Gilt Groupe raised a $138 million fifth round from Softbank Group, General Atlantic, Matrix Partners, Goldman Sachs, New Read More
What you need to know – 05/09/11
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Kids and startups: nothing a mom can’t handle
Happy Mother’s Day! At Vator, we like to highlight the awesomeness of entrepreneurs, those fascinating and unique human Read More
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gtrot.com provides deals for social travel
CHICAGO, IL–(Marketwire – May 5, 2011) – Social travel site gtrot.com announced today a partnership with Local Offer Read More
Why is social marketing exploding right now? Because the Internet is evolving, according to Clara Shih, CEO of Read More
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What you need to know – 05/05/11
Apple is rumored to be introducing over-the-air updates to its Verizon iPhones when iOS 5 is released in Read More
Props to the social marketing industry. On Wednesday, global performance marketing company Efficient Frontier announced that it Read More
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Facebook accounts for 31.2% of display ads
We all know that advertising is very important to Facebook, but have you ever wondered how important Facebook Read More
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Renren IPO raises $743 million
Chinese social networking website Renren went public on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, raising $743 million Read More
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What you need to know – 05/04/11
Amazon launched its new fashion hub, MyHabit.com, a site that can’t really be described as a “flash sale” Read More
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Assange brands Facebook as a “spy machine”
Hey, remember Julian Assange? Almost half a year ago, the WikiLeaks founder had captivated news outlets and social Read More
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What you need to know – 05/03/11
Steve Ballmer revealed at BlackBerry World 2011 that Microsoft’s search engine Bing will be the new default map Read More
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Social media ads quadrupling to $8.3B market
The social media monster is an adolescent, and the growth spurts must feel very nice to the companies Read More
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Facebook earnings to top $2 billion in 2011
Nearly halfway into 2011 and seven years after its original founding, Facebook must be thinking more and more Read More
When it comes about the event of a natural or human caused disaster, both the hardware and software Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 04/29/11
Seed DoubleDutch–what you might consider a Foursquare for the enterprise– secured $1.2 million in a seed funding round Read More