MAJOR COMPANIES
Facebook launches sponsored updates in NZ test
Bing adds social sidebar with deep FB integration in move to take on Google
START UPS
Photo monetization company Stipple scores $5Mil
AGENCIES AND BRANDS
Spark wins Orbitz media account
Real Simple hits 100K Pinterest followers
RESEARCH
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MAJOR COMPANIES
T Mobile and Metro PCS talk merger
New Apple data policies have advertisers scrambling
START UPS
Analytics start-up MixPath nabs $10.25Mil
TapJoy launches Asian mobile game fund
AD AGENCIES AND BRANDS
RESEARCH
eMarketer: eCommerce sales per user continue to rise
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LEADING COMPANIES
Report: AOL trying to sell its tech properties including Tech Crunch
AOL earnings hit estimates but Display revenue still weak
New marketing leadership for RIM
START UPS
I guess I'll be moving Rovio to Major Companies Soon ;-) : 1 billion downloads for Angry Birds
Adapt.ly raises $10.5M Series B
Cool idea: Instacanvas launches global marketplace for Instagram prints
Read about RankBoards, a Pinterest for opinions
AGENCIES AND BRANDS
Audi focuses on digital for "halo vehicles"
WOW! Coke's Polar Bowl Social TV campaign attracted 9 Million
RESEARCH
eM: Brand interest in tablet and smartphone ads accelerating fast
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MAJOR COMPANIES
START UPS
Why EverNote bought handwriting app Penultimate
Customer rewards platform Belly raises $10M
AGENCIES AND BRANDS
Inside Pepsi's identity crisis
Ogilvy leader says Twitter may become more valuable for brands than Facebook
RESEARCH
Nielsen: Smartphones hit 50% US
JiWire study: 37% of Cell Owners using Mobile Wallet services
SCUTTLE
Yahoo CEO apologizes to employees for resume lie…well sort of
Major Companies
Arianna Huffington Interview – Thought Provoking
Read Groupon CEO's letter on the future of the brand, written to calm employees and investors
Android apps not paying off for developers
Start Ups
ROVIO publishes boffo revenue for 2011
Agencies
Research
Latest Deloitte ecommerce update
Scuttle
Y! CEO Scott Thompson on resume lie: nothing to see here people, move along…