The conventional view of Upworthy is that it is just one of a number of sites that specialize in viral “click-bait,” but the site’s founders have always maintained that it is… Read more »
Long gone are the days when broadcast and cable networks, magazines, and radio were the gateways to customers. Today brand advertisers must go to much greater lengths to find their audiences… Read more »
Facebook updated its S-1 with first quarter data. Ad revenues grew 37 percent to $872 million, well on pace to meet my forecast that Facebook would double projected U.S. growth rates… Read more »
Algae oil and fuel maker Solazyme priced shares for its IPO late last night at $18 per share — above its previously estimated price range — enabling the company to raise… Read more »
Latest in the long line of consumer brands trying to leverage social media is Unilever, which is hoping a new mobile app to aggregate users’… Read more »
My three-person web development company is celebrating. We’ve survived 2009 — a very tough year — thanks to some good planning, and a bit of luck. As I look back, I… Read more »
Chromatin, a company that uses genetics to enhance crops, announced today that it raised $12.4 million in funding and plans to use the new cash to enter the biofuel feedstock industry… Read more »
Republicrats Lands Unilever as a Sponsor; political comedy series will have an episode that features an animated I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter character. (MediaWeek) Study: Consumers to Move from Buying… Read more »