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May
15
Facebook IPO: What online media analysis says about the upcoming offering
As Facebook prepares for what could be the largest American IPO in history– one that could value the 8-year-old company at an estimated $96 billion- journalists, analysts and fans around the world are eagerly anticipating the social media giant’s offering on May 18th.
In the online space, the conversation surrounding the IPO has been rich and furious.
From bulls to bears, professionals and enthusiasts alike have been heatedly debating the offering, with no apparent consensus in sight. As CNBC recently reported, the question of the moment seems to be: will the Facebook IPO be a game-changer or another tech disappointment?
Here at Meltwater, we have decided to tackle this question with our digital media intelligence platform, Meltwater News, which scans over 162,000 online publications worldwide in real time. We want to see if we can gain insights from analyzing the online press published about recent tech… Read More
May
09
Mother’s Day Gift Ideas
Mother’s Day is just around the corner, a day where the average consumer is eager to spend money in effort to show appreciation and affection for mom. In fact, reports are seeing Mother’s Day spending up this year, and studies show that in the U.S. it’s the biggest gifting holiday behind Christmas.
According to reports, mom will be spoiled with special meals, flowers, clothing and electronics, despite gas prices peaking. The NRF survey also reports an overall increase in spending, with the average person spending $152.52, up 8% from $140.73 last year.
Many brands are extending a hand this Mother’s Day to help you express your appreciation to the mom figure(s) in your life. From eBay’s “Mother’s Day Sweepstakes” or Whole Foods Market’s “Mom Rocks! Contest” to Major League Baseball’s “MLB Mother’s Day” or Proctor & Gamble’s “Thank You, Mom” initiative.… Read More
Apr
18
Social Startups Worth Watching in 2012 – An UPDATE
We’re nearly five months into 2012 and many of our ‘Social Startups Worth Watching in 2012’ have undergone tremendous changes, while others have quickly stolen the spotlight. So, Meltwater Group has pulled together a little recap of our previous predictions from 2011 with some updates, and added in a few extras to keep an eye on.
- Tumblr: While the blogging/sharing site hasn’t seen much action as a brand, its simple layout and support of .GIFs allow memes to go viral. Whether it’s the ‘What Should We Call Me’ Tumblr or ‘Texts from Hillary,’ most of us trolling the Internet will be visiting a Tumblr page, or 10, on a regular basis.
- Spotify: With a Facebook partnership for the launch of Timeline, and a partnership with Coca Cola (announced today), the music “startup” can hardly be classified as such. Visibility and
Apr
10
Facebook Acquires Instagram: Predictions and Reactions
By now you know that Facebook acquired Instagram for a cool $1B.
Hot on the heels of the mobile app launching for Android last week, the social networking mega-monster announced (via Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook account) it had acquired the No. 1 application from the iTunes store and the Internet is going wild.
Beyond the predictions for what this could and will mean for Facebook’s upcoming IPO, the future for Instagram and its legion of filter-furious fans, skeptics were, of course, irate over the possibilities of what this could mean for privacy. Buzzfeed put together a pretty good list of overreactions, but there are plenty of other valid concerns. We used Meltwater Group’s social media monitoring tool Meltwater Buzz to gather a few crowd-sourced opinions and concerns below:
Does this mean Facebook owns my Insta-content?
Perhaps there is some sort of scary loop hole in the… Read More
Apr
03
Best April Fools’ Pranks of 2012
With April Fools’ Day falling on a weekend this year, it almost went unnoticed. Almost. This is probably a good thing, since most of Google’s highly-anticipated jokes were more of a miss this year than a hit. Maybe it was because Google participated in too many jokes instead of focusing on one great one. (Gmail Tap, Google’s Self-Driving Car goes to NASCAR, Google Chrome Multitask Mode, Google Maps 8-Bit and Google’s Really Advanced Search to name a few…) Or maybe it’s because they can no longer out do themselves from stellar jokes of years past. Remember Google Romance or Gmail Paper?
Either way, here are the top jokes Meltwater Group saw the web enamored with this week:
Mitt Romney exits the Republican presidential race: Forbes.com ran an article claiming Mitt Romney had dropped out of the 2012 presidential race… Read More
