120,000 iPads Sold on First Day
Jill Krumsick
“Apple has been able to generate over $75 million in revenue in one day on a product that 99.9% of purchasers haven’t touched or for that matter, even seen in person.” Although the product has raised mixed reviews since its announcement, early adopters and brand fanatics jumped at the chance to order the iPad on Friday. With sales numbers dropping significantly in the days after launch, it will be interesting to see the adoption levels once the product is actually in stores and consumer hands.
Target Launches Scannable Mobile Coupons
Robert Kurtz
Target is launching a scannable mobile coupon promotion, allowing customers to opt-in to receive offers that can be redeemed by scanning in a single bar code at the register, directly from a mobile website on their phone.
Live Sponsor Ads Make Their Way Online
Brian Kress
In the fashion of early TV and radio today, the familiar hosts of your online shows are now reading live ads. The creative is cheap, and the vehicle is trustworthy; the best thing: people remember them.
The Future of Social is Local
John Keehler
In April, Facebook plans to unveil a new feature that would allow users to share their location with friends. Sources close to the project say this feature will also be available through the API for developers to create location-based applications.
The Entire Web In a 600×400 Rectangle
Jeff Whang
Ever wonder what types of sites get the most traffic on the web? The BBC has charted out this Herculean task with a startlingly easy to read infographic that makes sense of an immense amount of data. Hint: hold your cursor over any box and get a quick floating box of the exact percentage of traffic for any given site.
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