Tag Archives: Groupon

Are Social Media Companies Overvalued?

by Shabbir Akhtar on 30. May, 2011 in Infographic

Are social media companies overvalued? The question occurs once again. An infographic released by G+, a community comprised of social media professionals and academicians holds few facts, which remind us of the 1999 .com bubble burst era. The infographic pinpoints at the raising valuations of different tech, social media, e-commerce and professional outlets like Facebook, [...]

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After Google, Facebook To Launch Its Groupon Clone — Deals

by Shabbir Akhtar on 27. Apr, 2011 in Facebook

Just a couple of days back we reported Google Offer has been made live. This initiative by Google was an attempt to match the pace of Groupon’s juggernaut like advancement in the group buying industry. If you were thinking that you’ll enjoy match up where one outweighs the other, then think again. [...]

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Facebook Places Crushes Foursquare As Facebook Takes Down Google

by Shabbir Akhtar on 23. Feb, 2011 in Facebook, Social Media Tools, Twitter, social media marketing

Facebook doesn’t want to leave anything on the plate for others. The Facebook Places feature was launched not more than five months back, but within such a short period of time, they started outbalancing the so called pros in the arena like Foursquare and Gowalla.

That’s what Financial Times points out in their official blog. The [...]

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J. P. Morgan Planning To Start Social Media Fund

by Shabbir Akhtar on 14. Feb, 2011 in Facebook, Twitter

After Goldman Sachs investment into Facebook, the frenzy in the market about the company’s shares had gone up to an insane level. The demand not only continued growing as the time passes by, but other social media companies also became hot favourites for the investors. To handle this over-excitement from the investors, J.P. Morgan is [...]

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Facebook And Other Social Companies Leading To The Next Tech Bubble?

by Shabbir Akhtar on 24. Jan, 2011 in Facebook, Twitter

The 2000 dotcom bubble burst hasn’t become too old. In fact, the specter of the burst seems to solidify from the shadowy stage. A report from NPR points to the incredible growth of Facebook and other social networking sites like Groupon, Zynga, Twitter, LinkedIn and LivingSocial might result in yet another bubble burst. This time [...]

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