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IBO Tool Box Great Business Site

Posted May 4, 2012 by Jada Landrum Gearin

IBO Tool Box is a great way to connect with other companies and customers alike. They have many options that other sites do not offer such as adding several different custom links, most only offer one if any.  Blogs are posted not only on the IBO network but also you own site as well as [...]

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Instagram Soars To 50 Million Users

Posted May 1, 2012 by Jimmy Clark

Facebook’s recent acquisition of the most popular photo-sharing application Instagram has 50 million users and adding up 5 million new users every week according to API. At the beginning of April Instagram had 30 million users however on April 13 it went up to 40 million users. It’s been an amazing achievement for an app [...]

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Facebook Launches Organ-Donation Tool

Posted May 1, 2012 by Gerard Ronnberg

World’s largest social networking site Facebook has launched a new life saving tool.  Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg on ABC News’ “Good Morning America”. Facebook now  allows U.S. and U.K. Users include a life story on their profile pages, and offers a link urging users to sign up for official organ donation [...]

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Guide To The Social Landscape [Infographic]

Posted April 30, 2012 by Jimmy Clark

This infographic from CMO is sorted by customer communication, brand exposure, site traffic and SEO. Somewhat surprisingly, CMO rated Google+ as the top social network in three of these categories, with Twitter is securing the number one spot in site traffic. What do you think? Sound off in the comments below. Source: CMO

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Interest in Pinterest [Infographic]

Posted April 30, 2012 by Jessica Austerlitz

Folks by now we all know Pinterest. A recent study reveals that users spend more time on Pinterest than on Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ combined, and new data reveals that the (ahem) interest in Pinterest is now so strong that the platform is outperforming both Twitter and Facebook for click-through revenue. Pinterest user base is still being [...]

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How Do Social Login & Sharing Affect E-commerce? [Infographic]

Posted April 30, 2012 by Richard Taylor

Folks, nearly two-thirds of online adults have an account on at least one social network? This is quite impressive, but it also reveals an increase of 800% since 2005. Brands looking to influence this rise, Social logins and sharing can have a significant impact on how long consumers spend on your website. This visualisation from [...]

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Tumblr President John Maloney Steps Down

Posted April 28, 2012 by Cristiana Hernàndez

Blogging site Tumblr’s President John Maloney has announced that he will be stepping down from a day-to-day operational role at the company. Mr.Maloney  has filled this role at Tumblr for the past four years, and says that the team is in very capable hands with Chief Executive and founder David Karp. It seems that Maloney will continue an [...]

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Facebook Reportedly Working With HTC On New Smartphone

Posted April 25, 2012 by Jimmy Clark

Taiwanese Smartphone makers HTC and Facebook are now working closely to develop a customized “platform exclusive to Facebook to enable and integrate all functions available on the social networking site” if sources talking to DigiTimes are to be believed. Different from existing Facebook-enabled handsets, such as HTC’s own ChaCha and Salsa, the new Facebook phone will “have [...]

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Google+ gets its own ‘share’ button

Posted April 25, 2012 by Jessica Austerlitz

Nevertheless of what consumer’s say about Google+ as a social network, It maintains a significant growth and is very popular with some users. Actually we have had the Google+1 button here at Gizmaestro for a quite while. That feature more like Facebook’s Like than anything else since it simply gives the ability for users to endorse [...]

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Facebook now has 901 million users

Posted April 24, 2012 by Jessica Austerlitz

California based Facebook has announced that it has 901 million users, suggesting it’s more likely to hit 1 billion user mark well before the end of the year. The firm revealed its stat in its amended S-1 filing, Facebook also notes that its net income fell 12 percent to $233 million from $205 million in the three months [...]

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