing of the past with the Whopper Holder. The Hands-Free Whopper is an actual product, which was distributed by the chain to celebrate its 50th anniversary in Puerto Rico. As the video above shows, there are some practical advantages to the device. However, the major function of the Whopper Holder is promotional, just like the burger-scented cologne the chain released in 2008.
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| Coke Social Can Splits Into Two for Easy Sharing | | Thursday, May 30, 2013 6:39 PM | Charlie White |
| Summer's coming up, and if you go strutting around with an ice cold soda in your hands, everyone will be hoping you'll share it with them. Now some creative ad people have attempted to solve that problem with the Coke Social Can, a container that splits in two so you can share its contents.
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| Tumblr Brings Sponsored Posts to Your Desktop Feed | | Thursday, May 30, 2013 1:47 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| One month after introducing sponsored posts to users' mobile news feeds (a.k.a. dashboards), Tumblr announced that it's bringing the ad unit to desktop news feeds, as well. The ad units look like a regular old post, distinguished only by a dollar sign icon in the upper righthand corner. Users can favorite and reblog those posts at will, which Tumblr claims users have already done more than 10 million times on mobile sponsored posts.
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| 10 Ways to Improve Your Email Marketing | | Thursday, May 30, 2013 1:36 PM | ClickZ |
| Most brands have a "pretty decent" email marketing program, but could it be better? Take a look at these 10 things to try and improve your engagement.
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| 'Chicago Sun-Times' Lays Off Full Photo Staff | | Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:27 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| Reports are emerging that the The Chicago Sun-Times has laid off its entire photo staff. According to The Chicago Tribune, 20 full-time staffers in the photo department received layoff notices Thursday.
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| 'New York Times' Mobile Site Gets Much-Needed Upgrade | | Thursday, May 30, 2013 11:30 AM | Lauren Indvik |
| April was a big news month for The New York Times and other national news outlets that covered the Boston Marathon bombings and subsequent suspect chase. To accommodate the growing number of readers who turn to their smartphone devices for breaking news coverage, the Times has completely reengineered the front and back ends of its mobile website for the first time since its launch in 2006.
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| Dropbox Back Up After Widespread Service Disruption | | Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:44 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| UPDATE: Dropbox has confirmed to Mashable that the site is back up and running after experiencing a widespread service disruption this morning. "We apologize for any inconvenience that might have been caused," a Dropbox rep said. "Dropbox is back to normal." If you had trouble accessing your files on Dropbox this morning, you're not alone.
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| Gmail's New Inbox and Other News You Need to Know | | Thursday, May 30, 2013 9:45 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Gmail is redesigning its inbox again, adding tabbed categories to organize different types of mail. The Wall Street Journal reports Apple is working with Pegatron to produce some of its new tech and balance out its supply chain.
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