PayPal announced Wednesday at the PayPal X Innovate 2009 conference in San Francisco, that the company has developed a new global payment platform being dubbed PayPal X.  The new software will provide new APIs, a new developer portal, and some introductory services pricing, designed to help web-developers take advantage of PayPal X to build small businesses by integrating PayPal easily into third-party applications. Read Full Story

After yesterday’s blog post about the GOP using social media to educate the American public on the Health Care Reform Act, StrategyOne & Edelman, PR firms based out of Washington DC, released a the results of a survey which suggests that social media may play an integral part in policy making.  Read Full Story

It’s not exactly news that MySpace is losing users, but a serious drop-off in visitors could put the company in jeopardy of losing nearly $100 million.  News Corp., owners of MySpace, made a $900 million deal back in 2006 with Google, to let the world most’s popular search engine be the exclusive search advertiser on MySpace, which at the time was the most used social networking site.  The site is coming dangerously close to  maintaining the minimum traffic level, which could brea... Read Full Story

Early Wednesday morning, eBay, the largest online marketplace, announced they would launch a new online digital magazine called The Inside Source. The magazine is designed for shoppers and will feature the insights and stories based off of what the 89 million users are currently searching for, along with what they are buying and selling on eBay. Each day, The Inside Source will feature several sections which will provide snapshots of real-time  most-watched merchandise and most searched terms... Read Full Story

Browse > Home / Blogging News, Social Media, Social Networking / Twitter’s Big Week November 6, 2009 · Print This Article Twitter users from around the world have been seeing some major changes to the website lately, and this week the popular microblogging website rolled out some major features that could be very useful in the future. A few weeks ago, Twitter launched Twitter Lists Beta, which allowed users to organize a group of followers into specific categ... Read Full Story

Browse > Home / Blogging News, Social Media, Social Networking, Web 2.0 / Social Media & Breaking News November 6, 2009 · Print This Article Social media sites have become an important tool for breaking news, many times breaking a story before the mainstream media picks it up.  Sites such as Twitter have also been important communication tools for those affected by the events as they unfold. Yesterday, news about a shooting in Fort Hood, Texas, shocked the cou... Read Full Story

Google has released yet another new feature that should help with online businesses.  Earlier this week, Google announced a new Google Checkout feature, which allows users to enable a checkout button on the site to promote sales. Now, the Google Commerce Search tool will be useful for online businesses by improving product searches on their site, along with possibly increasing sales and reducing bounce rates.  The search is almost identical to Google’s main search, but it’s geared... Read Full Story

Browse > Home / Industry News / Amazon Cashing In With Twitter Feature November 6, 2009 · Print This Article It seems like all we have heard lately is companies teaming up with Twitter.  So it should be no surprise that Amazon.com has incorporated a new Twitter tool that will allow some users to share great deals online.  In today’s blog post, Amazon announced that this feature would be only available for Amazon Associates.  The associate program allows Web sit... Read Full Story

Browse > Home / Week In Social Media / This Week In Social Media – November 6, 2009 November 6, 2009 · Print This Article This Week in Social Media – Nov 6, 2009 iePlexus from iePlexus on Vimeo. Here’s a look at some of what happened this week in the world of social media and elsewhere on the Web. -It should be no shock that MySpace is losing users, but now the company is in jeopardy of losing nearly $100 million.  In 2006, MySpace made a $900 mill... Read Full Story

Browse > Home / Industry News, Search News, Social Media / MSN.com Rolls Out Preview November 4, 2009 · Print This Article Late last night, the developers at Microsoft’s MSN, which is on of the most visited sites on the net according to Compete.com, rolled out a preview version of it’s new website design.  Since August 1995, MSN.com has offered visitors a look at some of the latest headlines from around the globe, a look into the entertainment world, a ... Read Full Story