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Social Media Minute: Recruiters on Facebook, Tweeting Food Trucks
Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up.
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Zynga Files for US$1 Billion IPO
As expected, online gaming vendor Zynga (news, site) has filed for its IPO, meaning we get another round of "It's another bubble!" "Is not!" "Is too!" articles from the financial press. IPOville The company, known for its FarmVille and CityVille line of social media games, filed on July 1 that
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Pandora, CafePress Progress Toward IPOs, Will They Follow LinkedIn's Success?
The parade of initial public offerings continues, with online music streaming provider Pandora and just-in-time merchandising provider CafePress joining the string of companies that have taken similar steps in the past month, ranging from LinkedIn to Zynga to Groupon.
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Groupon's IPO: Good News or Bad?
Following in the footsteps of the massive LinkedIn IPO, Groupon (news, site) heads for the markets, but people have questions. Going Forward Not So Straightforward Groupon's success as a social media darling and leading deal-maker for users isn't in question.
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Google Launches Wallet NFC Payments Program, Get Ready To Pay-on-the-Go
Google (news, site) held a press conference in New York today to announce its fledgling Near-Field Communication (NFC) services, heralding a new age of customer loyalty, deals and shop snooping. Pay on the Go Google has just announced the start of NFC pay-with-your-mobile services in New
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Foursquare, Groupon to Partner for Super Location Deals
Social location, marketing and media darlings Foursquare (news, site) and Groupon (news, site ) are planning a deal to leverage their strengths and to offer customers the best deals in town.
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LinkedIn's IPO Sets the Bar, But is It Too High?
LinkedIn (news, site ), went public yesterday, generating a barrage of press and headlines, and a lot of nostalgia for the dot-com days.
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Industry Moves: Groupon Grabs a Googler, Telligent Promotes
Things happen quickly in the industry, including changes in employment. Here's a quick and dirty list of the biggest moves that hit our radar over the last couple of weeks: Groupon Gets a Googler Groupon grabbed a Google executive for its own chief operating officer position.
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A Week in Google: Google Analytics 101, Developer Tools for Websites
In addition to our normal Google news updates, we took some time this week to review a couple of the Internet giant's features that you may have slept on.
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Social Media Minute: Top Socially Connect Cities and LinkedIn Goes Big
Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up.
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Meet EightBit: The HTML 5-Powered Check-In App Gone Retro
The big app to come out of SXSW this week will be EightBit. Launching tomorrow, it has a new take on the social check-in trend with a distinct look and fun feel. Where could this app take you? Wherever it likes, by the look of it.
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Social Media Minute: Check-in From Your Couch, Facebook Goes Groupon
Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up.
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A Week in Google: On Readying a Groupon Clone and Replacing a CEO
This week Google lost a CEO and gained a deal-of-the-day site that, to the surprise of exactly no one, behaves a lot like Groupon. Google Offers As you probably already know, late last year Groupon turned down Google's US$ 6 billion dollar acquisition offer after the Internet giant allegedly declined
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Scott Ryser's Enterprise 2.0 Crystal Ball: Six Unofficial Predictions for 2011
This year, there has been a lot of focus on Enterprise 2.0 and the vendors are literally coming out of the woodwork. Where will the market head next year? And what trends will we see? Here's my take. 1.
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