1. AppsFire’s Beyond the App Store  permalink

AppsFire’s Beyond the App Store
Ken Yarmosh / Ken Yarmosh

A visual take on how users discover apps. Ties in with my recommendations for how Apple can improve the App Store this year. Link

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Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped
An App Store for Google Docs, Gmail?   —  The Wall Street Journal writes: Google Inc. is preparing to launch a store selling online business software that integrates with its Web services, according to people briefed by the company, enlisting software developers in its battle against Microsoft Corp. These people said the store will sell business software designed by outside developers to ...

2. Fwix Launches Mobile City Apps to Provide You Local News on the Go  permalink

Fwix Launches Mobile City Apps to Provide You Local News on the Go
Www.mobilecrunch.com

As you’ve probably realized, local news is undergoing a massive transformation. The rapid demise of “old media” has resulted in fewer local publications, and it’s likely that in a few months your local paper may no longer exist. As “new media” takes over, users will be faced with a plethora of choices to ...

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Gigaom.com
Fwix Launches Mobile City Apps to Provide You Local News on the Go Mobile Augmented Reality: Apps That Will Change the Way We See the World   —  Related GigaOM Pro Research Report: Mobile Augmented Reality

3. Online Video Ad Network BrightRoll Raises $10 Million  permalink

Online Video Ad Network BrightRoll Raises $10 Million
Jennifer Van Grove / Mashable!

Online video advertising network BrightRoll has just announced that they’ve secured $10 million in Series C funding, grown to nearly 55 million unique viewers per month in the U.S, and are now profitable. The funding news means that BrightRoll — which distributes video ad campaigns via an extensive online publisher network — ...

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Www.sys-con.com
Online Video Ad Network BrightRoll Raises $10 Million Ad Network Adoption Up 24 Percent Since 2008, According to New Adify Media Study   —  SAN BRUNO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/02/10 -- Sixty-nine percent of media planners and agencies now use online advertising networks as part of their digital ad buys, representing a 24 percent increase in the past 18 months -- according to a new study conducted by Adify Media. The leading media planners and agencies that participated in the study ...

Editor / EMarketer Articles
Online Video Ad Network BrightRoll Raises $10 Million Consumer Goods Marketers Go Beyond Ads with Online Video   —  Marketers across categories are racing to take advantage of the proliferation of online video content and consumers’ increasing engagement with that content. And the consumer products sector is no exception.

4. StyleFeeder, Time Warner, and future of affiliate marketing  permalink

StyleFeeder, Time Warner, and future of affiliate marketing
Econsultancy.com

In mid-December 2009 the ShareASale affiliate network announced the winners of its 2009 Performance Awards. The "Exceptional Affiliate" prize went to a promising affiliate marketing company operating out of Cambridge, Massachusetts: StyleFeeder. A month later, the site was bought by Time Inc., the largest magazine publisher in the U.S.

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Www.amnavigator.com
StyleFeeder, Time Warner, and future of affiliate marketing Loyalty Programs and Affiliate Marketing   —  Not too long ago I’ve blogged about the bright near future for coupon affiliates. It seems that loyalty affiliates have a future as well, and certain strategic factors will make (or are already making) some of them significantly more competitive than others.

5. WOULD YU BE A DEAR AN’  permalink

WOULD YU BE A DEAR AN’
Cheezburger Network / Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats

Lolcats, cats and funny pictures - WOULD YU BE A DEAR AN' HAND ME TEH LOOFAH?

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WOULD YU BE A DEAR AN’ Teh lions will nevur see it commin   —  Lolcats, cats and funny pictures - Teh lions will nevur see it commin

Cheezburger Network / Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats
WOULD YU BE A DEAR AN’ She marries   —  Lolcats, cats and funny pictures - She marries to you, but belongs to me

6. New Software Update for Nexus One phones  permalink

New Software Update for Nexus One phones
Googlenexusoneboard.blogspot.com

Starting today, Nexus One users will begin to receive an over-the-air software update on their phones. This update provides some great new features, and fixes a few problems that some users might have experienced, including:

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7. Log FreshBooks Expenses on the Go with ExpenseBooks  permalink

Log FreshBooks Expenses on the Go with ExpenseBooks
Ken Yarmosh / Ken Yarmosh

An idea I had last summer (2009) but began working on in the late fall / early winter. Launched both for the iPhone and Android platform. Some more details on the Mobomo blog. Link

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Www.mobomo.com
Log FreshBooks Expenses on the Go with ExpenseBooks ExpenseBooks for FreshBooks – iPhone + Android   —  Today, Mobomo is happy to announce the launch of ExpenseBooks for FreshBooks on both the iPhone and Android platforms (search “ExpenseBooks” on the Android Market). ExpenseBooks is a simple way to log your FreshBooks expenses while on the go.

8. Consumers Slow to Take Advantage of Mobile Coupons  permalink

Consumers Slow to Take Advantage of Mobile Coupons
Editor / EMarketer Articles

Coupon usage was up in 2009 overall, and mobile coupon redemption is poised to explode over the next few years. But mobile couponing is still in the early stages of adoption, as indicated in a Honeywell survey conducted by Harris Interactive in December 2009.

9. Few Companies Have Policy for Employee Use of Social Networks  permalink

Few Companies Have Policy for Employee Use of Social Networks
Editor / EMarketer Articles

Social networks have the attention of businesses not just as a marketing tool but also as a liability. Lost productivity, security problems and reputation issues can lead companies to restrict employee usage of social networks despite their usefulness, according to the “Social Networks vs. Management?” report from employment services firm ...

