RetailMeNot.com Launches “Today’s Top Deals” Application on Facebook

By On December 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–December 13, 2011–RetailMeNot.com (www.retailmenot.com), the largest online coupon site in the United States, today announced the launch of its “Today’s Top Deals” application on Fac

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Rackspacer philosophies on Google+ biz potential — blog

By On July 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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Google+, the newest social platform to insert itself into our lives, has been the center of water cooler chatter and prompted a flurry of questions. What is Google+? How do I use it? [...]

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Google+ ‘test’ has more than 10M users

By On July 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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Google+ has grown to more than 10 million users in the two weeks it has been operating in an invitation-only test phase, Google Inc. said Thursday after posting second quarter earnings.

That’s about [...]

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SXSW Streaming Audio Feature: I’m So Productive I Never Get Anything Done

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Is the Web is the greatest productivity tool ever invented or a destroyer of initiative and long thoughts? In the 2011 SXSW Interactive session, I’m So Productive, I Never Get Anything Done, David Carr is [...]

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Moolala ‘Kindle’ -ing new business — blog

By On July 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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Austin-based daily deals peddler Moolala Inc. hopes to entice new subscribers with a giveaway.

The firm — which acquired another local, NabTheDeal, in May — has offered up a chance for a free [...]

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Facebook steals Google product chief

By On July 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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The hiring wars continue in Silicon Valley with Facebook Inc., adding another Google Inc. executive to its team.

Former Google director of product management for search, client and infrastructure products Tom Stocky posted [...]

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Google +1 Button on More Homepages than Tweet Button

By On July 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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A study from BrightEdge examining the prevalence of social plugins on the home pages of major sites shows that Facebook is still the most dominant social button on the web. Google +1, however, is growing quickly, having seen a 28 [...]

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Facebook Blocks Google’s Shot at Social

By On July 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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In response to Google+, the Google social network that’s currently in a limited beta, Facebook is taking some dramatic steps. Facebook has blocked tools that would allow for easy migration to Google+ and have hired a PR firm to discredit [...]

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Facebook updates group chat, adds Skype calls

By On July 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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Facebook Inc. on Wednesday revealed new ways for its users to chat, both through online posts and video calls using Skype.

The social media giant’s founder Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement in blog [...]

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What The Facebook-Skype Partnership Means To Interactive Marketers

By On July 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Today Facebook announced that it will be bringing Skype video to its existing chat feature, bringing a next generation experience to hundreds of millions of people (Facebook also announced they now have over 750 million users). This is another step for Facebook to solidify it as a central platform for communication and [...]

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