Although nearly every start-up and fledgling company battles to find new ways to monetize its users, Pinterest appears to have been secretly capitalizing on its customer base through the use of affiliate links. The two year-old social network site, which allows users to “pin” photos, recipes, and products to a “virtual pin-board,” has quickly grown …
For the ninth consecutive quarter, the fourth quarter of 2011 achieved strong year-over-year growth in online retail spending. The recent report, which was released by the leading online market researcher comScore, indicated a 14% increase in sales compared to the fourth quarter in 2010. Online retailers raked in an impressive $49.7 billion in sales. Also, …
A new study just released by the Chicago University’s Booth Business School suggests that people find it more difficult to resist the urge to use Twitter or Facebook than to resist sex, sleep, cigarettes or alcohol. The study, which examined 205 German men and women between the ages of 18 and 85, concluded that social …
When Twitter announced they were instituting a new censorship policy, the micro-blogging platform faced an immediate and severe backlash from the majority of the web community. Now, as a result of a previously announced change to the Blogger platform that was initially announced on January 9th, the Blogger platform has also come under scrutiny. The …
In addition to recently winning the Crunchie for Best New Startup of 2011, a new study by shareaholic is now indicating that Pinterest is driving more referral traffic than Google Plus, LinkedIn, and YouTube combined. The study, which examined aggregated data for over 200,000 web publishers with a reach of over 260 million unique monthly …
Although seven technology giants from Silicon Valley requested the district court dismiss a lawsuit that alleges anti-poaching deals, U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh stated yesterday that the companies must defend themselves from the plaintiffs’ complaints. The seven companies, Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe, Intuit, Lucasfilm, and Pixar, allegedly entered an illegal agreement to not recruit …
As early as tomorrow, Facebook is expected to file paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO). The social media giant is reportedly hoping to raise $10 billion on a valuation of $100 billion. According to many experts, Facebook’s revenue, which eMarketer estimates was approximately $4.4 billion last year, is not high enough to warrant a …
In a blog post late last week, Twitter announced plans to begin censoring users’ tweets within certain countries. The censorship policy, which the company has stated is reactive only, will not filter tweets before they appear on Twitter. Instead, after Twitter receives what they view as a valid and applicable legal request concerning a specific …
On Thursday afternoon, Google+ announced that the rapidly growing social network is now available to teens ages 13 and up. Although minors can sign up for and use Google+, the social network also introduced new privacy and security changes designed to protect underage users. Bradley Horowitz, Google’s VP of products, said the following of the …
Yesterday, Google launched its new Public Alerts page, which provides emergency information and warnings related to floods, tornadoes, winter storms, earthquakes, and other natural disasters. The information for this innovative project is provided by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Weather Service, and the US Geological Survey (USGS). A user that …
