Social media marketing is done through online communities and social media networks and it usually invites a large number of users. Social media marketing is still confusing to most of people. To understand this better, we need to understand first what social media is all about. Social media is a two-way street where you can [...]

Phones with a special microSD memory card and Visa’s PayWave mobile app can be used to make transactions by holding the device near a reader. (Credit: Elinor Mills/CNET) BARCELONA, Spain-Later this year you’ll be able to pay for clothes, taxi fare, and dinner with your mobile phone and leave your credit cards and cash at [...]

If the folks at Google look in their rearview mirror, they’ll see Facebook dogging them in the online marketing mix. According to a new study, social media marketing is on track to topple classic search engine marketing for the hearts and minds of consumers, and Facebook is the lead dog. Online marketing has become a [...]

By DANA WOLLMAN The Associated Press NEW YORK — For the first time ever, smart phones such as Apple Inc.’s iPhone are outselling personal computers, according to a report by research group IDC that was released Monday. Worldwide, consumer electronics makers shipped 100.9 million smart phones in the last three months of 2010, an 87 [...]

Google has made it clear that it wants to get into the local ad market, and an update to Google Places may help some business partners get more foot traffic. The company has announced that users can now upload their own photos to Google Places. Google execs explain that Places fans have previously been able [...]