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VeriFone rushed its mobile payment service to market and is now spending heavily to advertise it. Sqaure has it's own strengths with accounts open to anyone and was valued at 40 million before it's launch.
Miss any Super Bowl XLIV commercials last night? Don't sweat it. Hulu has gathered every highlight reel from advertising's biggest event in one spot for you. From HomeAway's epic Hotel Hell Vacation to Doritos' Snack Attack Samurai, get up to speed at Hulu AdZone.
This is one of our favorite extensions for Google Chrome so far. Go ahead, give it a test drive.
Larry O'Donnell is willing to get his hands dirty in order to change the way we think about trash. The COO of Waste Management, Larry has become the face of a social media effort that includes more than just heavy promotion of the company's Facebook fan page. O'Donnell also stars in the premiere of Undercover Boss, a new primetime CBS series making its debut after Super Bowl XLIV tomorrow night where execs walk a mile in their employees' shoes. Is the dawn of a new era in corporate accountablility, an ultra-savvy green PR campaign or just more social marketing garbage? Let us know what you think in the comments.
Well let this teen blogger over at TechXav show you the ropes. A great big screenshot labeled so you know where everything went.
Facebook is set to hit the 400 million user mark today (the platform is rolling out some major improvements, too, but that's another story). Funny, isn't it? A year ago, the world was still trying to choose between Facebook and Myspace. It seems the choice has clearly been made — for now, at least. :) Congrats to Mark and company!
We're loving the new Skittles.com site care of Big Spaceship. Between the quirky shareable content and the microsite created out of FirstBorn that pulls in YouTube videos of fans pitching and/or catching Skittles (and did we mention places the videos side by side so that they interact with each other) - the whole experience is pretty awesome stuff if you ask us.
Engadget is turning their comments off due to "mean, ugly, pointless, and frankly threatening" comments. Are you surprised that such an open blog would do something so extreme? What do you think the community will say? Read Wired's opinion on this and their strategy for dealing with negative comments.
Sure, your online presence is active 24/7, but are you measuring its activity in real time? With Chartbeat you can. Chartbeat provides you with a robust suite of monitoring tools — from instant SMS traffic alerts and uptime reports to real-time dashboards for your computer and smartphone — that are designed to keep your finger on the pulse, no matter when or where.
What does the social landscape look like 2, 5 years from now? Check out some insightful predictions care of ebizQ.
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