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LinkedIn Matches Business Cards With Profile Data In New Version Of iOS App...
Earlier this year, LinkedIn acquired CardMunch, an iPhone app that lets you take a snapshot of a business card and have it added to your iPhone contacts. Today, LinkedIn is relaunching the CardMunch...
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Amex Users On Foursquare Get Free Money ($25) On “Small Biz Saturday”
Foursquare is giving away a free $25 credit to American Express cardholders through a new promotion taking place on November 26th, aka “Small Business Saturday.” (Yes, everyone has their own Black...
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YellowPages.com Catches Up, Enables Local Apps With Free APIs
The US YellowPages, owned by AT&T, has revamped its developer offerings to launch a robust set of YellowPages APIs. The company also added a modern developer portal, with the ability to track API...
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Career of the Future: Data Scientist [INFOGRAPHIC]
Want a job where the talent is scarce — and likely to remain that way for at least the next five years? Become a data scientist. That, at least, is the conclusion of a global survey of the...
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What the 2012 Edelman Trust Barometer Means for Purpose
Carol Cone This post was originally published on the goodpurpose blog, powered by Edelman. From the Euro debt crisis to unrest in the Middle East, raging unemployment around the globe and the Occupy...
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US Gov Wants To Spread The Wealth With Open Competition For $200M In Early...
The Obama Administration’s plan to spread the country’s wealth around has made its way to struggling technology entrepreneurs. This past Tuesday, the Small Business Administration (SBA) began...
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Only 49% of Marketers Have Integrated Social Into Brand Building [STUDY]
Despite all of the hoopla about social media, only 49% of marketers said it is fully integrated into their brand-building strategy, according to a new survey. The report by Forrester Research is based...
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Twitter Turns Its Tweet Firehose On For Saleforce’s Radian6 In New Enterprise...
As enterprise companies like Salesforce and Oracle continue to sharpen their social media services for enterprises, Twitter is locking arms with one of them in a strategic alliance. Radian6, the...
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9 User Experience Pitfalls That Repel Website Visitors
As a business owner, what can be worse than having a visitor leave your site due to an annoyance that you can control? You may lose sales due to numerous factors that are out of your control. But what...
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PassRocket Lets Any Business Create Loyalty Cards For Apple’s New Passbook...
When it rains, it pours. Today, Apple is rolling out the new version of its iOS 6 mobile operating system, and already we’ve come across several companies building apps poised to take advantage of one...
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Leonsis: Ballston Could Be a Haven for the ‘Creative Class’
Ted Leonsis, the billionaire owner of the Washington Capitals and Wizards, says Ballston could soon be known as a haven for entrepreneurs and the “creative class.” Leonsis made the remarks at a launch...
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Nasty Client Website Lets Businesses Review Customers
Think twice before skipping out on tipping your contractor, or else small businesses may end up blacklisting you. A former landscape company owner created NastyClient.com, a rating and review website...
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Business Profiles Registration Database Available via API
Business Profiles, online database of business registration information, provides access to its massive database via the Business Profiles API. The database contains business registrations (e.g....
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Why We Mourn Google Reader – And Why It Matters
Websites get shut down all the time. Sometimes, nobody notices. Other times, what remains of the service’s community lets out one last collective cry of disapproval and then moves on with their...
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After AmEx Deal, Luxury Vacation Club Inspirato Targets Businesses
After announcing a new branding and American Express in March, luxury vacation club Inspirato is debuting a new solution targeted specifically for businesses. The new product, aptly called ‘Inspirato...
View ArticleAfter Years of Unrest, Egypt’s Startup Ecosystem Is Booming
As clashes between Egyptian soldiers and protesters left dozens dead in October 2011, Ahmed Zahran was betting his savings on converting the water pumps used by farmers from running on diesel to solar...
View ArticleWhat Google's Hummingbird Update Means for Small Business
On the eve of its 15th birthday, Google turned the tables and gave the Internet a shiny new present: Hummingbird, the search giant’s largest search algorithm update since 2001. The search engine’s...
View ArticleMeet the Robots Reading Your Resume
It’s important to stand out with an impressive resume, but who, or what , should you be trying to impress? Most big companies use applicant tracking system (ATS) software to sift through online resume...
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Facebook announces Facebook Media — a hub for media outlets
For advertisers looking for support or guidance, there is Facebook for Business. Now, for members of the media, there’s Facebook Media. The social network today announced Facebook Media, a similar...
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The FCC Is Considering Rules That Could Change TV Forever
The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to take comment on a new set of rules that could drastically change the television landscape in the U.S. The regulator is preparing to propose...
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