10. 3Crowd Comes Out Of Stealth, Reveals Its Plan To Disrupt The CDN Market  permalink

3Crowd Comes Out Of Stealth, Reveals Its Plan To Disrupt The CDN Market
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch

3Crowd , the new startup from BitGravity co-founder Barrett Lyon, is ready for its close-up. Until now little was known about the company, other than that its backers include Jay Adelson, Kevin Rose, Storm Ventures, and Greenwich Technology Associates. Now the company is talking: 3Crowd is looking to change the way people use content delivery ...

11. Add Private Notes to Tweets and Group Emails With Bccthis  permalink

Add Private Notes to Tweets and Group Emails With Bccthis
Christina Warren / Mashable!

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here . The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Name: Bccthis Quick Pitch: Bccthis is an innovative technology that provides new levels of ...

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Blog.hubspot.com
Add Private Notes to Tweets and Group Emails With Bccthis How TurboTax is Using Twitter to Help Customers Through Tax Season   —  Twitter is a great tool to help achieve a number of business and marketing goals, whether they be promoting content, connecting with prospects or building relationships with other thought leaders and industry experts. However, there is one Twitter use I think many may overlook -- the opportunity to facilitate customer support.

MG Siegler / TechCrunch
Add Private Notes to Tweets and Group Emails With Bccthis Hidden Backdoors On Torrent Sites Led To The Latest Twitter Attack   —  Early this morning, Twitter began alerting certain users to reset their passwords because of a possible phishing attack. They later elaborated on it a bit but it still wasn't clear exactly what was going on. Now they've felt the need to fully go into exactly what went down — and it's fairly interesting. On their Twitter Status blog ( ...

12. Music Consumption Faceoff: Subscription Vs. Ownership  permalink

Music Consumption Faceoff: Subscription Vs. Ownership
Barb Dybwad / Mashable!

Mashable was in attendance at today’s New Music Seminar in Los Angeles, where Spotify CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek gave an excellent keynote about the state of the music industry and the re-emerging subscription model. Since we have new music on the brain, we wanted to pose a relevant question for this week’s Faceoff Series head-to- ...

13. All-in-one suite to completely protect, maintain and manage your PC - Hard Disk Manager !  permalink

All-in-one suite to completely protect, maintain and manage your PC - Hard Disk Manager !
Giveaway of the Day project team / Giveaway of the Day

All-in-one suite to completely protect, maintain and manage your PC – Hard Disk Manager (HDM) provides you with all of the tools you need to manage today’s hard drives, including partitioning, backup, cloning, defrag, hard drive disposal, system management and system recovery. This comprehensive package of functionality is accessible ...

14. Featured Tweets & Pics  permalink

Featured Tweets & Pics
Www.nfl.com

Celebrate Super Bowl XLIV through the experiences of fans in South Florida and the rest of the world. Explore photos and tweets from fans tagged #SB44, the official tag of the Super Bowl. Want to be included in the experience? Make sure to include #SB44 in your Twitter posts and tag your photos on Flickr. Then come back often to see the ...

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15. WordPress for Android 1.0 Release  permalink

Mark Ghosh / Tools Collection

WordPress for Android 1.0 Release: The Open Source WordPress for Android application is now available for download. This is in addition to the WordPress for iPhone and WordPress for BlackBerry applications that are already available. It is built on top of the wpToGo application which has been taken over by the WordPress team and released

16. IT-Forscher enttarnen Internetsurfer  permalink

Www.spiegel.de

Anonym surfen im Web? Das war einmal. IT-Forschern ist es nach SPIEGEL-ONLINE-Informationen gelungen, Internetsurfer mit einem einfachen Trick namentlich zu identifizieren. Von der Sicherheitslücke sind Millionen Teilnehmer sozialer Netzwerke betroffen - es droht ein Datenschutz-GAU.

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17. Video: Android’s New Pinch-To-Zoom Multi-Touch In Action  permalink

MG Siegler / TechCrunch

As we noted earlier , Google announced an update today to its Android OS for Nexus One phones that would enable the pinch-to-zoom multi-touch feature for the first time in a few Google apps: Maps, Gallery, and the Web Browser. We've just received the update, which is technically firmware 2.1-update1, and have taken a video of the new ...

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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer
Google’s two-front war with Apple and Facebook; who are the winners and the losers?   —  I’ve now heard from three separate Google employees that Google will release a news feed that will compete with Facebook and Twitter. I expect to see a demo at Google’s IO conference in April. For hints at what’s coming you MUST look at two foundation-level services: 1. Google Profiles. Google is asking you to voluntarily add [...

18. State of the Internet Explained In One Giant Infographic  permalink

State of the Internet Explained In One Giant Infographic
Samuel Axon / Mashable!

Remember that “ If You Printed Twitter ” image that made the social media rounds two weeks ago? A similarly formatted graphic that describes the state of Internet use and adoption has been published today for your infotainment. The focus is on exactly who uses the Internet, and how often. It breaks things down by gender, age, income ...

19. The State of the Internet  permalink

The State of the Internet
Www.focus.com

Here we take a look at exactly who is using the Internet the most, how they are using it and how much the amount of usage is increasing. At a glance, we can see that there are the same number of men and women who use the Internet. However, their age, educational background and level of income may influence how much time they spend online.

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20. LinkedIn Offers Users Increased Control Over Profiles  permalink

LinkedIn Offers Users Increased Control Over Profiles
Charles Hamilton / WebWorkerDaily

As of today, according to the LinkedIn Blog, users of the popular career-oriented social network can rearrange the order in which elements appear in a member's profile -- the page on the site that displays information about one's background.