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The Banning of Google Glass Begins (And They Aren't Even Available Yet) | Forbes

The Banning of Google Glass Begins (And They Aren't Even Available Yet) | Forbes | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

A Seattle bar has declared that ‘Google Glass’ (aka Google Glasses)–not yet available to the public–are banned “in advance” from the establishment.

 

Seattle’s 5 Point Cafeposted a message to their Facebook page saying:

“For the record, The 5 Point is the first Seattle business to ban in advance Google Glasses. And [butt] kickings will be encouraged for violators.”

 

Sure, this is partly a tongue-in-cheek pronouncement, and a bit of a publicity stunt, but the owners of 5 Point Cafe are quite clear that they mean it–and there’s little doubt that other businesses will follow their lead.

 

Speaking to Jamie Griswold, a reporter withMyNorthwest.com, 5 Point Cafe owner Dave Meinert said that in the tech-savvy city of Seattle it’s just a matter of time before Google Glassbecomes a regular feature of the city’s social scene....

 

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Seattle PR firm reveals efforts to free Amanda Knox - Puget Sound Business Journal

Seattle PR firm reveals efforts to free Amanda Knox - Puget Sound Business Journal | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

David Marriott never visited Amanda Knox during her four years in an Italian prison.

 

He met her this month, when she stepped off a plane in Seattle.

 

Yet for Knox and her family, Marriott was as important a player in her ordeal as anyone in the courtroom. As Knox’s publicist, beginning three days after her arrest, Marriott worked to convince the international public that she did not murder her British roommate while studying in Perugia.

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