December 2010
21 posts
Foursquare Adds Photos & Comments →
Foursquare Adds Photos & Comments Location-based social network Foursquare released new versions of both its iPhone and Android apps this week. Users can now attach photos to checkins, venues and tips, and comment on their friends’ checkins.
Dec 23rd
Apple launches iAds to General Public →
Gigaom has a hands on review: http://bit.ly/ften2L. Of course, in Apple’s case, the public is limited to people with a valid Apple developer account in the US.
Dec 22nd
iPad App: Squarespace →
Squarespace Bloggers Be Glad.  They really open up the admin tools for your iPad and boy is it sharp.
Dec 21st
Twitter vs. Facebook (Infographic) →
Demographics, Usage, etc.  
Dec 21st
Time to ReThink Viral →
Dec 20th
Pepto Bismol on Social Media Binge →
Dec 20th
This looks familiar →
Dec 16th
Internet Study: Everyone on Email; Blogging Down →
Dec 16th
How the World is Using Cell Phones (Infographic) →
Dec 15th
Visualizing Friendships on Facebook (Cool Pic) →
Dec 14th
Twitter Trends of 2010 →
Dec 13th
P&G Trades in Soaps for Social →
Dec 11th
66% of Groupons are Profitable for a Business →
Dec 10th
Evernote Stats (cool) →
Dec 9th
Involver speeds up Facebook App Development →
http://www.allfacebook.com/involver-introduces-social-markup-language-2010-12
Dec 8th
Why Groupon Could Own Your Brand's Future →
Adage’s take on Groupon: discusses Pricing, Value, and more
Dec 7th
Google launcheds eBooks →
Read your favorite books from anywhere from the world’s largest bookstore. The ebook store will also tie into Google Books, the company’s digitization project for the world’s books. Google says that is has scanned more than 15 million books since the project began in 2004 from more than 35,000 publishers. You’ll be able to search through Google’s scanned offerings in the research section of...
Dec 7th
Evolution of CRM (Infographic) →
77% of customers look for incentives and coupons on social media sites. 80% of US consumers use social media to verify purchase recommendations. 43% of US consumers say brands should use social media to help customers. 50% of companies have created an online community but failed to manage it properly (according to Gartner)
Dec 7th
Gowalla adds Foursquare in V3? →
Redesign includes broadcasting to your other social networks, earning Foursquare badges and Facebook Deals.  An aggregator of LBS, if you will.
Dec 3rd
Ebay Buying Milo →
  eBay is close to announcing it has purchased local shopping search engine Milo for $75 million. For those not familiar with Milo, it specializes in tracking inventory in local stores. The purchase makes sense for eBay, which needs to rejuvenate its core marketplace business. Originally driven by auctions, eBay’s marketplace has lost its identity as it moved to fix-price listings and suffered...
Dec 2nd
Groupon's Long(er) Term Strategy →
Groupon Stores and Deal Feed http://www.businessinsider.com/groupon-announces-two-new-features-a-personalized-deal-feed-for-shoppers-and-groupon-stores-for-merchants-they-2010-12
Dec 1st