Baidu, the giant of Chinese search, posted Q4 revenues that revealed an 82.5 percent increase over the year before. Revenues hit RMB4.474 billion ($710.9 million), while the quarter’s net income hit RMB2.054…
Facebook to Bank $1.2 B Per Year on Mobile Ads
Though Facebook has yet to advertise on mobile devices (smaller screens present enormous marketing hurdles), that hasn’t stopped the web world from speculating just how much the social media agency stands to…
Google+ Grows Brand Followers by 1400% Since December
Brands on Google+ are growing followers like crazy. A new report from BrightEdge, the SEO and digital marketing startup, indicates that the number of users following the top 100 brands on Google…
Twitter’s Date with the Censor: Is There a Silver Lining for Free Speech and More?
By Craig A. Newman* When Twitter Inc. announced its decision last week to censor tweets that offend country-specific content restrictions, the backlash from free speech advocates and users alike was prompt and…
LinkedIn Top Social Job Recruiter, Followed by Twitter, Facebook
Bullhorn, a developer of a recruitment software and application system, recently released the Social Recruiting Activity Report, and named LinkedIn as the leader in terms of frequency of usage by recruiters and…
Little Black Bag Pockets $2.75M for New Approach to Social Commerce
Recently launched startup Little Black Bag strives to take social commerce to the next level. The company bases its approach on the fukubukuro, or “lucky bag sale,” in which shoppers buy a…
Facebook Files IPO for $5 B
Eight years after Mark Zuckerberg launched the world’s largest social media site from his Harvard dorm room, Facebook has finally decided to go public, aspiring to fetch $5 billion for its recent…
Living Social
In the vein of Groupon, LivingSocial offers daily deals that users can easily share with friends and family. Rather than scooped from the random deal bargain bin, each offer is researched and…
Want More Interaction on Your Site? Go Social
Sites live or die based upon whether or not people actually spend time on them. As the next big thing quickly becomes last Tuesday’s fad, it’s no longer enough to just be…