While Facebook and Twitter are catching are all about amassing hordes of followers and friends, the newest social network have a more “unsocial” theme. The recent $1 billion acquisition of Instagram by Facebook cements the idea that smaller, closed networks are growing in popularity among early adopters.
Facebook indicated in April 23, 2012 S1 form about this deal:
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With the rise of the iPad, Kindle Fire and almost any tablet reader or PC as the potential saviors of the publishing business, several companies are rushing to create the next great news reader. At the top of the list, is Pulse app, which is a news reading application for several smartphones and tablets.
According to the company site: “It… Read more
Nowadays, social media and email make it so easy to keep in touch (or get back in touch) with people that it is not a surprise that more and more relationships are being maintained over the Internet. Techie couples maintaining long distance relationships are not shy to share their feelings over social media. Still, while Facebook makes it easy to… Read more
Many businesses go online and find out their reputations are being muddied by a few vindictive customers and some competitors running negative ad campaigns (that’s right, it’s not just for politics).
There are any number of reasons why your company brand may receive negative attention in the news that can multiply exponentially and create trouble.
Here are a few ways to get started in… Read more
Zynga is used to pulling off big stunts such as the time Snoop Dogg blew up the Mafia Wars truck. However, Zynga is now ready to pull the biggest stun of its life.
Back in 2010, Zynga suddenly halted all game development and focused in a single goal: developing a self-hosted online gaming site in case the negotiations between Zynga… Read more
If you’re a coder and you carry your nerd card loud and proud, you need to Get with the Brogram.
The term brogrammer is the mix of “bro” and “programmer” and is reaching new heights of popularity as the Get with the Brogram Facebook page has over 21,000 likes, the thread on Quora called “How does a programmer become a… Read more
StageIt is the response from musician Evan Lowenstein (best known for his and his brother’s hit, Crazy for This Girl from the TV drama Dawson’s Creek, which landed No. 15 on the Billobard’s Hot 100) to the industry’s inability to catch up with the social media revolution.
According to Entrepreneur, Lowenstein did some research with found that… Read more
Love is hard business. Literally.
Think about it: every time that a matching service like EHarmony successfully matches a couple, it loses 2 customers. “We’re done with you, now move on, there’s nothing here for you”, described Zoosk founder Shayan Zadeh to Bloomberg Businessweek back in February 2012 as the main problem with the mentality of matching sites such as… Read more
“Brands are like 11-year old boys: They want girls to talk to them, but they don’t really know what to say back.” This statement describes quite well the current state of the QR industry as people are interested in finding out what’s behind a QR code and only get the full blown website on their phones. Pongr is a startup… Read more
Pictured above is the Ala Moana Shopping Center, which is the largest shopping mall in Hawaii, the 15th largest shopping mall in the United States, and the largest open-air shopping center in the world. With over 300 stores and over 56 million visitors per year, heading to this shopping center may actually require a map. This need for internal maps… Read more
