Daily Archives: June 15, 2011

It’s Official! Oil And Gas Giant Total Now Owns $1.3 Billion Controlling Stake In SunPower

June 15, 2011
It’s Official! Oil And Gas Giant Total Now Owns $1.3 Billion Controlling Stake In SunPower

Total, the fossil fuels giant, just gave itself a renewable energy makeover by finishing up its $1.3 billion purchase of a majority stake in SunPower, the San Jose, Calif.-based designer and manufacturer of solar panels and systems. SunPower sells its solar technology and services to customers of about any size, including at the residential,...

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Will an analytics overload hurt social media?

June 15, 2011
Will an analytics overload hurt social media?

When I started to write this post, it was going to be about one thing but then turned into quite another. I wanted to cover the launch of OneTrueFan’s realtime fan analytics platform,  an impressive addition to the site that provides realtime insights for fans of blogs. As I went to try it out though,...

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Business Insider Is Hiring Paid Fall Interns!

June 15, 2011
Business Insider Is Hiring Paid Fall Interns!

Image: Business Insider See Also: Win An iPad2 From Business Insider Needed: One Stellar Sales Planner People Are Less Likely To Have Office Romances When The Economy Is Bad Business Insider is looking for a few awesome editorial interns to join our team this fall, beginning in late August or early September. Now that...

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Future of media: Community is your new business model

June 15, 2011
Future of media: Community is your new business model

As media companies try desperately to solve their revenue problems by launching paywalls and subscription iPad apps, too few are looking at how connecting with their community (or communities) can help. That’s the view of National Public Radio’s vice-president of interactive, Michael Skoler, in a piece written for Harvard University’s Neiman Foundation for Journalism....

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Citrusleaf Launches Its NoSQL Product Geared Specifically Towards Ad Networks

June 15, 2011
Citrusleaf Launches Its NoSQL Product Geared Specifically Towards Ad Networks

Citrusleaf, which launched in March, announced today its second product: Citrusleaf RTA, an analytics tool for ad networks. RTA is based on Citrusleaf’ NoSQL database, which boasts both ACID compliance and real-time processing of large data sets. The idea is to make it possible for ad networks to produce better insight as to why...

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What I Learned From Our 2Way Conference Part 1

June 15, 2011

Gulp. And you thought you had this one covered with just putting up your corporate blog? Andy Carvin and the deep Twitter dive into new journalism I had an opportunity to spend some time with Andy Carvin, who was our opening speaker and works for National Public Radio. If you want someone to really...

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Groupon Cloners Raise $90 Million For Airbnb Clone

June 15, 2011
Groupon Cloners Raise $90 Million For Airbnb Clone

Wimdu, a European Airbnb clone, has raised $90 million in venture capital, TechCrunch reports. That in itself is notable, especially since Airbnb itself is raising $100 million, but what makes it even more interesting is that Wimdu is founded by the Samwer brothers, the relentless German cloners of US startups. They built CityDeal, the...

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TigerText Disposes Of ‘Sender’s Remorse’ With New Privacy And Control Features For SMS

June 15, 2011
TigerText Disposes Of ‘Sender’s Remorse’ With New Privacy And Control Features For SMS

TigerText, a company that adds a bevy of privacy settings and controls to SMS, is today launching a new app for iOS that aims to preserve the social nature of group messaging while giving the sender complete control over their messages both in group and one-to-one conversations. A prized feature of TigerText’s service has...

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Descuento Libre wants to be Groupon for Latinos

June 15, 2011
Descuento Libre wants to be Groupon for Latinos

This week, Groupon subscribers in Austin, Texas are offered deals on rock climbing, Indian food and a produce delivery service. Meanwhile, users of the Latino-oriented deals site—Descuento Libre—within the same city, can buy discounted vouchers for dental care, pre-paid mobile phone services and family fun pizza parlors. Descuento Libre wants to be the Groupon for the Latino...

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SocialBase: A turbo-charged to-do list app for Social Media Managers

June 15, 2011

Interesting….One for amalucky to check out. Article source: TNW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~3/V6-MCqj8fi8/

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