Google looks like it could be following Amazon and opening a retail store. Unlike Amazon Google is reported to be planning to open its store in Europe.
We wrote earlier this week about how Amazon was planning to open its first Kindle store taking a leaf out of Apple’s book. Read More
Last year Tesco Homeplus turned one of Seoul’s biggest subway stations (temporarily) into a virtual supermarket. Using a pre-downloaded smartphone app, commuters could scan item images, and have the groceries delivered straight to their home.
Tesco Homeplus is now expanding its trial of ground breaking virtual stores, to 20 bus stops in Seoul. Read More
LinkedIn has announced it has passed the 150 million member mark helping to seal its dominance over the professional social networking market. It passed the 100 million mark back in March 2011, but growth has been picking up steadily since then and it has added 20 million members since November.
LinkedIn released the 150 million figure as it revealed its latest numbers which has seen it double revenues for the fourth quarter with recruitment services being the fastest growing area of revenue by far. Read More
Great, and exhaustive, infographic here from Hubspot on the complete history of marketing. From the days when any kind of technology was limited to the hands of a few before it slowly became available to the masses and eventually gave voice to consumers.
From 1450, and moveable type (that’s not a blogging platform by the way); to the 1700s and the first magazines; the 50s and the first TV ads up; to the arrival of the PC in 1981 and the internet in the early 90s and the first online ads (A Phoenix law firm in a news group).
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It is the social media debate circling the blogosphere. Is it ethical to buy Facebook fans for your business? We already know businesses are buying fans with Facebook ads, but some are taking it a step further, allowing companies to buy thousands of fans outright.
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