The writing industry online can be a very competitive landscape as new writers graduate every day from colleges and more people around the globe begin competing for clients.  Below are 5 ways that you can actively build your client list to expand your writing or blogging business.   Go Where the Employers Are It may seem like common sense, but [...]

The Western Digital warranty options for most of their notebook drives have recently seen a huge cut in their coverage lengths.   Western Digital isn’t alone in its move, however.  Seagate is also reducing many of its drives’ warranties starting in early 2012.  Seagate will be shortening many of its warranties down to as little as one year.  Western Digital [...]

The social analytics startup BackType announced on its blog that the platform had been officially acquired by Twitter.  The official terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but BackType’s team will soon be relocating to Twitter’s office. The main function of BackType is to offer customers key information about how consumers are interacting over social media platforms such as [...]

As expected for several months, Zynga, the company behind the popular Facebook game FarmVille, has filed for its IPO. The company is hoping to raise $1 billion in its offering based on a calculation by the New York Times. In Zynga’s SEC filing and prospectus to investors the company revealed statistics showing how it staggeringly leads the social gaming industry.  It [...]

Paypal announced via a blog post that the online payment platform has reached a new milestone.  The eBay-partnered Paypal now has over 100 million active users according to the company’s President Scott Thompson. Scott Thompson also discussed the growing trend of consumers using digital currency for their purchases over other traditional payment options such as cash and checks.  

AOL, that company famous for mailing out millions of CDs years ago, has risen to prominence in a new format through the collection of massive online media brands such as The Huffington Post, Techcrunch, and Engadget. It is now evident the company will be condensing its 53 content brands down to the top 20 “power brands” as Techcrunch reports. The [...]

Twitter is planning to roll out in-stream advertisements according to sources with knowledge of the plans. The anonymous sources revealed the information to Tim Bradshaw of Financial Times explaining that Twitter was looking to expand its opportunities to generate income. Twitter currently offers two forms of advertising through “promoted tweets” and “promoted trends.”  Promoted tweets are displayed in search results [...]

Facebook continues to confirm rumors that the company will be going public sometime in the near future. Today Facebook added Netflix CEO Reed Hastings to its lineup.  The social network brought in Hastings to serve on the company’s Board of Directors where he will join other venture capitalists and industry leaders. In a press release, Facebook’s founder and CEO Mark [...]

Location-based challenge app SCVNGR announced via press release that Coca-Cola will be running a summer campaign through the app.  The campaign is being called Coca-Cola “Happiness in Numbers” and is targeted for teenagers. Coca-Cola North America’s Senior Brand Manager Neil Golson stated, “Teens can get a little bored during the summer, so Coca-Cola and SCVNGR have teamed up to create [...]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype as reported by Reuters.  The ruling means Microsoft’s deal will not be breaking any US antitrust regulations, but Europe still has to give approval. As news spread of the approval, it also became clear that Skype would be firing some senior executives before the deal officially closes.  TechSpot reported that this [...]