Best of the daily deals

Many people find bargains on purchases through clippings and coupons from their local newspaper. For years it’s been a great way to save some money, but now with the internet at your fingertips and the integration of Social Media, finding deals on the computer are becoming increasingly popular. There...

Social Media Companies Expected to Lead in 2011 IPOs

Market analysts are predicting many of the leading social networking websites, after building substantial user bases through their services, will venture out into the stock market as initial public offerings hoping to turn their popularity and reach into profit. Sites such as LinkedIn and Groupon are...

Google Offers: Google’s New Groupon Killer

Mashable is reporting that they’ve received news directly from the Google HQ that Google will be rolling out a new deal-of-the-day service known as “Google Offers” in hopes of giving Groupon a run for their money. The report seems to show that Google Offers will work almost identical to...

Groupon Continues Global Expansion Effort With New Acquisitions

Groupon, adopting the well-worn mantra of “if you can’t beat them, then buy them”, continues to expand its global reach by acquiring local daily deal sites SoSasta, Groupoer, and Twangoo. Each of these sites are regarded as leaders in their respective countries of origin, India, South Africa, and...

Man Uses Groupon To Propose Marriage

For those of you out there who doubt the ever-growing influence of social media in our daily lives, I have one brief but potent example to prove the contrary. Knowing that proposing marriage is always a risky ordeal, a Cincinnati man decided to take himself out of the equation and declare his hope for...

Groupon to Raise Additional $950 Million

Groupon is now claiming they plan to raise $950 million from venture capitals to further expand their company, employees and business endeavors. While Groupon has not officially collected any money and no VC firms have been announced as putting money toward Groupon, it would be hard to deny such a tech...

Groupon Denies Google’s $6 Billion Offer

In a deal that is blowing a lot of people’s minds, Groupon flat-out denied Google’s offer of $6 billion to acquire the deal-a-day giant, but it’s been difficult to get a genuine answer out of the board. At this moment, most of the speculation surrounding the deal seems to stem from Groupon’s...

Groupon + Google?

The possibility has been lingering in the air, but just how likely is it that Google would fork over an estimated $2-4 billion for Groupon, the latest craze in an industry that absorbs sites like woot and slickdeals? It’s really difficult to say and even harder to predict a move on Google’s part. While...