Today’s Daily Deals Explosion
It seems as if every time you turn around there is some new announcement in the hyper-local daily deals space. Groupon expanded its Groupon Now service to New York and San Francisco and partnered with Expedia to launch a travel deals site. Google announced last night that its Google Offers product will start today in […]
Appia's PPD Ad Network Arrives
App marketplace Appia today launched a new performance based advertising network for app developers. The service is launching today at the 2011 AppNation conference in San Francisco as a “pay per download” opportunity. Appia’s new ad network enables developers to promote their apps by targeting ads by country and platform to… [[ This is a […]
All About Conversion – Conversion Conference ($250 Discount!)
Just a quick note for the Website Magazine community – particularly for fans of the Conversion Cache column in Website Magazine written by Tim Ash. The upcoming Conversion Conversion is fast approaching – March 14-15 in San Francisco. If you're interesting in learning how to make your website and its landing pages produce more… [[ […]
Report: Ad Startup Rejects Google Acquisition Bid
As a rule, Google doesn’t put out press releases when it fails to acquire companies, making a new rumor difficult to confirm. But the search giant may have tried to purchase an advertising firm called Admeld, and, despite having a solid reputation and more cash than many countries, been unsuccessful. Of course, Google probably didn’t […]
AT&T to Add New Wi-Fi Hotspots in New York and San Francisco
AT&T will expand its Wi-Fi coverage for subscribers in New York and introduce its first hotspots in the public areas of San Francisco, the Associated Press reports. These hotspots, which AT&T calls “hot zones,” are a…
FarmVille’s Creator Wants to “Dog Activate” the World
The CEO of Zynga, the company behind FarmVille, has a new vision and goal for his company moving forward: to “dog activate” the world. During his talk at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Zynga founder and CEO Mark…
Mashable’s San Francisco Summer Tour Stop Is Next Week
Mashable will be hosting an evening networking event next Wednesday in San Francisco, following our Saturday Seattle SummerMash event for our 2010 Mashable US Summer Tour. Mashable team members are coming to the event along with hundreds of…
Mashable Summer Tour is Coming to the West Coast
The 2010 Mashable Summer Tour is coming to a town near you, and we want to meet you. Next week we’re starting with the West Coast. This summer we’ll be coming to Seattle, San Francisco, Washington D.C., New York…
MashMeet SF Recap [PICS]
A big thanks to everyone who came to Mashable’s MashMeet event in San Francisco, where a few hundred souls joined Pete Cashmore, Ben Parr, Jolie O’Dell and a slew of Googlers and assorted…
Mashable Launches the Bing Local Twitter Trends Map
Mashable and Bing are releasing a new feature today — the Local Twitter Trends Map. The map displays the top ten Twitter trending topics in major US cities. Once clicked, each local trend displays a listing of the latest Tweets about that topic in the surrounding area. You can also find Mashable articles about the […]
Facebook’s New Social Plugins: 50,000+ Websites in One Week
Phase one of Facebook’s strategy for world domination: complete. Facebook has announced that over 50,000 websites have integrated Facebook’s new social plugins in just one week. The plugins are a core component of the company’s new Open Graph initiative. Last week, Facebook launched the Open Graph API and social plugins during its F8 conference in […]
H&M Organizes Flash Mob to Promote Children’s Clothes [VIDEO]
Here’s a nice foil for Philly’s recent spat of violent flash mobs: A bunch of adorable children spontaneously breaking out into a sick dance routine in San Francisco’s Union Square. Yeah, they’re basically shilling for H&M — but the dance is rather impressive and deserves a look. Utilizing flash mobs — which began as a […]