TeamBuy.ca Purchases FabFind
The first Canadian daily deals site, TeamBuy, has further diversified its portfolio by purchasing FabFind. FabFind is a social commerce company that offers designer merchandise for the younger and more fashion conscious consumer. TeamBuy has been working hard to consolidate its position as a leading group buying and daily deals site by increasing the range of its products. It now offers flash sales as well as a host of products for the local, products, home and décor, and travel segments.
TeamBuy…
Elisa Plans a new Contactless Payment Method in Finland
Elisa, a data communication and ICT service company, is gearing up to issue payment stickers to students in Finland that would provide them with a new contactless payment method.
For this service, a payment sticker is to be attached to mobile phones. The initiative with payment sticker is set to commence in September and will run until the end of this year.
At a later stage, a contactless payment application will be included in the SIM card, doing away with the attachment…
Is Social Media Set for Decline?
Hear that sound? According to Jesse Colombo at Seeking Alpha, it’s the sound of the social media bubble finally popping. Since January Colombo, among others, has warned of a 90s-esque series of bubbles he termed the “CCC Aches” which stands for China, Commodities, Canada, Australia, College, Healthcare, Emerging markets and Social media.
Economists have claimed that we’re on a road to recovery as the housing market has crept back up from its scary depths. But Colombo claims that the aforementioned bubbles have been…
Outlook.com: Microsoft Tries for the Umpteenth Time to Compete with Gmail
Try, Try, and Try until you succeed! This is the motto that Microsoft is employing against the popular web based mail service, Gmail. Not that the company has had success in its efforts to dislodge Gmail. Far from that, its previous attempts at offering alternatives to Gmail have fallen flat on their feet. Surprising when one considers that it had the pioneer of all web based mail offerings, Hotmail in its portfolio. And when one thinks of the Nineties when Hotmail was the rage all…
Marketers Betting on Social Media to Woo Olympics Fans
The Olympics were always a great marketing opportunity for some of the most well-known consumer brands. For the lasts London Olympics, these brands have decided to bet on social media to improve brand retention among fans.
Social media is hard to ignore for marketers as it keeps growing at an exponential pace. For instance, Facebook has increased users from 100 million during the 2008 Games to more than 900 million now.
These high numbers have meant that the top 11…
Twitter Tumbles Globally on Eve of Olympic Games as Fears of Cyber Terrorism Mount
You could drink an entire case of Red Bull, wait an hour, and you still wouldn’t crash as hard as Twitter did this morning.
On Thursday, Twitter collapsed on the global stage in one of the most widespread outages the popular microblogging platform has ever experienced. By late morning, Twitter was down across North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
If penguins in Antarctica had Twitter, they most likely would have been without service too.
Following the discovery…
Travelzoo Brings it on with Smart Management
The word on the street about the global internet media company, Travelzoo is that it has done well for itself despite the macroeconomic situation in North America and Europe. In recessionary times, the travel business often takes a disproportionate share of the hit to sales since the business models of travel companies are built on boom based revenue streams.
However, it is to the credit of Travelzoo that it has leveraged its online platform to rake in substantial revenues to itself. The bottom line growth of…
DealTicker Faces Allegations of Selling Fake Merchandise
“Winnie Huang was delighted to find her beloved TOMS shoes on the DealTicker website for $29 a pair, with an additional $10 for shipping. Her excitement turned to suspicion when the shoes arrived…”
Winnie Huang, along with over 540 Canadian customers, had their excitement quickly turn to anguish upon inspection of their purchase off the DealTicket site. Suspicions were raised when the customers noticed the flimsy material of the “TOMS” shoes, and the fact that the insoles were not sewn to the sole like they regularly…
Shop.ca Promises to Introduce New Social Shopping Culture in Canada
Shop.ca, the newly launched Canada-based online e-commerce marketplace, has tied up with AOL Canada to raise brand awareness of its venture.
The two entities have worked on a campaign that includes media placements, content integration, consumer re-targeting, Walletpop.ca daily deals, and a direct link to Shop.ca from the AOL.ca main menu bar. The digital media campaign is now live on AOL properties and the Advertising.com network. AOL reaches 10.5 million unique visitors in Canada per month and over 24 million unique visitors…
World Bank says 75% of Global Population has a Cell Phone
A new report released by the World Bank and partner infoDev found that 75 percent of the world’s population has access to a mobile phone.
The report, titled Information and Communications for Development 2012: Maximizing Mobile, found the number of mobile phone subscriptions has grown from less than 1 billion in 2000 to 6 billion now. Unsurprisingly the largest growth in recent years has come from developing nations, where there are nearly 5 billion mobile phone subscriptions. The report also found that people are…
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