Apr 12, 20123 min read

Marketing Day: April 12, 2012

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web.

From Marketing Land:

ICANN Extends Domain Application Deadline After Technical Issue

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has extended its deadline for applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) after discovering a “technical issue” with its software. The deadline, which was originally set for tonight, has been extended until next Friday, April 20th. In its announcement, ICANN explained the deadline delay: ICANN constantly […]

Facebook Offers Up More Data To Download, Includes IP Address Data

On the heels of the recent Facebook employee/employer scandal Facebook is beefing up the data included within their download feature. The most important addition? IP addresses. Users will now be able to download a copy of all IP address activity that is occurring on the account. Additional information that can now be downloaded are previous names and […]

Expand Your App’s Reach By Teaching It A New Language

With a population of over 300 million people, and over 100 million smartphones sold, it’s easy to see why the United States is the first target for most software developers — app developers included. More than half of the smartphones sold in the United States are Android phones. That number has been steadily rising since […]

If Google’s Really Proud Of Google+, It Should Share Some Real User Figures

Google+ now has 170 million users. Well, 170 million who have “upgraded” to Google+, whatever that means. It’s the latest in crazy numbers from Google. The people who actually do use Google+ as a social network deserve better than this PR spin. It’s time for Google to properly report their numbers, lest outsiders begin believing […]

Back To School (Email Addresses That Is) – Facebook Adds Groups For Schools

The world’s largest social networking site is going back to its roots … well kinda. When Facebook launched having a college email address was a requirement to join. Those days are long gone, but they are bringing back email-based verification for a new feature, “Groups For Schools.” These new groups are based around a particular school […]