Another week, another social marketing startup gets funded. Sprout Social, provider of social media management tools for business, Read More
Sprout Social (marketing) closes $10 million
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What you need to know – 02/17/11
After months of flagging sales and a dismal holiday shopping season, Borders has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Read More
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Twitter Promoted Products webinar leaked
Well, it’s not nearly as riveting as the story of a hacker gaining access to over 300 internal Read More
Online marketing solutions provider ReachLocal announced Tuesday afternoon that it has acquired rising Groupon clone DealOn. The deal Read More
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GetJar gets $25 million for open app store
GetJar, the largest open app store, announced Tuesday that it has raised $25 million in Series C Read More
February is turning out to be a rough month for Groupon. Last Friday, the company finally decided to Read More
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Zynga brewing a $250 million round?
Being a social gaming company comes with a lot of perks. Your entire mission is to make applications Read More
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What you need to know – 01/28/11
Since January 1st, Amazon says, the site has sold 115 Kindles for every 100 paperback books sold. This Read More
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Facebook’s Sponsored Stories walk a fine line
Promoted Tweets? Oh, Twitter, you could learn something from your social networking big brother. Facebook is introducing a totally Read More
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Smaato closes $7 million round from Singapore
Mobile advertising company Smaato announced Wednesday that it has closed a $7 million Series C round of institutional Read More
The advertising industry has had a tough time trying to convince the world that its practices do not Read More
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What you need to know – 01/25/11
Apple launched a Twitter account for the App Store, to let users “discover new apps, get exclusive offers, and Read More
I recently chatted up Brian Wong, CEO of Kiip.me and the youngest chief executive ever to raise VC Read More
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Twitter advertising revenue to triple in 2011
One of our more popular stories from 2010 outed Twitter’s new efforts in advertising as still highly experimental, Read More
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What you need to know – Thursday 01/20/11
Adteractive, an online advertising company, raised $5.1 million in funding, according to an SEC filing. Q&A service ChaCha closed $3 million of additional Read More