Daily Archives: July 16, 2011

Sears.com Accidentally Hacks $675 Off Of The iPad 2 Price, Buyers Go Nuts

July 16, 2011
Sears.com Accidentally Hacks $675 Off Of The iPad 2 Price, Buyers Go Nuts

Image: AP See Also: Soon You’ll Be Using FaceTime On Your TV Apple Is Now The Third Biggest PC Seller In The US iPhone 5 To Launch August 16? Yesterday afternoon, Sears.com offered an unbelievable, unintentional discount. It fudged the pricing on the iPad 2 and offered the device for $69. That’s $675 off...

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iPod Sales Will Plummet 7.2% Year Over Year, Analysts Say

July 16, 2011
iPod Sales Will Plummet 7.2% Year Over Year, Analysts Say

Image: Acid Zebra via Flickr See Also: THE APPLE INVESTOR: Apple’s Entrance Into The TV Market Could Boost Its Market Cap By $100 Billion THE APPLE INVESTOR: Apple Is The Fastest Growing Retailer In U.S. The Airplane Industry Needs Its iPhone Now that iPhones have essentially become iPods and other touchscreen devices like iPads...

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Will licensing issues spoil the online media party forever?

July 16, 2011
Will licensing issues spoil the online media party forever?

It’s one of the Internet’s biggest killjoys. It stifles innovation, holds back progress and drives normally law-abiding people to crime. What is it? Licensing. Whenever an innovative new online approach to media comes along, it seems ‘licensing issues’ turn up to trash the party. Just think about how long it took Spotify, a service that has...

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A Groupon For Solar? Solar@Work Offers Buildings Discounts For Going Green Together

July 16, 2011

Group buying is moving into the commercial clean energy space thanks to Solar@Work, a program designed by San Francisco’s Department of the Environment to make solar panels more affordable for business owners. Businesses have three options for acquiring solar panels through the program: Purchasing, leasing, and securing a loan. A federal grant covering 30%...

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Android This Week: Facebook Phone status; MyTouch 4G Slide arrives; Nook Color tablet

July 16, 2011
Android This Week: Facebook Phone status; MyTouch 4G Slide arrives; Nook Color tablet

Consumers waiting for a Facebook phone will see one as early as tomorrow, July 17. But it won’t come from Facebook, itself. Instead, the Cha Cha smartphone with a dedicated Facebook button HTC showed off in February finally arrives on ATT’s network as the aptly named HTC Status. The Google Android handset has meager...

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Talking global entrepreneurship at The Endeavor Summit [Video]

July 16, 2011

I attended the Endeavour Summit in San Francisco where entrepreneurs from all over the world gathered to pitch their startups with a network of global mentors. Amongst the startups, I interviewed Vanesa Kolodziej who is a Buenos Aires-based entrepreneur and seed investor. In this video, we talk about the South American startup scene and...

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The ROI of Social Media: 10 Case Studies

July 16, 2011
The ROI of Social Media: 10 Case Studies

The question of whether or not social media drives ROI still plagues many marketers and brands. The issue is not always as straightforward as it seems, as there are multiple ways to measure the benefits of social media and it isn’t as simple as looking for a direct sales return at one end, with...

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Applifier Hits 100 Million Installs, Brings Social Game Discovery Bar To Mobile

July 16, 2011
Applifier Hits 100 Million Installs, Brings Social Game Discovery Bar To Mobile

Applifier, the cross-promotional network of social game publishers, announced today that it has delivered over 100 million game installs for free on Facebook. Launched in 2010, Applifier set out on a mission to help game publishers find new users and get their games discovered on the social network, and has since grown like a...

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Google+ Ad On Facebook Is Banned

July 16, 2011

What happens on Google+, stays on Google+. At least that’s the way Facebook would like to see things. Web developer Michael Lee Johnson found that out the hard way. He was trolling for Google+ friends on Facebook by running a Facebook ad asking people to add him to their Circles on Google+. Facebook, apparently,...

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