Virtual currency platform gWallet is announcing a partnership with online privacy certification company TRUSTe to reinforce gWallet ethical guidelines in the virtual currency space. gWallet partners with both brands and game developers to bring users virtual currency offers on games within social networks.
Following the Scamville controversy in the virtual offers space, the startups which [...]
Tags: Best Buy, Ceo George, Ethical Guidelines, Game Developers, Gaming Companies, George Garrick, History Channel, K Mart, Leadership Position, Privacy Practices, Privacy Seal, Seal Of Approval, Serial Entrepreneur, Social Gaming, Social Networks, Stage Venture, Startups, Truste, Venture Fund, Virtual Currency
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Mon, March 22 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
This morning Google announced a new Blue Dot feature on the mobile version of Google Product Search that shows whether a product is in-stock at nearby stores. This seems to pose a threat to startup Milo, which highlights local inventory in product search results both on the web and mobile devices. Milo’s co-founder Ted Dziuba [...]
Tags: Best Buy, Bestbuy, Blue Dot, Famous Faces, Farm And Fleet, Google, Google Picture, Google Search, Hearted Humor, Milo, Mobile Version, Nearby Stores, Nordstrom, Palo Alto Office, Product Search Results, Regional Department Store, Silicon Valley, West Elm, Williams Sonoma, York Times Article
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Fri, March 12 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Gift cards can be a double edged sword. I recently got married and received a number of gift cards to stores where I never shop. But at the same time, I don’t want the value of the card to go to waste. There have been a number of auction-like marketplaces, such as Plastic Jungle and [...]
Tags: 1 800 Flowers, Anson, Barnes And Noble, Barnes Noble, Best Buy, Bestbuy, Buyback, Double Edged Sword, Ebay, Hand 1, Imeem, Marketplaces, Model Card, Music Player, Pricing Model, Return Period, Side Co, Unused Gift Cards, Unwanted Gift Cards, Y Combinator
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Thu, February 18 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
We’ve been covering the growth of Meebo’s chat bar extensively since its launch: after a fairly slow ramp up in 2008, it’s since been deployed to 130 partner sites and now has a reach of 100 million unique visitors. Now that the company has landed partnerships with a number of large publisher sites and [...]
Tags: 100 Million, Best Buy, Buddies, Chat Bar, Google, Integrated Services, Interaction Rate, Launch, Major Brands, Meebo, Million Unique Visitors, Myyearbook, Promoting Products, Ramp, Retargeting, Shopping Sites, Social Networks, Standpoint, Target, Tweaked
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Wed, February 10 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments