The world of FBMLapps for Facebook Fan Pages is about to become history. Facebook has been saying for a while now they will be deprecating FBML and the associated FBML apps that run on Facebook Fan Pages. Today, Facebook announced in a blog post a couple of VERY excited pieces of news: Facebook Fan Pages […]
Bootstrapping Your Startup Business
I’ve mentioned before that we are launching a new site called ListYourDeals.com that will, we believe, revolutionize the way local businesses reach local customers. However, we are learning very quickly that there are costs around nearly every corner of our startup effort. From simply making a drive to the next meeting, to marketing and pre-launch […]
The influence and use of mobile phones is rising rapidly. All across the world, people are sharing status updates through Twitter and Facebook through their mobile phone. In fact, according to a new study conducted by market research firm TNS called Digital Life, mobile social network is already more popular than use of PC’s (desktops […]
Google is fully expecting that mobile phones will generate over $1 billion in ad revenue by 2012, and that the Google Android OS will be the engine that drives that growth. According to Forbes, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said last summer that Android could be a $10 billion business if there were 1 billion users each […]
Groupon ran a Super Bowl ad during the second half of the game that has stirred up quite a bit of controversy. The ad seems to, at face value, insult the Tibet people, culture, and country. Something that has not gone over well for the daily deals site. However, according to Groupon CEO Andrew Mason, […]
PennySaverUSA, the largest online classified network, announced their mobile online version today. The PennySaverUSA is read by millions and offers listings and coupons for a multitude of items – anything from cars to careers, real estate to retailers. PennySaverUSA teamed up with Usablenet, a leader in multichannel customer engagement with nearly 200 Fortune 1000 clients, to […]
So what did you think of the Motorola Xoom Super Bowl commercial last night? (check out the video below). Yeah, that looks like a pretty sweet Android tablet, I must admit. But can someone tell me who, in their right mind, is going to pay $799 for this thing when you can get an iPad […]