New Facebook app could turn social network into e-commerce marketplace
Posted by Jennifer Kruger on March 3, 2010 · 1 Comment
Buxter, a new Facebook app, could turn social network into an e-commerce marketplace. Developed by e- payment entrepreneur ClickandBuy International Ltd., London, United Kingdom, it is the only platform within Facebook that handles real instead of virtual currencies.
With just a few clicks of the mouse, users can register and load their own Buxter E-wallet in [...]
Filed under Marketing, Retail, Social Imaging · Tagged with ClickandBuy, Facebook
Sigma launches new community web site
Posted by Gary Pageau on February 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Sigma Corp. of America, Ronkonkoma, N.Y., announced the launch the company’s brand-new, community-centric Web site.The site, which was designed by Blue Collar Interactive, a full-service, interactive advertising agency, is complete with a fresh look and intelligent site architecture, as well as new features like the Sigma Lounge, which includes a photo share gallery and blog. [...]
Filed under Business, Social Imaging · Tagged with Sigma Corp.
Online marketers can now pay for Facebook ads via PayPal
Posted by Jennifer Kruger on February 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Facebook and PayPal announced a strategic relationship to offer PayPal in key parts of Facebook’s advertising and developer systems.
As part of the relationship, advertisers around the world will soon be able to use PayPal to pay for Facebook Ads through the company’s online advertising tool. For businesses in areas where the payment process can be [...]
Filed under Business, Marketing, Social Imaging · Tagged with Facebook, Paypal
LifePics announces beta launch of Facebook integration
Posted by Jennifer Kruger on February 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment
LifePics Inc., Boulder, Colo., announced the BETA launch of its Facebook integration, which allows consumers to share images from their LifePics online account to their Facebook page, as well as add their Facebook images to their LifePics account. The integration is the latest application launched through LifePics’ OPEN program, unveiled earlier this week, which gives [...]
Filed under New technology, PMA Show, Photo Specialty, Retail, Social Imaging · Tagged with LifePics
TweetPhoto introduces API libraries, Facebook Connect and Twitter OAuth support
Posted by Gary Pageau on February 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
TweetPhoto, San Diego, Calif., intorduced client libraries for Java, Objective-C and .Net in addition to supporting authentication using Facebook Connect and Twitter OAuth. These releases help developers from two of the world’s largest social networks get up and running quickly with the company’s real-time photo sharing API service while further safe guarding user login credentials, [...]
Filed under Social Imaging · Tagged with TweetPhoto
Pixable adds photo mosaics from social media sites like Facebook
Posted by Gary Pageau on February 12, 2010 · 1 Comment
Pixable, a New York City-based photo startup aimed at simplifying printing, has added photo mosaic printing to it’s offerings. Pixable users can now select pictures from a variety of online services, including Facebook, Flickr, Photobucket and Picasa, to create photo mosaics in seconds. The finished mosaics can be printed via Pixable in 14-by-11-inch and 17-by-11-inch [...]
Filed under Social Imaging · Tagged with Pixable
New “Google Buzz” has built-in photo sharing
Posted by Gary Pageau on February 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Google Inc., Mountain View, Calif., launched its social media aspect to its GMail product called Buzz. The new feature brings Twitter-like status updates to Gmail. According a Google Picasa blog post by software engineer Justin Zaren, Google Buzz also has some compelling photo-sharing features. He wrote: “Google Buzz is built right into Gmail and is [...]
Filed under Social Imaging · Tagged with Google, Picasa
Give “friends” and “followers” what they want
Posted by Jennifer Kruger on January 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Brand marketers want consumers to follow them to build buzz and engagement, but social media users often desire something in return, according to a new report from eMarketer. What they’ve come to expect is a good deal, but many consumers—including the most active users of social sites—are also interested in deeper engagement.
A December 2009 MarketingSherpa [...]
Filed under Social Imaging · Tagged with eMarketer
Facebook users now able to personalize privacy for every post
Posted by Jennifer Kruger on December 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Facebook, Palo Alto, Calif., is calling on its more than 350 million users to review and update their privacy settings — a first among major Internet services. In addition, Facebook will be rolling out easy-to-use tools to empower people to personalize control over their information — based on what the content is, why they are [...]
Filed under Social Imaging · Tagged with Facebook
Shutterfly launches Wink, a new service for social media printing
Posted by Gary Pageau on December 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Shutterfly Inc., Redwood City, Calif., announced Wink, a new service combining real-time sharing with photo printing for the social networks. Wink enables consumers to create and share printed photostrips using pictures from iPhones and social network sites like Facebook and Flickr. Photostrips can be delivered anywhere in the world for only $2.50 including tax and [...]
Filed under Social Imaging · Tagged with Shutterfly, Wink
