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Featured Facebook Campaigns: JetBlue, Coffee-Mate, Zynga, Kia, CBS and Ubisoft 8. February 2011

Posted by Gerhard W. Loub in Advertising, Browser, Social Networks.
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There’s a truly diverse spread of Facebook campaigns on “Facebook Inside” this week. JetBlue uses Facebook’s Places in combination with its frequent flyer program, Coffee-Mate gives away product and coupons, Zynga partners with Kia and SocialVibe in a new branded game and CBS and Ubisoft work together to pair-up the CSI TV show and game during sweeps.

via Featured Facebook Campaigns: JetBlue, Coffee-Mate, Zynga, Kia, CBS and Ubisoft.

Mashable/StatCounter: Firefox Leaps Ahead of IE in Europe 4. January 2011

Posted by Gerhard W. Loub in Browser, Software.
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Having overtaken Microsoft’s Internet Explorer for the first time, Firefox is currently the number one browser in Europe, according to StatCounter. Firefox has 38.11% of the European market share, while IE is in the second place with 37.52%.

Firefox didn’t experience tremendous growth, however; it merely stood its ground while Google Chrome took the market share away from IE. “This appears to be happening because Google’s Chrome is stealing share from Internet Explorer while Firefox is mainly ma

 

intaining its existing share,” says StatCounter CEO Aodhan Cullen.

via Mashable

It’s Alive: Xmarks Back From the Brink 8. November 2010

Posted by Gerhard W. Loub in Browser, Software.
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It looks like cross-browser, bookmark syncing service Xmarks won’t be going out of business after all.

Just over a month after announcing that the service would be closing its doors and shutting down operations come January 2011, the company has announced that it is in the final stages of selling Xmarks to a new owner who is focused on keeping the tool running smoothly.

Xmarks announced the news on its official blog, noting that exact details can’t be revealed just yet, but that the service is alive and “things are on track for a ‘new and improved’ Xmarks.”

via It’s Alive: Xmarks Back From the Brink.

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