LoyalBlocks makes rewarding customers easier with a $9M first round

May 23, 2013 3:26 PM Jack Wagner
Jack Wagner

LoyalBlocks, a loyalty marketing solutions provider for small and medium sized businesses with physical locations announced today that it had raised $9 million in its first round of funding. The company plans on using the capital injection to expand US operations and continue developing its platform.

Storify Business gives ‘expert storytellers’ access to premium features

April 18, 2013 11:59 AM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

Storify opened the book on Storify Business today, a premium service that gives users access to advanced features built for large media organizations and professional journalists.

SendHub expands its business-social software with a new Android app

April 15, 2013 2:52 PM Selena Larson
Selena Larson

SendHub joins other social business services like Yammer striving to engage and connect the workplace through social tools as networks like Facebook and Twitter permeate our personal lives.

iSorry equals iForgiven? Chinese state media like Apple’s apology

April 2, 2013 7:49 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Interestingly, the articles acknowledge a political tinge to the recent spanking Apple has been taking in China, saying that Chinese networking and mobile companies Huawei and ZTE "have long been restricted in the US markets under security and other accusations."

Advertisers and marketers should love Facebook’s new feed — but they better refocus on being awesome

March 7, 2013 12:32 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Facebook just released its new news feed and marketers should be happy: Facebook is providing a rich canvas on which to display their wares. But it'll be best for social marketing experts.

3 billion check-ins let Foursquare highlight the most awesome places in the U.S.

January 30, 2013 12:16 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Three billion tweets and tens of millions of tips ought to add up to something. In Foursquare's case, that means the "Best of" series, which highlights "the most awesome places in cities across the U.S."

Apple and the stock market: ‘to say that investors are idiots, really is an unfair dig at idiots’

January 23, 2013 10:09 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

It's been an interesting day. Apple reported record revenue of $54.5 billion and record quarterly profit of $13.1 billion, then saw its share price drop 10 percent.

General Assembly aims to match education to market demands

January 12, 2013 12:15 PM Tim Lloyd
Tim Lloyd

General Assembly aims to teach technology skills that the market needs, not just what professors think you ought to know -- and it's expanding its locations worldwide.

When big data is a big waste … and PowerPoint kills productivity more than a martini at lunch

December 18, 2012 5:00 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Business analytics app maker Roambi surveyed its customers recently to find what works and what doesn’t work in business data, analytics … and office life.

Apparently, meetings and PowerPoint slides kill more productivity than an alcoholic lunch. And, more than …

The average American spends $857 on monthly subscriptions (infographic)

December 11, 2012 3:22 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Subscription revenue is the new old thing, apparently.

Flickr — remember Flickr? — charges $6.95 a month to share your photos to the world, if you want pro functionality. Buffer, the social media sharing and analytics company, charges $10/month for …

Google quietly deletes free version of Google Apps for Business

December 6, 2012 9:05 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Google said today that only the premium version of its Apps for Business would be available from now on, for $50 per user per year.

‘Big data’ startup Platfora wants to unleash the potential of Hadoop

October 23, 2012 4:30 AM Christina Farr
Christina Farr

Platfora, the Andreessen Horowitz-backed "big data" startup, unveiled the product it has been baking for over a year at Strata, a data-focussed conference today.