Category Archives: Tech News
eBay Reports 233% Growth in Mobile Sales
This weeks sign of the times has to be the news that eBay saw their sales via mobile devices rise from $600mm to over $2b in 2010. The apps, which are available for the iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone … Continue reading
Google Rounding Out Mobile Strategy With Stealth Startup
It was announced this week that Google acquired Zetawire, a Toronto-based mobile payments-focused startup, in August. This is important and revealing news for anyone trying to understand the long-term mobile strategy for the Silicon Valley search engine behemoth. It’s widely … Continue reading
iPhone Organizes Customer Loyalty Cards with scanaroo App
iPhone owners with $.99 can now consolidate all of their loyalty, membership and insurance cards in one place – their smartphones. Scanaroo is available in the iTunes Store and lets users shed the majority of the plastic cards in their … Continue reading
Product Recall Automation and Customer Loyalty
Two pieces of news the other day caught our eye. First, Kroger reported strong quarterly earnings by “focusing on service to keep its current customers instead of slashing prices to attract new ones” – a core business philosophy we heartily endorse. … Continue reading
Upscale Restaurants Taking Wine Lists to the iPad
The latest iPad-inspired trend? A number of restaurants, including Bone’s in Atlanta have now started to publish their wine lists on the popular Apple gadget. This not only allows diners to scroll through the available selection, but more importantly to … Continue reading
Meijer "Find It" App Introduces New Shopping Era
Meijer has now joined the ranks of Android Application developers with its release of “Find It”. Functionality includes a map of the store layout, locations of various sale items, promotion details and even the ability to locate your car in … Continue reading
"Google Me" Poised to Take Down Facebook?
The unprecedented success of Facebook in the social media space has seen plenty of would-be competitors fall by the wayside, most notable Myspace. It now appears that the California-based “nerdopolis” known as Google is preparing to challenge the social media … Continue reading
Best Buy Launching Experiment with Shopkick Technology
Best Buy announced today that it plans to implement Shopkick technology in about one quarter of its total stores by October 1, 2010. Shopkick, Inc. is a location-based software development company that allows retailers to reward customers with discounts, points … Continue reading
GoogleGuy Matt Cutts on SEO and the Google Search Engine
For small businesses or bloggers who are looking to increase the visibility of their webpage, Google’s Matt Cutts has some great info on search engine optimization and dispels some common misconceptions about how sites are actually ranked within the Google … Continue reading
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