Call Phones From Gmail

Google Voice launched a ‘call phones’ feature this month that works within your Gmail account. Not much to say about it, except that it could make Google Apps for Business an even more attractive proposition, as they are offering international call rates (computer to phone) starting at 2 cents a minute to Japan, Britain, Germany and France. Arguably everything required to launch a... 

Target Launches Online Weekly Ad Deals

Retailer Target has introduced a new online weekly ad called My TargetWeekly that offers users deals. My TargetWeekly allows users to create customized views and deal alerts so they know when items they are looking for are on sale. Users can also view coupons, see top 10 deals, share via Facebook and Twitter and create their own customized mobile shopping lists to use in-store or online. Read... 

Ad Spending On Social Games Predicted To Rise

The stock market crashed again today, with the Dow falling 2.49 percent and the Nasdaq losing an even more worrisome 3.01 percent.  But a new report predicts that lots of money will still be spent on ads in social games, with marketers pumping in bigger sums this year and in 2011. eMarketer’s Clark Fredricksen wrote earlier, “eMarketer expects that marketers will spend $220 million... 

Google Ventures Reportedly Investing Over $100 Million in ngmoco

It’s no secret that Google has taken an interest in games lately. The company has been reported to have invested in Zynga, which is responsible for games like Farmville and Mafia Wars. Google has acquired another social gaming company, Slide and Jambool, makers of social payments platform Social Gold. Now, according to TechCrunch’s Jason Kincaid, who cites multiple sources, Google Ventures... 

Delta Launches Ticket Window On Facebook

Delta Air Lines has launched a “Ticket Window” that allows users to book flights directly from its Facebook page. “Our customers are spending more time online and are looking for new ways to connect with us. We’re now delivering technology where our customers are – from our own website to our Facebook page to Internet news sites and beyond,” said Bob Kupbens,... 

Twitter Use Taking Off In Many Foreign Markets

comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) has just released a report on Twitter’s explosive growth worldwide. The comScore study found that in June 2010, about 93 million Internet users visited Twitter.com. This is an overall increase of 109 percent over last year. Indonesia reported the highest number of users, with 20.8 percent of Internet users in Indonesia visiting Twitter.com in June of 2010, followed... 

Google Looks at Why People Follow Brands on Facebook

Google has shared some results from recent research it conducted on consumers becoming friends/fans of brands on Facebook. According to these findings, close to half of Facebook users actually do “friend” brands (the term is technically “like” now), with 55% friending/liking zero brands. Google says that the biggest reason consumers are friending brands is for the possibility...