Buzzy Photo App Frontback Shuns Twitter Interest, Raises Millions Instead
Frontback, the photo app that lets users create composite images using the front and rear cameras on their iPhone handsets, is on a roll. Launched only in August of this year, it’s now picked up some...
View ArticleFacebook platform news: SPMD Kenshoo hires Rob Coyne to lead EMEA regions
Kenshoo, a Facebook Strategic Preferred Marketing Developer, announced Monday that the company has hired Rob Coyne to be the Managing Director of Europe, Middle East and Africa regions. Coyne has...
View ArticleNipping At Spotify, Deezer Passes 5M Paying Subs, Adds ‘Hear This' And...
Spotify may be the world’s biggest music streaming company, but rival Deezer is inching closer to its terrain: today the company revealed that it now has 5 million paying users globally and 30 million...
View ArticleHow Apparel And Accessories Retailers’ Facebook Pages Differ In The U.S., Europe
The average like total for the top 100 U.S. Facebook pages of apparel and accessories retailers was 2.8 million, while that figure was 1.7 million for Europe, but it took at least 136,000 likes to...
View ArticleAuto Europe Celebrates Britain’s Must-See Tourist Spots
Auto Europe has worked alongside some of the premier rental car services and travel companies in the United Kingdom. As such, Auto Europe knows what travelers to the British Isles want—what they’re...
View ArticleMarketing Startup Shift Raises $6M For European Expansion
Marketing startup Shift is announcing that it has raised $6 million in new funding. The round was led by European firm DN Capital, with DN managing partner Nenad Marovac joining Shift’s board of...
View ArticleFacebook looks back at 2013
Facebook is inviting users to look back at their year, but also reflecting on what happened throughout the social network in 2013. Facebook released a list of the top trends on the site, such as the...
View ArticleEuropean Trademark Office Says Pinterest Doesn’t Own ‘Pinterest’ – Social...
Pinterest raised a $225 million round in October 2013 to help fuel its international expansion, but a recent ruling in Europe could prove to be a hiccup in that strategy. The U.S.-based social...
View ArticleFacebook Extends Bullying Prevention Hub To U.K., Rest Of Europe, Backs Away...
Facebook launched its Bullying Prevention Hub for U.S. users last November, aimed at stamping out bullying on the social network, and the compilation of resources is now available to users in the U.K....
View ArticleUnii, A Student-Only Social Network, Signs Up 100,000+ Users In Six Months In...
Facebook started life as a university-only network and has since grown far beyond those original roots, with some one billion+ users globally. No surprise, then, that it’s losing ground among its...
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