Author Archives: Lauren S. Leighton
Yelp Check-in Metrics to Benefit Businesses
ShareYelp not only helps consumers find appropriate businesses to fit their needs, but also just introduced check-in metrics to help businesses find out more about their consumers activity via Yelp’s mobile app. With the boom of geo-location applications like Gowalla and Foursquare, it only makes sense that Yelp keeps up. Yelp’s new checkin metric system [...]
Top Dads on Twitter
ShareThey change diapers, heal boo-boos, chase away scary monsters—oh yeah and they tweet too! When these digital dads aren’t saving the world one sippy cup at a time, they’re tweeting and in some cases to nearly 4,000 followers. In honor of Father’s Day this weekend (June 20) – I wanted to give a shout out [...]
Facebook + Yahoo = Yahoo Pulse
ShareIt is no surprise that Yahoo is trying even harder to beat out Google these days. With Google’s semi-recent launch of Google Buzz, Yahoo is feeling the pressure to keep up. An agreement was signed and announced last December, but it wasn’t until today that it became official. Yahoo and Facebook have joined forces, allowing users to [...]
3 Facebook Privacy Settings You Need to Double Check
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Facebook is trying to make life easier for its users by offering a simple interface to update your privacy settings. However, the problem is that a lot of these new settings are confusing or unclear to the majority of Facebook users. Even I was unaware of how detailed the new privacy settings have become until [...]
Deal-of-the-Day Coupon Sites Gain Popularity