Twitter finally launched their standalone music app yesterday morning, dubbed Twitter #music.  As you probably heard, the folks at Twitter skipped the early adopter approach and took to Good Morning America for a very mainstream launch of their latest product. The app is now available on your desktop and, perhaps more importantly for the large majority of us that like our music to be as on-the-go as we are, on iOS.

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As interns at a full-service marketing agency, we have the unique opportunity to participate in a ‘Lunch and Learn’ series where different departments explain their role within MRY. During our week five ‘Lunch and Learn’ with the Strategy department, one insight resonated with us. GianCarlo Pitocco (GCP), the Director of Strategy shared with us CEO & Founder Matt Britton’s insight that in today’s society, brands are acting more like people and people are acting more like brands.

This got us thinking about how we can best manage our personal brands, so we put together 7 tips to help anyone create and manage their presence in a hyper-social world.

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It was Monday June 25^th at 11:15am when the #MRYintern team received an e-mail informing us that MRY was in the running to be named The Top Ad Agency Internship Program of 2012. We were pumped to hear that the program we worked so hard to get accepted for was now in the running to be named the best program in the nation. What was even better was the fact that we had control over the outcome. If we wanted the award badly enough it was there for the taking. All it took was dedication and a drive to make it happen. And so the week began. Our competitive spirits came out. We were determined to win.

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Social media has redefined New York Fashion Week. The magazine editors and celebrities that once filled the front rows of Fashion shows have been joined by fashion bloggers. The looks and styles that were once only seen by an elite group are now being broadcast via live video streams on Facebook. The industry that once thrived on exclusivity is now publicizing look after look on Twitter. Even the notorious Bryant Park venue has changed to Lincoln Center to allow for improved cell phone reception and wi-fi for fashion tweeters to provide updates and photos to their fans. We have entered into the new world of fashion—and it’s one where everyone is invited.

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A lot has happened this year and teens have taken notice. World events, economic pressures, personal milestones, friends, education and brands all play big roles in influencing the lives of teens. Teens are evolving and maturing as fast as the technologies and platforms we build around them.

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We are the Mr Youth interns. In honor of Social Media Day last Thursday we are sharing our POV on the good life of YouthNation, the present and future of social media, and whatever else crosses our young, millennial minds in 140 characters or less:

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Of all the new ads, ideas, articles, videos, and trends we sift through every day, these are the fun nuggets that stuck with us last week:

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Twitter.com just got an upgrade! It’s been a while since we’ve seen a new homepage as Twitter has focused much of its redesign efforts on improving user experience; however, this new landing page is very obviously geared towards acquisition of new users. Let’s take a look at what stayed, what’s gone and why Twitter made these changes. (Images below)

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We’ve found a lot that is inspiring and LOL-worthy this week (and it’s only Wednesday!) Here’s a shortlist – our spring gift to you, dear reader.

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