Marcel Media one of the Fastest Growing Companies

This week, Inc. 5000 magazine published a list of the 5000 most successful businesses in terms of growth. Marcel Media is proud to announce its ranking of 817 out of 5000 of the fastest growing companies in the nation.  The rankings are based on the amount of revenue growth of an independently owned company from [...]

Trulia Goes Mobile

The Real Estate industry is the latest one embracing web 2.0 technologies. Social networks for real estate agents, brokers and individuals interested in buying and selling their homes continue to rise in popularity. Trulia, for example, is a listing site for available homes as well as industry news. Trulia has upped their services by introducing [...]

Google Goes Mobile with Android

Last week’s announcement of the advances in Google’s Android sparked much interest. Recent reports state that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved the Android System for use in the United States. The Android System is backed by Taiwan-based company, HTC. The phone currently in production is called the Dream, and already has the [...]

Business Professional Social Networks on the Rise

Many niche social networking sites have arisen in the past months. After LinkedIn was valued at $1 billion, moreover, business professional social networks have become increasingly popular. TalkBizNow.com is one of the sites that boasts being a full service professional site. This includes an array of digital tools such as webinar capabilities, instant messaging, [...]

AT&T Considers Monitoring User Activity

Online advertisement has changed drastically throughout the years. Online ads are becoming more and more personal, so much that things like customized ads have become largely popular among businesses. Internet provider, AT&T is considering observing the online behaviors and activities of its users to help understand their reactions to ads. This can help businesses [...]

BlueWhaleMail Brings Facebook to More People

Although Mobile web browsing is becoming increasingly popular, it is important to note that the majority of users do not own a Smartphone. This deters users from receiving email, and calls for less user-friendly web browsing. However, BlueWhaleMail is a new application that allows users without Smartphone capabilities to experience aspects of the web such [...]

Insights for Search Provide In-Depth information on Trends

Insights for Search is the new Google tool introduced this week that is said to track how popular several; phrases are within users’ Google searches. Insights for Search can differentiate between similar terms, but different products. For example, one could filter a search for ‘apple’ by excluding the product, and only including the fruit. [...]

Friendster Targets Outside of U.S.

Social Networking site Friendster has not been able to keep up with big names like Myspace or Facebook. However, recent news shows that ex Google employee, Richard Kimber has become the CEO for Friendster. IDG Ventures has also invested $20 million worth of funding. Although these recent plays by Friendster give it momentum for a [...]

Google’s Knol Banks on Authority

The rise of Wikipedia has greatly influenced the search engine industry. When users perform searches, the top results usually include a Wikipedia article on the searched subject. However, Google has announced their new implementation of Knol, a website much like Wikipedia.
Wikipedia prides itself of its reliance on users to generate content on the site. One [...]