Gowalla to Shut Down Shortly
We reported on the weekend that Facebook has purchased Gowalla. This move was a strategic talent purchase, Facebook is not actually interested in the Gowalla product as a whole – Facebook just want the highly talented team of staff. Gowalla has reported that the service will be winding down in January 2012 and users will […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare reaches 15 Million Users
Foursquare has released some new stats, the geo-location service now has 15 million users – half of which are in the USA, the other half international users. In the last year Foursquare has gained 10 million new members. Growth in the US is strong, but in Australia I must admit I’m losing interest. Facebook places […]
Read More | ShareWordPress releasing their own PPC Ad Network
Everyday 50,000 new WordPress blogs are created. Over the years many WordPress bloggers have looked to ads and advertising to make money off their blogs. This has lead to WordPress developing their own Ad network, which has been unveiled today. WordAds – the new advertising network by WordPress. So far its understood that WordAds will […]
Read More | ShareHow to Write Popular Blog Posts
We all want more traffic to our blogs, more subscribers, more Facebook likes, bigger email lists – and so on. Getting more traffic to your blog is no easy task and many bloggers face this challenge every day – struggling to remain relevant and keeping your traffic levels. Blogging and social media go hand in […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Still Pushing G+ Hard
It seems Google is still pushing their social network Google Plus fairly hard in terms of self-promotion. I can now see on various Google Search sites around the world a blue bar across the top of the search homepage. This bar is pointing to the G+ site and is actually fixed, you can’t dismiss the […]
Read More | ShareNapster Finally Shuts Down
Napster was the origional Peer to Peer music software sharing platform, created by Sean Parker (who now has major stakes in Facebook, Spotify, Plaxo, and others). Napster had consistent legal issues since it’s inception, mainly Music companies prosecuting Napster for allowing the distribution of their content illegally. As a result the company has changed hands […]
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