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Groupon is in the process of creating a new application that it hopes will change when and how society chooses to eat, shop, and play. The new application, Groupon Now, will stray away from its current deal-a-day business model and adopt a quicker, more “Now” strategy. When the Groupon Now app is opened, two buttons…

Facebook has recently announced its plans to expand its Deals program by offering exclusive online daily deals. The new program will allow Facebook users to purchase daily Deal vouchers and share the Deal through the social network with their friend. The social network giant currently allows businesses to offer discounts and freebies to customers who…

Google has announced its intent to revamp Blogger, its 11-year-old blog publishing service it acquired in 2003. Blogger is currently considered one of the 10 largest websites in the world, surpassing competitors such as WordPress.com, Tumblr and Posterous. The problem is, bigger doesn’t always necessarily mean better. These other platforms have received most of the glory over…

A federal judge has recently permitted the U.S. government to access three Twitter accounts of WikiLeak’s most dedicated supporters. This has been a controversial issue in the social media arena because it seems to question users privacy rights. A few months ago, the Department of Justice subpoenaed Twitter, requesting personal information related to the WikiLeaks…

Facebook continues to improve with the new expansion of its’ @ Mentions feature. The improvement allows users to tag friends, pages, events or groups within comments, and even allows users to turn names into clickable links. It’s really simple to try on your own. Open Facebook. Start a new comment and then type the “@”…

A 9.0 earthquake is estimated to strike only once every 300 years. Japan, just experienced a massive 8.9 earthquake causing major power outages, fires, severe structural damage, and a devastating Tsunami’s at a height of near 30 feet. Twitter immediately became the emergency epicenter for spreading news and communicating with friends and family. The country’s…

Google is attempting to create a more exciting layout for its Google Profile users. Google has redesigned its Gmail users profile pages in hopes that it will increase in popularity and excite potential and existing users. Will it compete with Facebook? Minimally, if at all. Regardless if it makes a large impact against its fierce…

There is yet to find the person who doesn’t enjoy sliding their finger back on the iPhone and letting go to sling shot a bird through the air at those evil green pigs. Angry Birds has become so popular that Rovio CEO Mikael Hed says that the game will be coming to Facebook next month….

On one front, social media is seen as another platform for companies and businesses to broadcast their brand, products, and/or services to the world. With rising world connectivity on the Internet and social media platforms, this is certainly one of the most efficient avenues for companies to meet customers. Experts, however, believe that data mining…

There is a common phrase, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” This phrase has a lot of truth to it and is important for all areas of business, especially Social Media. That is why if Facebook is an important part of your business, you should take advantage of its newly updated updates…