Be Sociable, Share! TweetAt the same time as their merger with Yahoo was being finalized, the folks at Microsoft rolled out several new updates to their targeting and reporting options, and online and desktop interfaces. Many of the changes were substantial, but with the fuss of the merger some of the more important ones have [...] Read more »
The Microsoft/Yahoo Merger – What Advertisers Need to Know
Be Sociable, Share! TweetAt the same time as their merger with Yahoo was being finalized, the folks at Microsoft rolled out several new updates to their targeting and reporting options, and online and desktop interfaces. Many of the changes were substantial, but with the fuss of the merger some of the more important ones have [...] Read more »
You and Meme: Why Memes matter
Be Sociable, Share! TweetIn its original definition, a meme (pronounced meam; rhymes with beam) is a term referring to a unit of cultural information transferable from one mind to another. It was first coined by Richard Dawkins, a British scientist, with regards to evolutionary principles and the spread of ideas. In simple terms: How an [...] Read more »
Web Giants’ Resolutions for 2011
Be Sociable, Share! TweetA year is coming to a close again. How was 2010 for you, and what resolutions have you planned for a better 2011? The guys at JoyOfTech have wrapped up the year with some resolutions they think our web giants like Twitter, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft will be making for the year [...] Read more »
Facebook Named Most Searched-For, Most Visited Site Of 2010
Be Sociable, Share! Tweet Earlier this month, Time magazine named Mark Zuckerberg "Person of the Year," and now, although Experian Hitwise isn’t in the business of handing out such titles, it looks like Zuckerberg’s site has become the online equivalent. Experian Hitwise announced late yesterday that Facebook was both the most visited site and most [...] Read more »
Facebook Overtakes Yahoo as World’s Third Largest Site
Be Sociable, Share! TweetFacebook will head into the New Year as the world’s third largest website after passing Yahoo in the most recent traffic rankings released from comScore. The research firm’s November 2010 report credits Facebook with an estimated 648 million…(read more) [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, [...] Read more »
Apple has Plans for Holographic Display
Be Sociable, Share! TweetHolographic displays are only seen in movies like Star Wars and Iron Man. The technology isn’t a reality yet. But Apple seems to be taking the lead to make holographic display a dream come true. Telegraph reported that a recent granted patent reveals Apple’s interest in this field. In fact, Apple’s interest [...] Read more »
MSN and Yahoo’s Perfect Content Storm
Be Sociable, Share! TweetYahoo and MSN are on a mission to produce un-fathomable amounts of content on the Web. Yahoo's acquisition of Associated Content — since rebranded as Yahoo Contributor Network — relies on thousands of freelancers (just about anyone can participate) to supply a never-ending stream of content. Yahoo pays for that content, albeit [...] Read more »
MSN and Yahoo’s Perfect Content Storm
Be Sociable, Share! TweetYahoo and MSN are on a mission to produce un-fathomable amounts of content on the Web. Yahoo's acquisition of Associated Content — since rebranded as Yahoo Contributor Network — relies on thousands of freelancers (just about anyone can participate) to supply a never-ending stream of content. Yahoo pays for that content, albeit [...] Read more »
Most Viral Brands of 2010 [INFOGRAPHIC]
Be Sociable, Share! TweetEvian’s Roller Babies viral ad snatched the limelight last year and was one the most talked about brand in 2009. This year, FIFA took over the throne, all thanks to Shakira’s Waka Waka music video. Waka Waka is also the most watched World Cup video on the web of all time. Second [...] Read more »
2010 is a Meaningful Year for Twitter
Be Sociable, Share! TweetTwitter wraps up this year with several trend reports and thoughts. In a heartfelt blog post, Twitter thanks its users for the magnificent past 12 months. In 2010, more than 25 billion tweets were sent and more than 100 million users joined the micro-blogging service. To support growing demands, the Twitter team [...] Read more »
Thanks to Our Data, Facebook likely to hit $2 Billion Sales This Year
Be Sociable, Share! TweetAccording to Bloomberg’s sources, Facebook could hit $2 billion in sales this year. With over 500 million active users and 700 billion display ads a year, this figure didn’t come as a surprise. If the figure were indeed true, that would mean that more than 60 percent of the world’s social networking spending [...] Read more »
Yahoos: Mashable is Hiring a VP Product
Be Sociable, Share! Tweet Yahoo’s job cuts this week are somewhat of an aberration: While Yahoo appears to be shedding product people, the vast majority of Valley companies are actively hiring product talent. Mashable is among those companies, and for those Yahoos interested… Be Sociable, Share! Tweet Read more »
Be Like Mike – Use YCN to go Hyper Local
Be Sociable, Share! TweetBuried deep within a Yahoo! announcement this week that the once mighty search engine turned struggling second-tier media conglomerate has gone "hyper-local" was a very telling sign of how the company plans to make that aim a reality – the Yahoo! Contributor Network (YCN). Well below the PR speak about scale, rich [...] Read more »
Yahoo 2010 Year In Review [INFOGRAPHIC]
Be Sociable, Share! TweetYahoo has compiled its 2010 data and visualized them nicely into an infographic. Remember Abby’s Lemonade? 8-year-old Abby Enck runs lemonade stands during the summer and turn it into a charitable franchises that help sick kids. Her 6-year-old brother, Cameron, who was born with Cerebral Palsy has inspired her to go the [...] Read more »