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Groupon South Africa is dead: here’s what will happen to your orders

Back in September 2015, Memeburn reported that ecommerce platform Groupon began shedding global offices in an effort to “make the business more efficient”. And…

Groupon deal sees movie chain sell 30k tickets in 11 hours

This is pretty cool. A deal for movie tickets on the South African iteration of group-buying deals site Groupon has set new sales records…

Is there a solution to Groupon’s SA woes?

There’s been a recent surge in complaints about the South African iteration of Groupon, with many customers getting vocal about undelivered products, not receiving…

Facebook fundamentals: Why its share collapse simply does not matter

Facebook’s share collapse has the social network’s strongest critics buzzing, some even going as far as questioning the future of the platform. Are we…

Facebook stock plummets on day two of trading

Facebook stock has fallen more than 10% on its second day of trading, after already having had problems on its opening day of stock…

Groupon given three months to turn its act around

Groupon is in trouble. We’re not talking about its easily replicated business model or its shaky IPO either. The group-buying giant is being taken…

Farmville creator Zynga looks to go big with IPO

Social gaming giant Zynga is finally ready to take its stocks public. The San-Francisco-based company reportedly plans to raise around US$1.15-billion in an initial…

Facebook reportedly warming to 2012 IPO

Fresh whispers of a date for Facebook’s long-awaited initial public offering have emerged. According to the Wall Street Journal, the IPO could come as…

Groupon shares tumble but critics’ glee may be premature

Groupon’s fun time, it would seem, has come to an end. Following a 15% drop in the value of Groupon’s stock price on the…

Groupon possibly rethinking its IPO

US online deals giant Groupon is reportedly re-evaluating its plans to go public. The Wall Street Journal reports that the company has become hesitant…

Facebook Deals shuts down

After five months of running its online deals program, Facebook is now shutting it down for good. Facebook Deals, which supplied users with online…

The group buying collapse is coming

Group buying. Daily deals. Social commerce. Call it what you will, but the sheer number of blatant knock-offs that have sprung up in global…

LinkedIn revenue doubles amidst uncertain global trading

Jittery global markets and the worst round of US trading since 2008 could not stop the surge of professional network LinkedIn. According to the…

Twitter confirms it will begin in-stream advertising

Twitter has confirmed that it will begin placing advertisements known as “Promoted Tweets” in the timelines of users who follow a particular brand or…

Yes there’s a tech bubble, but will it burst anytime soon?

“This time it’s different”. It’s always different. When Cisco hit US$80 a share in 2000, making it the most valuable company in the world…

5 chess principles for internet business practitioners

Gamification and how we can apply mechanics and principles from the world of games to our products is an idea on the rise, but…

Groupon India accidentally leaks entire user data base

The Indian subsidiary of online deals giant Groupon has accidentally published email addresses and passwords of its 300,00-strong subscriber database, reports and the company…

Groupon a ‘tech startup’? I don’t think so

Tech companies can scale their business largely through adding servers and software, which is why VCs love to invest in them. That’s why they…

Is there a ‘tech bubble’ forming? [Infographic]

Depending on when you start counting, social media sites have been the world’s favourite shiny new toy for almost a decade now. Today, valuations…

Private investors set to profit big time with LinkedIn’s IPO

Private investors in LinkedIn, the social network for business professionals, stand to make a hefty 46% profit in just two months, following the company’s…

Location based social-networks: Who’s using them, where, why and how? [infographic]

Beyond being something that constantly comes up on my Twitter feed, which I used to view as irritating, location based services (Foursquare in particular)…

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