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Craigslist smacks down scrappers, updates photo layout

by Krystal Peak, August 10, 2012 | Comments

After working to cut out third parties, Craigslist adds in-line photos for listings

Just as Craigslist is in a public skirmish over third-party developers on its turf, the public listings service is also trying to improve its rarely changed, no-frills layout by letting people put a more prominent focus on photos of items. The service, quite quietly introduced a feature allowing users view images inline, on the same page as category listings, and ...

What you click on may have to do with where you live

by Krystal Peak, August 10, 2012 | Comments

New numbers show West Coasters love fitness deals while East Coasters want nightlife bargains

Despite the country's unity in cheering on our Olympic athletes as they fight for more gold medals in London, there are a lot of differences in consumers from coast to coast. And while this is no East Coast, West Coast rivalry ala mid-1990s, marketers and retailers should be interested to know how to appeal to people in different geographies. Sense ...

Email converts better than search, social combined

by Krystal Peak, August 10, 2012 | Comments

E-commerce sites' biggest tool for increasing sales is their email list

While e-commerce sites are rushing to fill the Internet with their social banter and engagement, it's known that, currently, social converts buyers at a much lower rate than search. A report released Friday by Monetate found that social converted at 0.59%, while search was almost 5X better at 2.59%. The real winners are those troves of emails filling up all ...

Netflix debuts 'Just for Kids' option on Xbox

by Krystal Peak, August 8, 2012 | Comments

Parents can hand over the remote with new kid-friendly channel for gaming consoles

Netflix has found its product to compete with Nick Jr or The Disney Channel with its new "Just for Kids" feature on Xbox for kids to freely explore movie and TV shows without concern of stumbling on adult material. This streaming option is already live for Netflix users on the Web, Sony’s PS3, Nintendo’s Wii and Apple’s Apple TV. Parents ...

26% of Americans access social networks on mobile

by Krystal Peak, August 8, 2012 | Comments

Most of the mobile social activity is dominated by Facebook

Sometimes its hard to imagine that many of us only checked our social networking sites at the end of the day, especially now that we get pings and access to our Facebook and Twitter accounts via our smartphones. Numbers from eMarketer estimate that, in the U.S., roughly 82 million consumers will access their social profiles from their phones. That means ...

Starbucks to accept Square payments in 7,000 US spots

by Krystal Peak, August 8, 2012 | Comments

The Seattle-based coffee company also banks $25M toward Square's next funding round

The Square footprint got exponentially larger this week when Starbucks announced late yesterday that it will now start accepting Square payments across the nation later this year. In addition to this Square compatibility, the huge company also stated that it will invest $25 million in the startup as part of its fourth round of funding and president and CEO Howard ...

Consumer gift service FreeMonee lands $34M VC round

by Krystal Peak, August 7, 2012 | Comments

A San Mateo startup enabling merchants to drive traffic to their stores sees increased interest

Marketing campaigns online are in a constant state of change and innovation to keep up the the practices of Internet users and the evolving expanse of technology. One gift network, FreeMonee, is taking the ease with which deals, money and services can change hands on line and has attracted a substantial round of funding to grow its incentive programs. The ...

Care.com locks down $50M for finding home helpers

by Krystal Peak, August 7, 2012 | Comments

From pet sitters and senior assistance to child care, Care.com sees international expansion blossom

The Internet seems to have the solutions for just about anything. Need a birthed present on the fly, need to your bills before you go on vacation, need to find out who was the lead detective in The Big Easy -- the Internet is your savior (it was Dennis Quaid). Now, one online service that specializes in finding an ...

Facebook's first gambling game debuts in the UK

by Krystal Peak, August 7, 2012 | Comments

In hopes of pumping up its revenue outside of advertising, Facebook preps for gambling opportunities

Let the Facebook gambling begin -- well at least in the UK. Online gambling operator Gamesys worked with Facebook and Bingo Friendzy to allow players 18 and older to play on the social networking site for cash prizes, rather than just virtual goods. This is a HUGE first step to help Facebook diversify its monetization and bring gambling possibilities ...

Family Village brings genealogy to a Sims-like world

by Krystal Peak, August 7, 2012 | Comments

No more scrolling through eye-wrecking archives, instead you can play your family tree

One day in middle school, my history teacher assigned the class to go home and create a family tree. This was before the likes of Geni, Genealogy.com, MyFamily.com or the like -- it simply meant that I, as a teenager, had to talk to my parents and suffer the hours of off-topic banter about their childhoods. Thankfully I have the ...

ShoeDazzle snaps up 1M new members in one month

by Krystal Peak, August 6, 2012 | Comments

Now with 13M members, ShoeDazzle is now twice as big as competitor JustFab

The women of the world just can't seem to get enough indulgence from their shoes. From shopping at malls, flash sales, curated sites and subscription services, there are never enough shoes. One subscription company, ShoeDazzle has seen its shoe and accessory service membership base grow by 1 million subscribers in a single month (July). ShoeDazzle now boasts 13 million members ...

SecondMarket's transactions up 27% H1 2012

by Krystal Peak, August 6, 2012 | Comments

Airtime, Warby Parker, Stripe, Factual are newest companies gaining interest from investors

If you are anything like me, you didn't even know how hot the SecondMarket was until everyone was clamoring to get a piece of Facebook as it rocketed toward its now infamous IPO. Other social networks and Web tech companies like Zynga were also big on the secondary market prior to hitting the public trading floor, but the lackluster and, ...

Twitter excitement bubbles up crowd-sourcing NASA idea

by Krystal Peak, August 6, 2012 | Comments

With millions staying up late to watch Curiosity land on Mars, support grows for space exploration

Twitter has become a universal barometer for what the world is paying attention to in popular culture. We know that award shows, athletic events, acts of terrorism and now missions to Mars, make the micro-blogging service explode with feedback and sharing. While the Western world was suppose to be sleeping, NASA landed its rover, Curiosity on Mars and transmitted images ...

TuneIn pockets $16M for mobile radio offerings

by Krystal Peak, August 6, 2012 | Comments

More than just a music app, TuneIn sees growing opportunities in sports, talk show streaming

A radio application, TuneIn, announced Monday that it raised $16 million in new funding to help build out its programming and expand its user base of 40 million. Music applications are extremely popular on the Web as well as on mobile devices. From Pandora and Spotify to Last.fm and Rdio. The new funding round was led by General Catalyst Partners, ...

LinkedIn punches above its weight

by Krystal Peak, August 5, 2012 | Comments

The business network is a lean, monetization machine while Facebook could use time in the gym

No doubt. LinkedIn has been a standout compared to its high-profile social Internet brethren, which the market has completely soured on of late. LinkedIn shares are trading at $108, up 140% since going public in May 2011. Meanwhile, Zynga has seen its stock nosedive 73% from its $10 IPO price, and Facebook shares are languishing 45% below their debut price of ...

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