Each week the social & PR teams from The Brooklyn Brothers come together to talk about things that are trending. Each week we openly discuss really interesting thoughts from a couple of members of the team about what is coming up in digital, social and of course PR. This week Alice Dodge and Laura Bell talked through the following presentation.

1. Trending. Wk 0508 Brought to you by @alicedodge @tea1sugarplease

2. QR CODES Is there any future in interactive barcodes? According to Mobio Identify Systems, QR scanning growth exceeded 1200% in the last half of 2010.

11. CREATING DEMAND FOR TECHNOLOGY The iPhone 5 being delayed, Spotify hitting the states and

12. iPad

13. Spotify

15. It has now been flagged as October 2011

16. Apple has not confirmed or denied this

17. Recent survey found 1/3 of all Americans will buy the new iPhone regardless of what it looks like or how it works

18. Apple is expected to unveil the yet unseen iPhone 5 prototype at the Fall Media Conference (early September)

20. Facebook reached 25 million users in three years, while Twitter took just 30 months

21. Google+ is currently growing at 1 million users per day

22. Do these figures surprise you or has the social media landscape changed so rapidly that it is now expected?

25. ‘Expected Child’ can now be found in the friends and family section

26. The update can include a picture (ultrasound), name and due date of the unborn child

27. Early glitch allowed practical jokers to insert their friends names

28. Is there such a thing as too much information on Facebook?

30. The app will be free to download once $25K is raised to build it by early September, 2011

32. Once properly oriented, augmented reality kicks in and renders their silhouette - in a pencil-like outline during the day and in shimmering light at night.

33. Each photo submission appears as a pin on the map. Scroll over any pin, click, and read that story.

35. Designed to make the tagging process easier, Facebook will scan photos and suggest who to tag

38. Shot in secret, it took 9 months to create, produce and edit

39. Became viral overnight

40. Coverage in major national, trade and online media

41. Youtube channel features behind-the-scenes, interviews , photo gallery and documentary

42. Objectives were to renew local interest in the Opera House and grow tourist visitors

43. Is music key to a successful campaign?