A recent report from BI Intelligence has analyzed precisely what location based services such as Foursquare are actually all about — and if they can be a genuine business. The report from BI Intelligence has taken a look at just how leaders in the space
Perhaps the largest and busiest startup in the whole of New York is Foursquare. Founded three years ago back in 2009 by Naveen Selvadurai and Dennis Crowley, the location check-in mobile app has so far earned around $70 million, in part thanks to smart mobile
A landmark ruling by a US court has seen electronics giant Apple hailed as victors in its ‘patent war’ with Samsung. The net result of the judgment means more than $12 billion has been wiped from the value of the latter’s shares, as world markets
What technology trends might be on the horizon? This past June, the ComScore internet research firm presented data showing that mobile users of smartphones and tablets will surpass desktop users by 2014. This is consistent with a 2010 Morgan Stanley prediction that mobile will outpace
The phrase “if something seems too good to be true, it usually is” is a common one, and even applies to the world of electronic commerce. Whilst weekend sales might be good for consumers, as well as online advertising campaigns intended to boost sales by
After turning your passion into a multimillion dollar startup and then selling that startup to a major newspaper company for over $30 million, what comes next? Traveling the world might be one option, as it was for PaidContent founded Rafat Ali, who spent two years
A relatively recent arrival as a player in the electronic commerce industry is intent on becoming the first and foremost online shopping firm in the whole of the Philippines by the close of this year. Led by no less than five managing directors, all of
More than 25,000 job advertisements in July were calling for professionals with experience and skills in electronic commerce in the United States, according to the leading source of business intelligence in real time for the talent marketplace, WANTED Analytics. With firms building out their websites,
Cheil Worldwide solidified its global presence in the advertising world with the $50 million purchase of North Carolina-based McKinney. According to Tanzina Vega of the New York Times, McKinney will keep its name, but with the purchase, the successful advertising company becomes part of Cheil