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Be adventurous, swap your home on Love Home Swap’s new Facebook app

Donna Sokolsky Burke — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:04:50 +0000

You’re traveling and need a place to stay, there’s a new option that won’t stress your wallet. Home-exchange website Love Home Swap has launched a Facebook application that may introduce a little more serendipity to your life. The movie “The Holiday” tells the story of two lost women, looking to reconnect with their lives in new places. Kate ... read more here

Big Fix: Matching entrepreneurs & business leaders

Donna Sokolsky Burke — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:55:19 +0000

CNN’s “Your Money” reporter Ali Velshi, hosts an insert called the “Big Fix”, where he highlights probelms facing Americans and features interviews with executives of companies that offer solutions. In this “Big Fix” insert his guest is Sparkpr client – Ankur Jainof, founder of the Kairos society, a student organisation that assists student entrepreneurs to ... read more here

Facebook files for IPO

Meredith Obendorfer — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:16:43 +0000

Facebook today filed to go public in a bid to raise $5 billion with a mammoth stock offering . Facebook’s IPO has been eagerly anticipated as a defining moment for the latest Web investing boom. The social-networking company, with more than 800 million members, has redefined the way millions of people worldwide interact and share ... read more here

The $100 Billion IPO Question: Can Facebook Keep Growing Fast Enough?

Meredith Obendorfer — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:55:55 +0000

As the world awaits Facebook’s imminent filing for its initial public offering of stock, the biggest question in the minds of investors and the rest of us is this: Can Facebook keep growing so fast? Facebook has come very far, very fast, amassing more than 800 million users and earning up to $4.3 billion in ... read more here

SocialVibe Helps Anthem Blue Cross To Use Consumers in Live Streaming Video Ads

Meredith Obendorfer — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:59:37 +0000

Social takes on a new meaning when it comes to display ads from Anthem Blue Cross of California. The WellPoint healthcare program launched an interactive campaign that adds live video feed of the person viewing the ad. Three physician tools, from thermometer to ophthalmoscope, are placed in the right panel of the ad, with a ... read more here

Facebook moves beyond Likes

Rachel Vakneen — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:02:18 +0000

Facebook Inc. has rolled out roughly 60 applications aimed at making it easier for shoppers to share personal information, which products they own and what items they want to buy. Facebook is calling the tools Apps for Timeline. The Timeline is an opt-in tool on Facebook that replaces his wall and profile with a virtual ... read more here