Personal finance tools on the web have been booming with both features and users. The combination of more powerful web technologies and a stinging recession have led people to tools like MintMint, perhaps the hottest company in this sector.

Meanwhile, LendingTree, the online lending exchange behind the well known “when banks compete, you win” commercials, has been furiously bringing its website into the Web 2.0 age.

• 
  Considering advertising your brand on Facebook?
  All Facebook has pointers on why one format may fit a brand better than another.
  We’ve paraphrased them here:
  Polls and quizzes -Polls are a great way to get user opinions and preferences…
• 
  This is an interesting one: consumer electronics retailer Best Buy is encouraging hundreds of employees to handle online customer service and company promotions via Twitter…
• 
  Almost two years ago, just as Web 2.0 was heating up, BoomTown did a three-part interview with Slide Founder and CEO Max Levchin.
  Soon after, the popular maker of social-networking applications…

• A Beginner’s Guide To Facebook Ads
• Best Buy Goes All Twitter Crazy With @Twelpforce
• Slide’s Max Levchin Talks About Web 2.0 Redux!
• A Tech Recovery or Wishful Thinking?
• Tata’s Revenue Stagnant, Profit Growth Small
• US Video Game Sales Sink in June, Biggest Drop in 9 Years
• Microsoft Rewind: 5 Ads Far Funnier Than ‘Laptop Hunter’
• Nokia sees sales, shipments and profits slide
• Taiwanese Banks Warm to DRAM Makers Powerchip, Winbond
• PC Shipments Stronger Than Expected in Q2, IDC Says

Leave a Reply