Tag: twitter

  • Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare Face Off in Location-based Services

    If you’ve ever used one of the Location-based apps like Foursquare, Gowalla or Brightkite, you’ve gone through the steps of checking in to a location to earn some sort of reward for being there. Now that these early-stage start-ups have proven the interest in Location-based Services, Twitter and Facebook want in (joining Google, Apple and…

  • Haiti SMS Donations Hit $8M

    Text message donations for Haiti disaster relief support continue to pour in to the Red Cross and Yele, the two non-profits which have set up text donation campaigns earlier this week. Today, the Red Cross campaign run by mGive, which asks for $10 donations via text message by texting “Haiti” to 90999, has netted $8…

  • Twitter’s Turning Japanese

    Japan is now the first country outside of the US to have its own mobile version of Twitter. Today, the popular microblogging service launched a Japan-based mobile version. Teaming up with Tokyo-based Internet firm Digital Garage, the San Francisco-based company is using its Japanese audience to experiment with mobile advertising, like banner ads. Previously, in…

  • Follow Mobile Marketing Watch on Twitter

    Are you on Twitter? Keep up with the latest mobile marketing and advertising news — follow Mobile Marketing Watch on our new Twitter account @MobileMMW While I’m on a MMW promotion kick, thanks for reading Mobile Marketing Watch. We report the news that matters to the mobile marketing community — posting content worth reading if…