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Instagram is a unique place and offers a unique experience, one that is hard to imagine with ads and commercial messages. And that day arrived last week. My reflections on what… Read more »
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Instagram is a unique place and offers a unique experience, one that is hard to imagine with ads and commercial messages. And that day arrived last week. My reflections on what… Read more »
After years of failing to live up to the hype, the mobile ad market is getting legs in a big way. And that will only continue as some major challenges are… Read more »
More companies are stepping up their efforts in transforming local commerce, but startup MyTime aims to be an “Amazon for local services” with an online booking platform for a broad range… Read more »
Groupon has acquired Blink, a European last-minute travel app that competes with HotelTonight. Read more »
Bake sales and magazine drives are on their way out as more startups court schools with new digital services for raising money. Read more »
Shopify, a Ottawa, Canada-based e-commerce platform provider is jumping into the bitterly contested point of sale business and is taking on Square, GroupOn and its more traditional competitors. The move is… Read more »
The appointment of a new (but not new to the company) CEO at Groupon has investors more confident in the company, as it looks to re-invent itself and boost sales. Read more »
Since founding Amazon in 1994, Bezos has spread his cash around in areas as diverse as collaborative consumption (Uber and Airbnb) and healthcare (Qliance and ZocDoc). He even dropped money into… Read more »
We’ve seen a rise of e-commerce companies recently that have tackled the dual problems of discovery and boredom: They’ve made shopping a fun, emotional experience. But can they translate that to… Read more »
Square, which started with a small card reader that plugged into an iPhone’s audio jack has made an iPad-based point of sale system, that is a warning shot across the bow… Read more »