Google Vs. Facebook And How Marketers Win (Or Lose) In 2011

Google has said nothing about its rumored social networking offering, but it may be that the company has just revealed its secret weapon to take on Facebook. The new Priority Inbox feature in Gmail hints at social media’s next great battleground: Relevance! Facebook itself inadvertently demonstrated the value of relevance and what is most wrong [...]

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Luke’s Locker races into Austin market

Austin Business News – Local Austin News | Austin Business Journal Go to Source Luke’s Locker Inc., a Dallas-based running and fitness retailer, is entering the Austin race with its first store here.

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11 Austin roads on ‘most congested’ list

Austin Business News – Local Austin News | Austin Business Journal Go to Source A four-mile stretch through downtown Austin on I-35 is the fourth most congested road in the state, according to a Texas Department of Transportation listing of 100 worst trafficked routes.

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Austin Chamber presents 24 business awards

Austin Business News – Local Austin News | Austin Business Journal Go to Source The Austin Chamber of Commerce recognized 24 companies as outstanding businesses during an awards ceremony Wednesday evening.

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The MMA: Mobile Marketing Is No Longer Emerging. It’s Here.

Today at the Mobile Marketing Forum in Sao Paolo, the MMA announced a repositioning to increase its "effectiveness at the global, regional and national levels, and to create additional membership benefits." The association is shifting its focus from helping to build mobile marketing as an emerging discipline, to 5 tenets they've identified as the building [...]

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SXSW Alumni News: Alexis Ohanian, Nick Finck and MG Siegler

SXSW Interactive News RSS Feed Go to Source 0 SXSW Alumni News includes tech industry leaders who contributed their expertise to the 2010 SXSW Interactive Festival and officially participating new media companies. Make face-to-face connections with decision-makers, leading-edge adopters and trend-setters at the 2011 SXSW Interactive Festival, March 11-15 in Austin, Texas. Former Reddit cofounder [...]

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Austin real estate round-up: Sept. 1

Austin Business News – Local Austin News | Austin Business Journal Go to Source Here is a round-up listing of some recent deals and announcements in the Austin real estate market since last Wednesday:

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Texas giving another $10M for appliance rebates

Austin Business News – Local Austin News | Austin Business Journal Go to Source The state will pass out another $10 million in appliance rebates this winter, using leftover stimulus funds from a program earlier this year.

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EA launches Facebook football game app

Austin Business News – Local Austin News | Austin Business Journal Go to Source Electronic Arts Inc. said Wednesday that a version of its popular Madden football game is now available via a social network.

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Ad Networks and Exchanges Commit to Self-Certification by the IAB

Search Engine Watch Blog Go to Source One of the events that was part of Connected Marketing Week was a one-day forum on the “Future of Display: Ad Networks and Exchanges,” which was co-programmed by the IAB Networks and Exchanges committee. Click to read the rest of this post…

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