February 2012
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Feb 29th
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Dude Behind Justin.tv is Starting a Job Site →
The company, called Exec, personally interviews and hires each runner. Instead of running a “marketplace” for completing tasks, Exec personally matches you with a runner within 10 minutes of requesting a task. It’s pretty cheap, too. Exec charges you $25 an hour, and takes a cut of that while paying the rest out to the runner.
Feb 29th
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“We don’t always learn a lot of winning, but we learn a tremendous amount...”
– Toshiba America Information Systems’ CEO Mark Simons
Feb 28th
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Feb 28th
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Feb 27th
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“Mobile’s role in driving people into stores will be proven and it will blow us...”
– Anthony Ha
Feb 27th
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“Time wounds all heels.”
– John Lennon
Feb 26th
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Feb 25th
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WatchWatch
Fab.com to Launch Across Europe, Goldberg Says
Feb 23rd
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WatchWatch
Facebook’s new ad solution explained.
Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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Infographics for Recruitment? Sure.
jobgram: Waste Management is hiring Truck Technicians in locations across the United States. Please pass on this Jobgram to your networks.
Feb 21st
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“There is not one single expert who knows exactly where SEO is headed, even...”
– Eric Ward, @ericward
Feb 20th
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The Unfortunate Demise of Profounder
Profounder (@teamprofounder) closed its doors this week.  If you’re not familiar with the crowdsourcing solution, you’re likely familiar with similar services like Kickstarter or Indie Go Go. Profounder was different, however, in that it’s original premise allowed for startups to actually get money in return for a percentage of profits. A company might raise $50,000 and give...
Feb 18th
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Smartphone Usage to Tip Half U.S. Users by 2014 →
In the US over the next two years, eMarketer expects more than 26 million mobile phone users to turn to smartphones, helping put the devices in the hands of more than half of all US mobile users by 2014.
Feb 17th
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Feb 17th
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“fab mobile visits are now 40% of all visits over the last 2 weeks, up from 33%...”
– Fab Mobile. (via betashop)
Feb 17th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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7 basic rules for SMS marketing →
SMS is the only mobile app that is compatible with 99.9 percent of your audience’s mobile phones, smart or otherwise. It’s also the most widely accessible marketing tool, eclipsing email in the 18 to 24 category. If you want to reach young people, it’s through their phone.
Feb 15th
Feb 14th
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“Bad management gets you bad results.”
– Mark Cuban
Feb 14th
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Groupon is F'ing Up the Whole System
“So what’s a typical discount you’d give a customer that wouldn’t cause you any stress,” I asked a local restaurant owner. “Oh, 10-15 percent,” he said. Then continued, “The problem is, no one cares about 15 percent discounts. They won’t even take advantage of it. If it’s not ‘half off’ then it’s not appealing...
Feb 13th
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LinkedIn adding ads to mobile apps →
Professional networking platform LinkedIn will integrate advertisements into its mobile applications. LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner announced the move Thursday during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call; Weiner said LinkedIn has been working to implement an advertising infrastructure but offered few additional details on the effort, stating only that the firm will “start to introduce...
Feb 10th
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Facebook Plays Catchup in a Mobile World →
Facebook may be the last great company of the desktop age. It’s beaten back Friendster, MySpace and a half-dozen other pretenders, and — at least so far — is successfully holding off both Twitter and Google+. Its desktop display advertisements make the company billions of dollars in revenue. But that’s not nearly enough. Now, Zuckerberg has to further capitalize on the growth of mobile to extend...
Feb 7th
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Feb 5th
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“Almost 60% of mobile-phone users will be gazing at their phones while they watch...”
– Harris Interactive
Feb 3rd
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“There will be no wardrobe malfunctions.”
– Madonna
Feb 3rd
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Hey, It's Another Short Code-less Super Bowl
Every year I think, “This is it. This is the year we see a Super Bowl ad touting a short code.” And so far I’ve been disappointed. This year will (probably) be no different. GoDaddy will apparently have a QR code in their ad (good luck capturing it from your sofa), and I think Doritos will be touting a mobile site or an app. The opportunity to lever text message marketing and...
Feb 3rd
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Feb 2nd
Pinterest Drives More Traffic Than Google+,... →
Pinterest is social media’s rising star — and now has the traffic stats to prove it. The darling network of brides-to-be, fashionistas and budding bakers now beats YouTube, Reddit, Google+, LinkedIn and MySpace for percentage of total referral traffic in January, according to a Shareaholic s…
Feb 2nd