6 Verticals See Triple-Digit Growth in Mobile Advertising
Millennial Media has released its latest monthly SMART report, looking at the mobile advertising landscape. The report looks at the top verticals (six of which had triple digit growth YoY). The report also looks at actions marketers are trying to get consumer to take when they see the ads. "Social media actions in particular had […]
The Top 3 Stories in Tech, Mobile & Business This Morning
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Google Marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day With Community Service
Google said today that many of its employees will be marking the 25th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, January 25th by participating in service projects. The Google Blog offers more details. “We’re also joining the Corporation for National & Community Service, a Google Grants recipient, to spread the word about […]
iPad 2 to Have SD Card Slot & Qualcomm Chip [RUMOR]
More details are surfacing about the next generation of iPhone and iPad, including that both devices will feature Qualcomm chipsets and that the iPad 2 will have an SD card slot. The Verizon iPhone 4 utilizes a Qualcomm chipset instead of the Infereon version used in the AT&T/GSM iPhone in order to connect to Verizon’s […]
How Will Quora Handle Being Both Twitter and Wikipedia?
You’ve probably noticed that Quora has been getting a lot of press here in early 2011. As a result, the site is getting a lot of new users. As a result of that, there is growing concern that Quora will have a hard time maintaining the level of quality that led to it getting all […]
AT&T Jumps Into 4G
AT&T has detailed its plans for 4G as well as a number of new devices that will be available on the mobile broadband network by the middle of 2011. Speaking at CES in Las Vegas, the president…
AT&T, Bazaarvoice Offer Ratings and Reviews on Facebook
AT&T has joined forces with Bazaarvoice to enable its customers to read, share and submit product reviews directly on the company's Facebook fan page. AT&T, which has offered product ratings and reviews on its own site since 2008, is the first in the telecommunications industry to bring customer ratings and reviews onto Facebook to… [[ […]
The 3 Biggest Stories in Tech, Business & Social Media This Morning
Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on three particular stories of interest today.…
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…
Five Tips For More Efficient Business Blogging
“Why should we have a blog?” It’s a reasonable question. Nevermind the fact that millions of businesses are blogging and multiples of those millions of customers are reading said blogs. In fact, 23% of the primary Fortune 500 corporations have an external corporate blog. Blogs as a content management system make it very easy for […]
Google Buying NY Office Building For $1.9 Billion
An odd rumor that circulated in late October has now been confirmed. Search and advertising giant Google is getting into real estate, signing a contract to buy an extremely large office building in New York City for about $1.9 billion. Google’s already a tenant in the building, but this move isn’t a simple "why rent […]
Adobe Search&Promote Arrives in Style
This week the site search market got a new player as Adobe has introduced Adobe Search&Promote. The site search and merchandising application aims to help marketers anticipate visitor search intent and promote the most relevant products and content…(read more) [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and […]
BazaarVoice Big with Big Brands
Social commerce solution BazaarVoice announced today that more than 1,000 brands (including Best Buy, Costco, Dell, Macy's, P&G, Panasonic, QVC, and others) now use its services. “Over the past five years, the social web has shifted power…(read more) [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! […]
Picplz for iPhone, Android Now Posts Photos to Flickr, Tumblr & Posterous
A new update to the mobile photo sharing service Picplz now enables users to more quickly snap and share their photos on the web. The iPhone and Android apps — which already integrate with Facebook, Foursquare and Twitter — can…
Hashable Makes Twitter #Intro Social
Penn Olson features start-ups. Find out more here. Twitter introduces relevant people to its users through an algorithm. It’s good… but shouldn’t introductions be made through a real connector? It should be more personal and social. It shouldn’t be a one way event where you hit the follow button and hope that the person you just […]