February 2012
13 posts
Forget $3B In Revenue: Things "Don't Look Good"... →
Evidence is quickly mounting that Facebook’s initial public offering will not be the big boost the social media sector needs as Silicon Valley companies try to prove to Wall Street they can grow revenues.
On Thursday, PrivCo CEO Sam Hamadeh told VentureBeat that several people close to the company were saying Facebook was going to miss first-quarter revenue projections. Meanwhile, eMarketer...
7 Pinterest Clones: Can You Tell the Difference? →
“It’s like Pinterest, but…” Welcome to my inbox for the last several months. Just as the world now has a Groupon and a Birchbox for everything, so too is Pinterest creating a wake of copy-cat sites. We’re not talking about sites that merely incorporate Pinterest’s design elements. There a…
Digital Divide: If You’re Reading This, You’re One... →
Charlie White, mashable.com
Even in the richest countries on the planet such as the U.S., not everyone has easy access to this cornucopia of connectivity, the Internet. The Internet is a tremendous growth engine, responsible for 21% of economic growth in t…
// A lack of competition compared to the developed world? In the US? No! We have the FCC whose sole purpose is to keep...
5 tips to increase engagement on your Facebook... →
Amalia Agathou, thenextweb.com
Advising brands to get active on social media is, in the words of Black Eyed Peas, “so 2000 and late.” Every brand smaller or bigger has at least a Facebook page, if not also at least one Twitter handle, a Tumblr, a Google+, an Instagram a…
// Already doing it :)
The Pirate Bay switches to a Swedish domain to... →
Paul Sawers, thenextweb.com
The Pirate Bay‘s founders may be facing jail after being refused a Supreme Court appeal, but the people behind the site are clearly determined to keep the site active and out of reach of US authorities. As TorrentFreak reports today, th…
// Yaaaar!
