Thursday, July 30, 2015

Facebook is Still Growing

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Facebook is experiencing high revenue and profit growth, similar to Google in the 2000's.


Facebook is gaining in areas such as mobile ads, video ads, messaging platforms, Instagram popularity, and are getting into Virtual Reality as well.  How will Facebook look in 5 or 10 years from now?

Some people say Facebook isn't as popular among teens anymore, but I still see teens using it for contacting one another, forming groups with similar interests, setting up meetings, and even selling items like you would on ebay.


For a recent article on how Facebook is growing, see below:


http://business.financialpost.com/investing/trading-desk/facebook-is-looking-a-lot-like-google


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Thursday, December 5, 2013

MobioINsider.com - Interact Online with your Favorite Celeb!

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A new social media website launched this week in the Virtual World of the Internet.

MobioINsider.com

Mobio allows fans to interact with their favorite movie, tv, music and sports celebrities by providing a platform where fans can pose a question to a star, and possibly get a response.  Fans vote on the questions by clicking a heart, and the questions with the most 'hearts' have a better chance of being answered.  Celebs can post messages, photos and video.

You can scroll through past questions and responses to see what has already been posted.

New celebrities are being added almost on a daily basis, but some of the ones already on MobioINsider include:

- Paul Wesley (Vampire Diaries)
- Bella Thorna (actress)
- Lucy Hale
- Scott Disick
- Slash (from Guns n Roses)
- Pamela Anderson (Baywatch)
- Romeo Miller
- Brody Jenner
- Jessica Gomes

- Tatum Miranda
- Hanna Beth

And it was recently announced that the latest celeb to be added is rapper Lil Wayne.  Pop superstar Ke$ha will also be joining the site.  Who will be next?  Many fans have voted and would like to see Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Rob Ford, and Selena Gomez on the site.

If your favorite celeb isn't on Mobio yet, send them a message via Twitter or Facebook and ask them why not!

The Virtual World continues to evolve and change everyday.

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Saturday, September 21, 2013

Plenty of Fish acquires FastLife

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A Vancouver based dating website that runs the world’s largest online dating business has acquired a speed dating and event company,

PlentyofFish.com has bought Fast Life, which is the world’s largest singles’ event and speed-dating company.

FastLife runs singles’ events in Canada, the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand with themes such as Fit & Trim, Food and Wine Lovers, and Tall Men.

Look for POF to make more acquisitions in the coming year.

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Facebook makes progress in Mobile

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Looks like Facebook is cracking the mobile advertising code.  The Virtual World is getting more mobile every day.


Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Keek.com - Share your Videos!



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If you enjoy sharing short video clips from your phone, tablet, or webcam, you should try out the new social network called Keek.com

Keek allows you to sign up, create your own username, upload video clips up to 36 seconds long, follow other users, 'like' their posts, and so on.  They have a mobile app (for iphone and Android) that makes it easy to manage your account.  Video sharing networks will likely continue to grow, and smartphone and tablet use begins to accelerate throughout many countries.

Just another exciting development in the Virtual World!

About Keek
Keek is a privately held social networking platform that allows users to create 36 second videos ("keeks") using webcam, iPhone or Android devices and share them with others around the world. Users follow, subscribe and respond to videos with either text comments or video replies ("keekbacks"). Keek is simple to use, extremely fast and 100% free. Keek is a leading app in more than 100 countries and has millions of highly engaged active users. The app is available at the App Store and Google Play. http://www.keek.com/.  Keek is based in Toronto, Canada.

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Monday, November 5, 2012

Is Groupon in Trouble?

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Should Groupon have taken the $6 billion dollar buyout offer from Google?

It might be looking so, as the group buying market doesn't seem to be picking up steam anymore.

Click here to see the chart which explains the high and low lights of the Groupon story, and how it all seems to be slowly falling apart.  (Click on the chart if you need to increase the size).

Thanks to CreditScore.net for this chart.

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Sunday, September 2, 2012

Kevin Systrom of Instagram

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If you are one of the millions of faithful users of the mobile photo sharing and editing network called Instagram, then here is an article you'll enjoy.  Forbes just published a piece about Kevin Systrom, the original founder of Instagram.  It gives a good discussion about his background, how he came to start Instagram, and who he encountered along the way.  Even though Instagram was sold to Facebook for $1 billion, Systrom will be staying on to run it.  It is still early days for Instagram, and they haven't even started trying to earn money with it, so we should see a lot of changes over time.  I think Instagram is so popular right now, it should be around for a while.  I don't use it myself, but one of my kids loves it.  When I upgrade to a smartphone I'll probably sign up for an account then.

here is the link to the article:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2012/08/01/instagrams-kevin-systrom-the-stanford-millionaire-machine-strikes-again/