Google has made a $125 million equity stake investment in Lending Club, an online peer-to-peer network for personal loans. Menlo Park-based Foundation Capital, another … Read the whole story
Microsoft has expanded the Bing Rewards program to allow U.S. members to earn credits by exploring content on MSN, as well as track credit … Read the whole story
Facebook's proposed $20 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit about "sponsored stories" would result in continued violations of laws protecting children's privacy, the advocacy … Read the whole story
In the final panel at the Email Insider Summit, email marketing executives shared some of the key insights that they learned at the conference.Ron … Read the whole story
Email marketers suggest that consistency of messages is critical to building engagement in multiple fashions. "Whatever experience (customers) have on your Web (destinations), they … Read the whole story
Are native ads "consumed" the same way Web surfers consume editorial content? Buoyed by new eye-tracking research, the native ad sellers at Sharethrough are … Read the whole story
First-quarter earnings reports from companies including Facebook, LinkedIn and Yelp this week highlighted the growing role that mobile plays in social networking and other … Read the whole story
The also-ran in the tablet sweepstakes, Barnes & Noble's Nook, is coming at the market this week by opening the platform up to all … Read the whole story
Enforced transparency and social media have not only taken every institution from its fortress and relocated it to a glass house -- the whole … Read the whole story
This week, the third in a series of online videos for Mountain Dew created by a rapper/producer known as Tyler the Creator (see what … Read the whole story
You know that owned media has arrived when journalists start taking shots. If you're not fresh, provocative, informative or useful, the content goes ignored. … Read the whole story