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YouTube Increases Upload Time

YouTube announced an increase in the upload time of videos to its social network. The previous upload limit was 15 minutes but for users who have regularly been in compliance with the YouTube Community Guidelines and copyright rules, this restriction will be raised. It is not yet clear how long the .... More »

Twitter Tests Promoted Tweets in Timeline

Following after the Promoted Tweets which Twitter launched in April, Twitter began to test syndication of Promoted Tweets in user timelines. The plan is to extend this to Twitter partners though the initial testing is being done with HootSuite. According to Twitter, the aim is to display Promot.... More »

Google Slaps Content Farms

Sites that focus solely on the display of other people’s content like content farms are now on Google’s radar. Google has decided to make a lot of algorithmic changes that would focus on the reduction of spam from search results and give higher ranking to top quality sites with unique content. .... More »

Google Introduces Social Sitelinks to Search

Google has added the social sitelinks to search so that when a user makes a search, that user is shown content from friends. In a search for Twitter of YouTube for example, the results will contain links to content by a user’s friends. .... More »

Google Making Counter Offers In An Effort To Retain Employees

Attention Google employees! Thinking of making a job switch over to Facebook? It may mean a handsome counter offer from your boss if you let them know. That's right. Google is making generous counter offers to several of its employees in an effort to keep them from quitting and going to Faceb.... More »

A few months ago, Swipely was available by invitation-only. All that changed today, as Swipely has made its membership available to the general public.

What is Swipely? To put it simply, Swipely is a service that allows members to share purchases by either allowing the service to grab purchase info from email receipts or linking the debit or credit card directly to their Swipely account. The more swipes a member gets, the more badges they earn. Early badge-earners will earn rewards like free coffee and movies.

What do these swipes do and why are they so important? Swipely wants to turn swipes into a consumer platform, where users can connect and comment on the products they purchase. It’s meant to be an online extension of the offline conversations we all have about products all the time. There’s opportunity to provide consumer reviews, and “swipes” are published publicly on the site, in a Twitter-like format.

Consumers benefit from not only earning freebies, but also discovering great new products, restaurants, etc. through viewing “swipes” of others. Businesses benefit by getting their name out there. The more consumers who “swipe” at their establishment, the more opportunity for others to discover them.

There is some consumer hesitation, as would be expected, with sharing credit card information in such a manner. That’s why there is the email receipt option. Still, Swipely boasts that 1/3 of its members share their credit and debit card information with the site.