October 31, 2011 : Comments (4)
Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
Startups
Zaarly Launches Real-Time Market, Get What You Need Fast From People Locally
Move over Craigslist, there's a new e-commerce service in town, and this one allows users to buy and sell their goods and services on the go. Zaarly wants its users to find what they want, for the price they want fast from the people around them. Buyers can request whatever they may want - like furniture, gadgets, someone to help them move - and a seller, be they... Read more » Social Bar Deal Service Poggled Launches Android App
The social bar deal service, Poggled, has just launched their new Android App. iPhone users in the Chicago area have been enjoying Poggled's steep discounts, but now Android users can take the service to-go. The Android app allows you to take Poggled's deals wherever you go. You can save 50-70 percent by purchasing deals just like iPhone users, and they offer... Read more » Social Travel Site Gogobot Announces Foursquare And Facebook Places Integration
Gogobot, a social travel site, has announced that they've integrated Foursquare and Facebook Places into their service to help users document their real-time travel experiences. The service, which launched in November of 2010, connects users via Facebook or Twitter to share and gather travel advice from their social networks. Instead of being catered towards... Read more »
REPORT: Twitter To Acquire TweetDeck For $50M
In April we reported on the rumors about Twitter buying TweetDeck for $50 million. According to TechCrunch, the microblogging service has acquired the third-party Twitter client for $40 - $50 million, which includes cash and Twitter stock. Twitter is expected to announce this purchase in a few days. In February, a deal between UberMedia and TweetDeck was almost... Read more » Location-based Video App sQuawkMe Launches For iPhone
Ever wondered what would happen if Foursquare and YouTube got together and made a baby app? vdoDesign Labs did, and so sQuawkMe was born. The new video and location-based app allows users to record a video, tag it geographically and then post the videos to Facebook and Twitter instantly. Users will also be able to peek at the videos other sQuawkMe users are posting... Read more »
Cloud Girlfriend Co-founder David Fuhriman Claims The Dream Is Real
In March, we reported on an elusive new social service Cloud Girlfriend still in development, promising your very own fake girlfriend that will interact with you on social networks. Soon after the article was published, Co-founder David Fuhriman reached out to me so he could share additional details about how this works. Since I had several questions about Cloud... Read more »
Tag Pepsi Commercial With IntoNow, Win Free Pepsi
Just when you though the marketing world couldn't get any more direct, here comes a marketing campaign that rewards you for watching an ad. The social entertainment check-in app IntoNow has teamed up with PepsiCo in a promotion that offers IntoNow users a free Pepsi for watching and tagging the new Pepsi Max commercial. Basically the promotion is actually giving... Read more »
Start-up ContentAide Lets You See How Your Business Rivals Are Doing On Facebook
Social media strategist Cody Berbierri has launched a start-up called ContentAide that aims to monitor and deliver relevant content that will help brands attract and retain fans on Facebook. Users of ContentAide will receive a report every day that details the most popular or engaged content from the previous 24 hours. You will be able to customize ContentAide's... Read more » Social Retail Website Poshling Lets Moms Vote For Discounts
Students from the Harvard Business School will be launching a new social commerce website in April called Poshling, which will be selling high-end retail products geared for fashion-minded mothers. What will put the "social" in this retail website? Discounts will be offered for the maternity and baby products based on popular votes from users. This means the clients... Read more »
Pixable Releases Photofeed App For iPhone
The online photo-aggregating service is finally releasing its Photofeed App for iPhone. The app will allow iPhone users to see and interact with millions of photos from the most popular photo hosting social networks. Photofeed aggregates photos from Facebook, Flickr and Instagram and loads them all onto one feed iPhone users will be able to access within the app.... Read more »
