TechCrunch Social Currency CrunchUp: PlacePop Launches Loyalty Card App, More Companies Look at Transactions
Today at TechCrunch’s CrunchUp conference, PlacePop officially launched its loyalty card iPhone app and social service.
Posted by Dassano Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010
Tags: a-purchase-has, a-user-visits, affinity-labs, conference, facebook-pages, founder-chris, future, home, james-currier, monetization, place, rewards, twitter
Facebook Has No Plans to Continue fbFund
Facebook’s in-house business incubator and mini financier, fbFund, appears to be mothballed. After two years of funding companies building on Facebook’s developer platform, the program’s success has been dwarfed by the massive new social gaming market, and by the growing ecosystem of marketing service companies around its performance advertising and Page products
Posted by Dassano Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010
Categories: News
Tags: accel-partners, and-investments, asked-it-about, facebook, founders, growing, its-performance, mini-financier, the-program, time
Report: Facebook IPO Still Not Coming Soon
Following up on years of Facebook saying that it is not planning to make an initial public offering any time soon or not commenting on rumors to that effect, a new report out… basically has that same message. “Facebook Inc. will probably put off its initial public offering until 2012, giving Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg more time to gain users and boost sales, three people familiar with the matter” tell Bloomberg .
Posted by Dassano Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010
Categories: News
Tags: a-new-report, a-profit-last, chief-executive, digital, immediate-plans, its-advertising, statements-with, whether-or-not, zuckerberg
Growing International Populations on Facebook Are Appealing, But Still Present Challenges
[Editor's Note: The data cited in this article is excerpted from Inside Facebook Gold , our membership service tracking Facebook's business and growth around the world. Visit Inside Facebook Gold to learn more about our complete data and analysis offering.] English is still by far the most-used language on Facebook, with some 231 million users. However, Facebook just crossed the 500 million user milestone — which means that over half of all users are accessing the site in another language.
Posted by Dassano Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010
Categories: News
Tags: a-and-analysis, a-new-report, a-profit-last, article, chief-executive, facebook, growth, indonesians, inside-social, million-users, statements-with, unique