Three months ago we reported that Ads Had Come to Twitter and it was a pretty big deal - until Twitter promptly said the word “sponsored” was only appearing on the site in error. Now the “sponsored definitions” of certain Twitter “concepts” have appeared on the site again - and they sure look [...]
Ads Spotted on Twitter.com - Did You Notice?
Three months ago we reported that Ads Had Come to Twitter and it was a pretty big deal - until Twitter promptly said the word "sponsored" was only appearing ...
Risky Business: Enterprise GRC Platforms Essential, Says Forrester
In a new report issued on the first of the month, Forrester Research has asserted the importance of enterprise platforms for governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC). Pointing to big ...
Digital Media M&A: Mobile & Analytics Deals Up, Social Media Down
Peachtree Media Advisors has just released their latest report on digital media mergers and acquisitions. We posted their 2008 report back in January, and this is a mid-year 2009 update ...
Expose Yourself on Launchly’s Site Review Service
You know that scene in Alice in Wonderland where Alice is tumbling down the rabbit hole past all those miscellaneous chairs and birds? That same feeling of confused dread is ...
Ten Companies Twitter Should Consider Acquiring Next
If you were a little blue bird, with a good pile of money and a whole lot of hype, what would you buy to spice up your nest? There ...
How to Install Chrome and Chromium Side-by-Side (So You Can Play with Extensions!)
We're sure by now you've heard about the upcoming extensions that will soon arrive in Google's Chrome browser. Already we've seen a handful of these become available, including AdSweep, a ...
Twitter Needs a Spam Filter? No, We Need a Marketer Filter
Has Twitter spam gotten a little out of hand? According to today's top story on Techmeme, it has. Apparently, marketers are calling for Twitter to filter out spam and other ...
CallWave Delists From NASDAQ; Fuze Meeting Rises From The Ashes
It’s not easy to launch a successful WebEx competitor. Most businesses have long since established their “system” for dealing with web meetings, using old standbys like WebEx or GoToMeeting. ...
In a new report issued on the first of the month, Forrester Research has asserted the importance of enterprise platforms for governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC). Pointing to big name corporate failures in the last decade, they argue that the value proposition for GRC software is clear, and they identified leaders in this growing [...]
Peachtree Media Advisors has just released their latest report on digital media mergers and acquisitions. We posted their 2008 report back in January, and this is a mid-year 2009 update to that. According to Peachtree, there were 342 digital media transactions in the first half of
2009, which was 12.3% below the number of [...]
Expose Yourself on Launchly’s Site Review Service
July 4, 2009 | No Comments
You know that scene in Alice in Wonderland where Alice is tumbling down the rabbit hole past all those miscellaneous chairs and birds? That same feeling of confused dread is often how users feel when they’re attempting to navigate a site that has never been tested. We know that developers pour their souls into their [...]
Ten Companies Twitter Should Consider Acquiring Next
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If you were a little blue bird, with a good pile of money and a whole lot of hype, what would you buy to spice up your nest? There are so many little services being built on top of Twitter that we wouldn’t be surprised to see some more of them acquired by the [...]
How to Install Chrome and Chromium Side-by-Side (So You Can Play with Extensions!)
July 4, 2009 | No Comments
We’re sure by now you’ve heard about the upcoming extensions that will soon arrive in Google’s Chrome browser. Already we’ve seen a handful of these become available, including AdSweep, a PageRank checker, Cleeki, and, as of yesterday, a new bookmarking extension from Delicious. However, if you’ve been running the standard Chrome install (or even the [...]
Has Twitter spam gotten a little out of hand? According to today’s top story on Techmeme, it has. Apparently, marketers are calling for Twitter to filter out spam and other adult content from the microblogging service. You know, so their all-important tweets about the products and services they’re pushing don’t have to share the same [...]
It’s not easy to launch a successful WebEx competitor. Most businesses have long since established their “system” for dealing with web meetings, using old standbys like WebEx or GoToMeeting. And those businesses that are willing to venture into the unknown have had plenty of cheaper alternatives to choose from, like DimDim, for quite a [...]
Outsource Your Beta Testing To Prefinery (Invites)
July 4, 2009 | No Comments
The beta testing stage can be the cornerstone to the successful development of a new site. And many startups have to conduct and implement beta testing of sites, surveys and analytics internally, which can be an daunting task when you are launching a site. Prefinery lets startups outsource the whole beta invite process, from start [...]
Microsoft And Linux Hold Peace Tweets
July 4, 2009 | No Comments
Okay, it’s not exactly the Camp David Summit that took place in 2000 between the Israelis and the Palestinians, but sometimes the littlest gestures can go a long way.
A couple of days ago, upon hearing that Microsoft had officially joined Twitter, the official Linux account sent out a tweet welcoming them. “Welcome to Twitter, @Microsoft!,” [...]
