E-Commerce Groupon's Next Step Into Social Shopping Andrew Mason wants to know what your friends like to buy. Groupon is expanding its Goods section with last Friday's purchase of Mertado, a Silicon Valley-based social shopping start-up focused on letting consumers buy products through social networks such as Facebook. Mertado's goal is create shopping experiences that "build bridges between… Alicia Eler View comments
Music Raditaz Is No Pandora If you've spent more than a few tracks worth of time playing with Pandora, you know that you can't access every song or even every artist you may be into. You can find plenty of music by the Pixies, for example, but another favorite from my college days, Liz Phair, is nowhere to be found on the service. Raditaz launched earlier this month with… Play Dave Copeland View comments
Microsoft Can Microsoft Rally Developer Enthusiasm For Windows Phone? The great thing about being a Wall Street analyst is few people ever go back to check and see if the bold predictions you made months or even years ahead of time actually come true. Still, a report released by IHS in the wake of Microsoft's earnings announcement last week is worth a closer look. Dave Copeland View comments
mobile Flawless Execution: RIM's New CEO What do you get when you mix a train wreck ravaged by a tornado then washed away with the torrents of a tsunami? That would be BlackBerry maker Research In Motion. Now the company has a new chief executive, as co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are turning over their tightly held reins of the once-powerful smartphone manufacturer to chief… Mobile Dan Rowinski View comments
Music SoundCloud Hits 10 Million Users Not even two years after reaching 1 million users, social audio service SoundCloud announced today that it has surpassed the 10 million user mark. The Berlin-based company has risen to become a major force in audio content creation and sharing on the Web, becoming a sort of "YouTube for audio" used by musicians, journalists and pretty much… Play John Paul Titlow View comments