by Tyler Loechner
Redwood City-based Rocket Fuel, an "artificial intelligence advertising solutions" provider for digital marketers, Monday announced it was named one of the Bay Area's top workplaces. Only 75 workplaces in the Bay Area received the honor. Read the whole story »
by Tyler Loechner
Apsalar, a San Francisco-based "mobile engagement management" solutions provider, Tuesday announced a free mobile marketing ROI tool for marketers. The tool, called Campaign Source Insights, will allow marketers to track their advertising campaigns and revenue generated from all traffic sources. Read the whole story »
by Tyler Loechner
Organic Inc., a San Francisco-based digital marketing agency, today announced that Chris Jones has joined their team as executive creative director. Organic also hired Drew Myers as senior vice president, client services lead. Read the whole story »
AROUND THE NET
Yahoo announced Monday that Michael Barrett will lead their advertising sales team as chief revenue officer. Read the whole story »

Facebook Buying Face.com San Jose Mercury News
Likely streamlining the tagging progress, Facebook has agreed to buy Israeli facial-recognition company Face.com for an undisclosed sum, but reports put the buy at around $60 million. Read the whole story »

Facebook created an Olympic hub and an Olympic fan page, both of which are big hits with users: the hub is getting 2,000 "likes" every 15 minutes or so and will get to a couple million in a few weeks. The fan page has 2.8 million people who "like" the page and have opted-in to getting updates from it in their News Feed. Read the whole story »