Marti Trewe reports on business and technology news, chasing his passion for helping entrepreneurs and small businesses to stay well informed in the fast paced 140-character world. Marti rarely sleeps and thrives on reader news tips, especially about startups and big moves in leadership.
Facebook Timeline for everyone! Last fall, we introduced you to Facebook’s new Timeline feature, complete with a giant cover photo and profile redesign. We...
Fastest growing sites According to comScore, the two fastest growing websites between November and December were JibJab.com and Pinterest, neither of which were a...
The Netflix of cell phones? Eric Calisto in Logansport, Indiana is seeking to get funding through the Kickstarter community to launch “Phone Renter,” a...
Recent explosion in tablet/e-reader ownership According to a report released today by Pew Internet & American Life Project, one in three American adults own...
Concept smartphone Russian designer Ilshat Garipov has created a concept design using the very futuristic nanoparticle technology which is “tiny, near invisible objects can...
RedBeacon making big moves Last fall, RedBeacon debuted their innovative iPhone app wherein users can shoot video (or photo or voice memo) through the...
Organic marketing Facebook has finally launched the suggested events feature after extensive testing. It now replaces the friends’ events tab under the homepage’s events...
VerticalResponse’s social media integration Recently, self-service direct marketing company, VerticalResponse acquired social media marketing company, Roost and in under a month, they have already...
Web video views According to a report just released by comScore, web video rankings for December 2011 reveal fascinating new data – Google-owned YouTube...
Beepl the next Quora? London-based Beepl announced substantial seed funding at its launch last summer, and is now finally launched out of private beta...
Digby’s branded app platform Austin startup, Digby today announced the launch of “Digby Localpoint,” a new mobile platform that enables location-based marketing, analytics and...
Helping neighbors with emergencies Named one of the 60 Genius Brands to watch in 2012, newly launched Nextdoor.com is designed to bring neighbors together...
Designed specifically for small businesses In 2008, May and Dobes Vandermeer spent weeks researching options for managing their growing software consulting business and never...