Mobile payments and analytics provider Bango announced an agreement to provide payment services to Facebook.
No details of the deal were shared, and terms were not disclosed.
It’s likely that Facebook will look to U.K.-based Bango to help it make money from mobile apps on its platform, and possibly support a move into e-commerce. Read More

Facebook intends to make a bigger play in the digital payments market following its planned IPO, which was officially announced Wednesday.
In its S-1 registration statement filed with the SEC, Facebook said it plans to invest more heavily to promote Facebook as a platform for third-party social products, and will enhance its payments system to support the move beyond virtual goods. Read More

Having your garments and accessories featured on the pages of popular fashion magazines like Cosmo, Glamour, InStyle, Seventeen and others is a dream for any online fashion boutique, and for a mother-and-daughter duo who started their store in a small city in Northern California it’s been a dream come true. Read More

The battle of Super Bowl XLVI should be intense as heated rivals the New England Patriots take on the New York Giants.
That rivalry might be why this year’s big game is expected to draw more viewers than past Super Bowls, giving retailers reason to cheer. Read More

In Part 1, we told you about a few social media tools to help you manage your Twitter account, increase your pull and make a splash on the microblogging site. Now we’ll tell you about a few other social media tools you can use to keep a pulse on your Facebook business page, your blog, Flickr account and more to make sure you get the most from your social networking efforts. Read More

If you’ve read our work in this space before you know we are big fans of social media for all types of business purposes. The second edition of our job-hunting guide is with our publisher now, and How to Find a Job on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ will be out in the spring. Read More

An e-commerce startup has opened a markeplace designed to easily match sellers with qualified buyers.
Ubokia, based in San Francisco, describes its uMatch marketplace as Craigslist in reverse. uMatch lets buyers post what they want to buy, and have sellers respond to them with offers, and even update their inventory based on changing demand, as it happens. Read More

Facebook. Twitter. StumbleUpon. Google+. These are just some of the many, and we mean many social networking avenues out there.
Trying to manage all your social media channels can be tough, but there’s value in it, as many sellers have learned. Read More

Merchants who wonder if they should embrace social networking sites might be interested to know that these sites aren’t just growing in the West. They’re gaining popularity throughout the world.
Researcher comScore reports that more than 80 percent of Internet users around the world spend at least some time on social networking sites. Read More

In one of our earlier articles about Google+, Google’s new social networking site, we concluded that, despite a comparatively small number of users, the service is worth investing some time in, as an e-commerce merchant. With Google behind it, ignoring the site entirely would be a mistake. Read More