Janet Fouts

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Groupon Goes For the Big Brands

Janet Fouts

As companies like the Gap try on different social promotions like check ins on Foursquare group coupons Facebook and Twitter, it will be intrusting to see which they adopt. Tags: Social Media in Action Facebook foursquare Groupon the Gap Twitter.

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Gaming Mindfulness

Janet Fouts

Just like merit badges in the scouts, or checking in on Foursquare to earn points. The idea of meditating together with 10,000 people around the world is powerful, and I’ve struck up several conversations around these notifications on Twitter. These are games that bring us gratification and sometimes financial rewards.

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Google+ and World Domination

Janet Fouts

The network itself is reminiscent of a mix of the best features of FriendFeed , Facebook and a few other networks, and as Kit Eaton pointed out in her Google+ post on Fast Company the network seems positioned to take over from Foursquare , Instagram , Facebook and maybe even Twitter and Quora.

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