How Turkcell Reached 3.6 Million People Through Twitter
It has been a long time since I last witnessed a creative Twitter campaign created by an Asian brand (or at least half Asian in this case). Turkcell, the leading mobile phone operator […] Related posts: Google wants to help 50 Million people in 2011 and here’s how Google has started 2011 with charity in […]
Samsung, HTC and Apple Fuel Smartphone Market Growth [STUDY]
The worldwide smartphone market has grown 79.7% year over year, with smartphone vendors shipping a total of 99.6 million units in in the first q…
Foursquare Announcements Coming at SXSW
This week, we posted an article about some comments Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley made about competing with Facebook. He responded to this, and we exchanged a few tweets. Bottom line: expect multiple announcements from the company at SXSW. In a recent interview on CNBC, Crowley said, "They’re [Facebook] a huge platform and a big competitor, […]
China’s E-commerce hits 560 million Online Orders
A recent data from iResearch shows that the number of online orders in China’s e-commerce market reached a whopping 560 million in Q4 2010, up 45.8% from Q3 2010. The quarter-to-quarter growth is […] Related posts: 1 Million Facebook Fans = $3.6 Million In Media Value Ever wonder how much your Facebook fan page is […]
Facebook doesn’t allow Brands to Rebrand
We admit. We are facing a Facebook page identity crisis. Our page is titled ‘Penn Olson Marketing Fanatics’. It isn’t exactly the right name for a tech blog. As a loyal reader, you would notice a huge change in our content focus. We started out as a general tech marketing blog but now have switched […]
5 Entertaining Angry Birds Videos on YouTube
Love Angry Birds? Then you will love the videos below. Angry Birds has been phenomenal this year. The classic drag, pull and catapult game has racked up more than 6 million paid downloads via the iTunes App store and 7 million free downloads on Android (Its Android version is supported by ads). Rovio, the architect behind […]
Facebook For iPhone App Gains 1.6M Users In Three Days
Earlier today, we reported that Facebook beat Google in terms of UK traffic over Christmas. We also reported that Apple upped its sales forecasts for iPhones. Now, to perhaps link the two stories together, it turns out that the Facebook for iPhone app gained around 1.6 million users in the past three days. Considering how […]
CityVille Poised To Pass FarmVille As Top Facebook Game
In the tech community, a lot of people profess to dislike Facebook games such as FarmVille and CityVille. They’re snubbed due to requiring little thought or skill, and viewed with suspicion since users are encouraged to spend real money. But there’s no denying their popularity, and it looks like CityVille is about to take the […]
CityVille Poised To Pass FarmVille As Top Facebook Game
In the tech community, a lot of people profess to dislike Facebook games such as FarmVille and CityVille. They’re snubbed due to requiring little thought or skill, and viewed with suspicion since users are encouraged to spend real money. But there’s no denying their popularity, and it looks like CityVille is about to take the […]
How a Student Uses Facebook to Campaign for a Social Media Internship
This post is authored for Stephanie, our very own writer, for her application to be Standard Chartered Breeze’s World Coolest Intern (WCI). We promise this is a good read. What would you do if you only had 5 days to campaign for a lucrative social media internship? It’s the world’s coolest and probably also the […]
NTU is Building Green Tablets for 100 million Indian Children
Many schools in India don’t have electricity to access electronic learning tools. That’s a problem, which now has a solution. Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Rice University are developing an electronic tablet that is both battery and solar powered. The device, named iSlate, is estimated to serve 100 million Indian children. “India’s full economic […]
Priceline Smashes Q3 Earnings Expectations
William Shatner is due a raise, a bonus, or both. This afternoon, Priceline – which has wisely used Shatner as its spokesman for years – posted its third-quarter earnings report, and it seems the company has lots more money to spread around than analysts expected. For starters, Priceline managed to report revenue of $1.0 billion. […]