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Social Media News Ticker: Facebook Tests ‘Buy’ Button, Twitter Acquires CardSpring

The Realtime Report

Check out all the latest social media news from the last two weeks, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Tumblr, YouTube and Vine: Facebook. Facebook tests new ‘buy’ button for online purchases in U.S. Foursquare.

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Social Media News Ticker: Instagram Launches Bolt, Foursquare Debuts New Logo, Facebook Drops Gifts

The Realtime Report

Check out all the latest social media news from the last two weeks, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Foursquare: Facebook. Foursquare.

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Can Ads Actually Make Foursquare Better

Convince & Convert

In this edition of The Baer Facts, I talk with Kyle Lacy of ExactTarget about the newly launched Foursquare ads , and whether they are a viable option for marketers, an annoyance for users, both or neither. I’m on record as being a fan of Foursquare’s strategic pivot toward real-time, location-aware advice and counsel.

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Group Buying! Game Changer or Not?

Atom Thought

So how do you buy your t-shirts, or shoes? And maybe if you were buying an unbranded shoe or a t-shirt from janpath, you might want to take help from your friend in bargaining the prices won’t you? And that brings us to a couple of questions everyone is asking today- Is Group Buying going to be the next big thing?

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Check-in on Product Discussion and Get Rewarded on German Rating Site

Mindjumpers

Tweet On the web, multiple sites for collecting customers’ ideas on different products and goods are available. The Chicken” is a German website based in Berlin and it applies a Foursquare model to product and brand discussions. It markets itself as a social network, which lets users share their product experiences.

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Social Networking Stats: 63% of Users Share Product Info on Facebook, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

Foursquare: over 25 million users. 63% of Facebook Users Share Product Info on the Social Network With Friends, Family. Those who share product information on social media are most likely to do so on Facebook, according to a recently released study by 8thBridge. What motivated respondents to share product info?

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Social Media News Ticker: Twitter Adds Photo Tagging, Facebook Acquires Oculus VR

The Realtime Report

Facebook to buy Oculus VR, maker of the Rift headset, for around $2B in cash and stock – last week Facebook announced the acquisition of Oculus VR, “the leader in virtual reality technology;” initial efforts will focus on gaming, but will expand to other experiences as well (TechCrunch). Foursquare.

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