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Archive for April, 2011

Apr
29

Twitter Adds Text Ads to Its Lineup

Fri Apr, 2011 by

Below the trending topics on the Twitter homepage Twitter has been experimenting with text ads. The ads are not labeled ads. These ads are probably also not a large income generator for Twitter since they do not appear in a user’s timeline. This testing does show that Twitter is committed to trying out new forms [...]

Apr
29

New Food Advertising Rules Hit Marketers Hard

Fri Apr, 2011 by

New guidelines, proposed by four different federal agencies, would prevent food advertisers from advertising anything but their healthiest products to children and possibly even to teenagers. Teenagers are often exempted from food advertising regulations. The proposal is only the beginning of a dialogue that will take months to hash out. The end result will also [...]

Apr
28

Facebook Finally Launches Deals

Thu Apr, 2011 by

The announcement came some time ago, but on Tuesday Facebook finally launched Deals, its entry into the increasingly crowded daily deals market. The test run only occurred in five cities and no data is yet available about the success of those initial offerings. The difference between Facebook Deals and Groupon is the type of deals [...]

Apr
28

Android Has More Apps than iOS

Thu Apr, 2011 by

A new report by Distimo, an application analytics firm, shows there are now more applications for the Android OS than for iOS based platforms. The Android Market boasts almost 13,000 more free applications now available for download. The Apple App Store, however, has almost three times as many for-pay applications available for download. Part of [...]

Apr
28

Sony Playstation Network Still Down

Thu Apr, 2011 by

It has now been six days since Sony’s Playstation Network (PSN) has gone done because of an “external intrusion.” The initial report was that PSN would be down for a day or two. Six days into the outage and PSN is now announcing that there is a pathway for reinstantiation to occur, but no timeline [...]

Apr
28

TruTV Offeres Fans A Facebook Only Episode

Thu Apr, 2011 by

As a reward for reaching 500,000 likes of the show Operation Repo, TruTV is rewarding fans with an episode showing only on Facebook. Previously Facebook has hosted previews and some bonus features, but this is the first time an episode of a show has been made exclusively available on Facebook. The New Yorker has run [...]

Apr
28

FutureMidwest 2011

Thu Apr, 2011 by

The social media team from Ingenex will be at FutureMidwest 2011! A digital marketing conference in Detroit, Michigan, this year, the Eastern Market will host the annual event. Follow Ingenex on Twitter – The official hashtag of the event is #FMW11 so follow along even if you can’t make it! Like Ingenex on Facebook and [...]

Apr
26

Sony Enters the Tablet Market

Tue Apr, 2011 by

Sony is entering the tablet market with two different tablets. They will both run on Android 3.0 and be released this fall. The emphasized applications will be games from the Playstation Suite, which are specially made games for tablets and the web as well as classic games for the original Sony Playstation. One of the [...]

Apr
26

Teens Online Shopping Slowly Rising

Tue Apr, 2011 by

While social media can drive teens shopping habits, teens prefer to do their shopping in brick and mortar establishments, according to new data by Piper Jaffray. Online shopping is increasing across demographics, but the rise in teen online shopping is slower than other groups. Potential explanations are that teens shop for experiences as well as [...]

Apr
25

Apple’s iPhone Coming to T-Mobile

Mon Apr, 2011 by

The photos have been leaked so the rumor is now fairly solid. Speculation was that the AT&T merger with T-Mobile would bring the iPhone to T-Mobile users. Apple, however, seems to be either unsure regulators will approve the merger or just impatient. This iPhone, or at least the prototype, is equipped with the A5 processor. [...]