On June 15th, CommonPlaces' CEO Ben Bassi was featured on 1590 WSMN’s “The Mix” talk radio show. Ben took part in a short conversation about the importance of optimizing websites for the mobile web and tablets. Listen to the discussion below.
After perusing my Twitter newsfeed, I came across a mention of Skweal. Interested to see what it is all about, I visited their website to learn more.
Skweal’s premise is easy to determine: Simple, fast and private customer service for brick and mortar establishments. Using mobile phones, consumers...
Selling in 140 characters or less.
According to datamation.com, Twitter ad revenue is expected to triple in 2011. The popular social networking site has offered promoted tweets for months now, allowing companies to pay for tweets that would appear in selective search results. Other existing means...
What's What, a website built in part by CommonPlaces, appeared on Mashable yesterday in a roundup of "5 Fun and Safe Social Networks for Children." We were very excited to see What's What in the news, and even more excited to see a very favorable review of the site. Check out the Mashable article...
I was recently reading an article about the overwhelming sales numbers of the Apple iPad since it was released in April (around four million units sold). By all measures, the device has been an overwhelming success, and has even fueled sales of other Mac products.
All this success didn't happen...
A new website called Pay With a Tweet is offering an incredibly simply service – it allows people to sell things online in exchange for a promotional tweet. In other words, the customer only needs to tweet about the item in question, and they'll be provided with a free download link.
Sound crazy?...
Here's a look at some of the top stories on the Web right now. You've probably heard a thing or two about at least some of these stories, but if you'd like to learn more and impress your friends and coworkers in conversation, check out the links provided.
Adobe vs. Apple
This ongoing battle has...
Two highly anticipated CMS releases, Drupal 7.x and WordPress 3.x, are both set to appear in the next month or two. Drupal 7 is currently in Alpha release, but is aiming for a Beta release later this month. WordPress is a little bit ahead, having published a Release Candidate on May 28th. In light...
If you haven't heard, Monday, May 31st has been named Quit Facebook Day. The website is comprised of a growing group of people upset with the decisions the social networking giant has made in recent weeks regarding users' privacy. The 23,427 (and counting) people that have committed to quitting...
If you haven't heard, .co is a new domain extension that is vying to become a legitimate player on the Web. Like .com, .org, .net, and other domain endings, .co is called a top-level domain (TLD). For as long as the World Wide Web has existed, .com has been the TLD of choice. Sure, there is .net, ....
