November 23, 2009
Posted by John Keehler

Mobile Coupons. Brought to you by Google
Brian Kress

Even though they’ve had coupons for a couple of years, Google has now announced the availability of mobile coupons just in time for the holidays. Sound like no more cutting on the way to the grocery store.

Hulu Takes Advantage of Crowdsourcing
Jeff Whang

In a move to help solve its search and classification system of its catalog of videos, Hulu has added the ability for users to add their own tags to videos. The hope is that users get more relevant search results, hopefully even better than the metadata their content partners provide. Hulu isn’t the first video aggregator to use crowdsourcing to solve its video search woes, but it’s certainly the biggest.

LinkedIn Builds Developer Network
Jill Krumsick

Looking to create a wider presence on the web, LinkedIn announced its LinkedIn Developer Network – the platform is now open to third party developers and has strategic partnerships with Twitter, Tweetdeck and Outlook.

Twitter Will Have an Ad Model… And You’ll Love It!
John Keehler

Twitter COO Dick Costolo confirmed last week that Twitter will indeed be introducing an ad program, saying only: “It will be fascinating. Non-traditional. And people will love it… It’s going to be really cool.” Of course, you’ll have to wait for any more details.

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