Using Twitter? – Get a free Jack Johnson Tune from the forthcoming album!

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Jack Johnson, the author of many mellow melodies that’ll make you want to stay in bed all day, has figured out a really cool way to promote his new live album on Twitter. Jack Johnson picture

It’s really simple: just head on to twitter.jackjohnsonmusic.com. There’s a premade Twitter message there (you can add 24 more characters if you like) that promotes the new album, titled En Concert, and all you need to do is login into your Twitter account and send it. The download of the promised tune (it’s a 192 kbps MP3) will start automatically.

This is probably one of the simplest and best examples of how a musician can promote his work via Twitter, because everyone wins: you get a free song off the new album, and Jack Johnson will probably get a free Twitter trend and lots of good vibes.

We received ‘Flake (Live from San Francisco)’ – let us know what tune you get?

BUSTED: Burglar Arrested After Checking Facebook During Robbery

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One of our favourite social media stories during the past week, Facebook use leads to arrest of burglar.

Facebook use leads to arrest

Facebook use leads to arrest

According to The Journal, a 19-year-old Pennsylvania man was arrested earlier this week on a charge of felony daytime robbery. How did police catch him? Simple: the burglar left a trail, by way of checking his Facebook account before leaving the house with two diamond rings and forgetting to log out.

Jonathan Parker remains in custody on $10,000 bail, facing a maximum 10 year prison sentence if convicted. A friend of the defendant said Parker had asked him for help breaking into the victim’s house the previous night, so things are not looking too good for the perp.

So what do you think: is this a case of Facebook addiction, or just a very dim burglar? We’re sure there’s a burglar out there somewhere getting ready to tweet his thieving antics and maybe put up a photo album of his swag on Flickr…isn’t social media great!

new website launched – www.billbandit.com

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Bill BanditIT Pie has launched a new website, the website belongs to The Original Bill Bandit.

Bill Bandit Ltd creates order where there is chaos!

They solve a universal problem by providing beautifully simple and practical solutions for managing receipts, ATM slips and all those other little bits of paper you need to keep for expense claims, accounting and budgeting purposes.

BillBandit was created to take away the pain – and cost – of ‘out-of-control’ money management. As BillBandit Ltd CEO Chris Ogle  says,

For years I’ve been messing around with receipts and credit card vouchers. I tried operating folder systems, envelope systems, the old spike-on-a-wooden-block system – you name it, I tried it – but none of them worked.  It was during a typical moment of frustration about the state of my expenses that I came up with the idea for the BillBandit – and the more I thought about it, and shared the idea with colleagues, the more I realised I was onto something big.  It’s such a simple idea and yet, it’s totally transformed the way I look at and manage my expenses.

Ready to use in minutes the original BillBandit will sort out your expenses… GUARANTEED !!

We think its an amazing idea and recommend you get your hands on one asap!!