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F-Commerce gets an 'F' as Facebook storefronts fail miserably
Feb 19 by Lorie Wimble | 2 commentsWhen Facebook started rolling out their plan to put online stores on their platform in November, 2010, many believed that “F-Commerce” was the next big thing. It was heralded as a competitor for Amazon, a socialized shopping experience that allowed consumers to go to Facebook to find all of their favorite brands more »
Pinterest may be changing the social commerce game, but why?
Feb 13 by JD Rucker | 1 commentPinterest is starting to enter into the social media in ways that most sites only dream about. Other than Google+, it’s the fastest growing social site in the last year with 329% growth in the last 4 months of 2011 alone. We get more questions on our social media podcast about Pinterest the last month more »
Twitter and Facebook may be more addictive than alcohol or cigarettes
Feb 8 by Scarlett Madison | 4 commentsHas Western culture grown too attached to their social networks? It’s possible, according to a recent study led by Wilhelm Hofmann at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. While the nuts and bolts of the study were far from a compelling, comprehensive bit of scientific research (205 adults were more »
Not Rated Shoes: Taking on the juggernauts through social media
Jan 30 by Scarlett Madison | 2 commentsIn a great economy, it’s hard to start a retail company and get attention in industries where the major players have already hit the field. Things are rebounding around the country to some extent but it’s definitely not what most would consider to be “great.” That isn’t stopping one Southern California more »
Google+ predicts that it will have 400 million users by end of 2012
Dec 27 by Connor Livingston | 5 commentsThey just passed 62 million users by adding 625,000 new users per day. Now, Google+ is predicting that they will have over 400 million users by the end of 2012. Are the numbers reliable? Some say no. Not really. Those who sign up through Android 4 must create or attach their Google+ account whether they intend more »
Social Media 2011: The bullseyes and blunders that dominated chatter
Dec 25 by JD Rucker | 2 commentsIn the past, the best way to review the year was to look back through newspaper headlines and pick out the stories that were thought to be the biggest. It wasn’t an exact science and required intuition and subjective reasoning to decide what was most important to the people that year. Today, social more »
Who will buy T-Mobile now?
Dec 21 by JD Rucker | 3 commentsThe unraveling of the AT&T merger with T-Mobile was not entirely bad for the fourth largest mobile carrier in the US. They get $3 billion. It isn’t enough to keep them afloat for more than a year or two, but it does buy them time to find someone else. It gives them time to formulate a plan-B. Unfortunately, more »
What would Facebook look like at the North Pole?
Dec 16 by Scarlett Madison | add commentAs Christmas and other holidays lurk around the corner, it’s time to take a lighter view. Why? There’s so much stress in western culture surrounding the holidays. Sometimes, it’s good to take a moment to simply smile (and maybe even laugh). This graphic by our friends at Flowtown takes a look at what Facebook more »
Teens and the cruel world of social networking
Dec 9 by Scarlett Madison | 2 commentsSocial networking really started with teens on MySpace. Since then, it has progressed to the rest of the world. MySpace may be virtually gone, but teens are still hitting up their computers and mobile devices to social network more than ever before. The world of teen social networking, as we now more »
Facebook gets back into places with purchase of Gowalla
Dec 2 by Rocco Penn | 1 commentAfter a failed attempt to beat location-based check-in service Foursquare last year, Facebook has re-entered the arena by purchasing Foursquare’s biggest competitor, Gowalla. This comes from a source inside Gowalla – Facebook is not commenting. Gowalla was also declared a loser to Foursquare and pivoted more »
The Facebook Phone (Comic)
Nov 29 by Connor Livingston | 5 commentsIn Mark Zuckerberg’s response to the FTC, we learned that Facebook is being forced to be more transparent, more privacy-oriented, and to get permission across the board for any changes they make both by users, the FTC, and anyone else who cares. This is a real blow, not because it hampers their ability to make money with the site but because more »
Will 2012 be a rebound year for IPOs?
Nov 27 by Connor Livingston | 2 comments2010 was a good year for the economy in terms of the number of initial public offerings (IPO). 2011 is trending to be slower overall with 76 as of October 25th versus 152 in 2010. It was still a strong year compared to the start of the recession in 2008 and 2009 when there were 78 combined for both years. more »
Google+ television ads are pointing people in the wrong direction
Nov 25 by JD Rucker | 12 commentsWhen I heard that Google had put out their first Google+ television commercial, I was both impressed and a little excited. “Finally,” I thought, “they’re going to make a push to bring Google+ into mainstream consciousness.” I watched the commercial and immediately facepalmed. Despite clear more »
Buffy the Facebook Phone will Fail
Nov 21 by Rocco Penn | 4 commentsIn the next year or two (anyone’s guess is valid at this point) Facebook will be releasing a smartphone by HTC according to AllThingsD. Its codename: Buffy. Nobody can predict the future, but a combination of common sense, reality, and historical precedent point to the probability that a phone that focuses more »
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Posted February 19, 2012 in F-Commerce gets an ‘F’ as Facebook storefronts fail miserably
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Posted February 14, 2012 in Is 4G enough to end the high-end tablet war for iPad?