Several web technology themes and trends were reinforced in the fourth quarter of 2011, including a handful of tech platform wannabes and the rumblings of a shakeout in social commerce. For… Read more »
One of the hottest developments in local advertising has without question been the rise of daily deals, which are now being comingled and distributed in mobile and location-based apps for a… Read more »
The Wall Street Journal says investors and bankers are watching Groupon’s public offering, scheduled for this Friday, as an indicator of how forthcoming IPOs might fare. The paper calls out Zynga’s… Read more »
Daily deals are the social commerce segment with the highest profile, and the market is overcrowded with hundreds of players. Winners in daily deals will have to achieve scale, mine their… Read more »
Social commerce is back in the news, with mixed results. Daily deals site BuyWithMe laid off half its staff after it couldn’t raise money. Social commerce is one of the least… Read more »
We’ve been saying that social commerce – specifically, daily deals – have needed to move beyond new customer acquisition for their merchant partners into services that build loyalty. And they need… Read more »
As our demand for data increases, so too do the number of mobile devices and services. Add to that the infrastructure needed to support such connectivity, and a wide, complex picture… Read more »
How many Keratin wraps, photography workshops and Hookah tokes does one person really need? After Groupon and LivingSocial, there are anothe… Read more »
Social commerce involves businesses using online collaborative tools — social networks, real-time feeds and user-generated contributions, for example — in order to sell products and services to consumers. Read more »
Groupon is growing faster than virtually any other tech-related company in history, including Google and Facebook, and is expected to close the year with revenue of more than $500 million. What… Read more »