It looks like the built-in share-heavy nature of social networks is large chunk of users uneasy about disclosing their financial information. A study conducted by marketing company, Digitas in conjunction with Harris Interactive has revealed that a whopping 55% of shoppers are very dubious about entering their credit card details over social networks. For the [...]
February 23rd, 2012 by Anthony West
The world’s biggest professional social network is getting bigger—and it’s growing fast. LinkedIn announced in a press release that since November 2011, the site has grown by over 20 million users and now stands at a decent 150 million users. The announcement comes as LinkedIn makes its annual disclosure of its performance over the course [...]
February 22nd, 2012 by Anthony West
For many in the tech space, it’s only a matter of time before the TV is banished from the living room and is replaced by large screens hooked up the internet. At the heart of that very gloomy picture for Television is the rise and rise of video. Many predict it will account for more [...]
February 22nd, 2012 by Anthony West
H&M is defying the odds and making a splash on Google’s social network, Google+. So popular is H&M on the platform that it leads all brands in terms of Circles. The fashion retailer now stands at 456,365, and tops other big-name brands like Pepsi and Starbucks. It perhaps helps to have the face of David [...]
February 22nd, 2012 by Anthony West
In the world of executive salaries at the tech level, $500,000 is peanuts, yet this is exactly what Mark Zuckerberg made last year. Details of his salary package were revealed in an S-1 filing with the SEC, something Facebook has to do before it goes public. According to the filing, Zuckerberg makes around $500,000 annually, [...]
February 21st, 2012 by Anthony West
LinkedIn clearly isn’t resting on its laurels. The world’s largest social network for professionals has reportedly acquired contact management company, Rapportive for $15 million. The deal has been confirmed by several sources deeply connected in the tech space, and by all accounts, both sides are happy about the deal. Rapportive is relatively young and was [...]
February 20th, 2012 by Anthony West
Lady Gaga has such huge followings on Facebook and Twitter, that many speculated she might one day launch her own social network. Well, that day is here. A fledgling start-up called Backplane has partnered with Gaga to launch LittleMonsters.com, a space where Gaga fans can share related content and generally shoot the breeze over the [...]
February 20th, 2012 by Anthony West
As IPOs go, it probably doesn’t’ get much bigger than Facebook’s upcoming $10 billion offering with a gargantuan $100 billion valuation. But some people aren’t happy, and some are even calling the potential $100 billion valuation ridiculous. To put the argument to rest, the fine folks over at Statista.com have delved into the numbers and [...]
February 19th, 2012 by Anthony West
If there was any arguments over which social media platform is good for generating leads, Hubspot has put the debate squarely to rest. Hubspot conducted a brief study into the effectiveness of generating leads, comparing Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. The study found that businesses that used LinkedIn to generate leads were 3x more successful than [...]
February 19th, 2012 by Anthony West
Facebook is the most popular social networking site of our time and it is even more odd now to hear of someone that doesn’t have a Facebook that someone that does. Facebook appeals to a wide range of users varying in age, background, cultures, etc and is not only popular in the United States but [...]
February 19th, 2012 by Daniel Renfro
Twitter like most social networks have their roots in the US. But many, including Twitter have seen the share of US users drop steadily as more and more countries flood to these sites. According to a recent study conducted by Semiocast, of the 383 million Twitter profiles that were created before January 31st 2012, only [...]
February 18th, 2012 by Anthony West
Google is a very popular web site and company on the world wide web. Many know it for the search engine services that it has. However, it offers many other features such as Google Docs, Google maps, and even its own social networking site, Google +. They are definitely keeping up with the times and [...]
February 17th, 2012 by Daniel Renfro
Are you on Facebook? If so, have you ever considered just how much you are worth to Mark Zuckerberg and his friends? Well, I spare you the suspense. You are worth roughly $4.39 to Zucks—this is after you break down its annual revenues by the total number of users that are active on the platform. [...]
February 16th, 2012 by Anthony West
Big-name IPOs are those rare events that let you peel back the curtain and see what has been going on inside the walls of these big corporate entities. Such is the case with Facebook who due to its impending IPO has had to be revealing intimate details of its operations. The latest details to catch [...]
February 16th, 2012 by Anthony West
This year’s Super Bowl was perhaps one of the biggest in the history of the sport, and according to NBC Sports, it was the most watched TV show in US history. In all 111.3 million people tuned in to see if Tom Brady could exorcise his demon that is Eli Manning and the Giants. But [...]
February 15th, 2012 by Anthony West
According to marketing research firm, eMarketer.com, Twitter is expected to see strong revenue growth through to 2014. The growth numbers came out of an in-depth look into Twitter and LinkedIn and also found that over 90% of Twitter’s revenues come from US advertisers. Twitter saw ad revenues of just over $139.5 million in 2011, and [...]
February 15th, 2012 by Anthony West
If radio and television was the vehicle used by past presidents to win elections in the US, social media is the new paradigm. Barak Obama showed with stunning precision what is possible if you tap into the social media crowd the right way, and Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is predicting that this year’s election will [...]
February 14th, 2012 by Anthony West
When it comes to Twitter and the US government, the pair often inspires the sublime to the utter ridiculous. The latest incarnation to come out of the mingling is the rather odd news that two Twitter users have actually been banned from entering the US because of tweets they sent. According to reports, Leigh Van [...]
February 14th, 2012 by Anthony West
