When Facebook first announced Offers you we’re probably wondering if there was even room for yet another coupon service. Between Google, Groupon, Yelp, Living Social and countless others we’re not entirely sure there’s a niche left untapped for Facebook, but that isn’t going to stop Zuck and crew from trying… Tweet This Post

For a while there, David Karp, the founder and CEO of microblogging and sharing platform Tumblr was enamored with his start-up’s exploding numbers: 20 billion blog posts, 50 million blogs and more than 120 million users… Tweet This Post

Radian6 has done a great job of making itself known in the social media management space, attracting a $326 million acquisition by Salesforce a year ago. But now it might have to watch its back when it comes to maintaining its largest clients… Tweet This Post

It’s no secret that Facebook encourages users to spend as much time as possible on the site, doing things like sharing photos, playing games, chatting, and of course, sharing status updates. Now, the company is giving students a reason to visit that’s actually related to academics… Tweet This Post

Remember Orkut? You know, one of Google’s early efforts at diving into the social networking game. Well, the website’s still operating at full force, with more than three quarters of its 66 million users coming from Brazil and India alone… Tweet This Post

Stüssy — retailer of mens and womens sportswear — is trading up Facebook Likes for a strip tease on the social network. The campaign’s promise: “The more likes, the more clothes come off… Tweet This Post

Google isn’t quite calling it version 2.0, but today’s update to its flagship social product is just that. As with most Mountain View projects, the new Google+ will rollout gradually, but as it does it may just lure back some of those who jumped ship early on… Tweet This Post

The facts are clear and indisputable — women make 77.5 cents for every dollar a man makes, and four in ten companies have no women in senior management. Even Facebook — home to one of tech’s most famous women, Sheryl Sandberg — has no women on its board… Tweet This Post

The MeetingLife Journal Project is an art project that started in Rome, Italy on Nov. 11 and has traveled to 11 countries and counting. The online passion project is inspired by travel, life and YouTube… Tweet This Post

The simple one-page profile platform About.me is now available on iPhones. Since its 2010 launch and acquisition by AOL, around 1.5 million people have built a splash page, a collection of their social media handles… Tweet This Post

When it comes to alternative Facebook apps, Friendcaster checks in as one of the more robust options for Android. Now the app is getting a major status update thanks to a 5.0 makeover. Highlights touted by the Friendcaster team include design improvements, real-time notifications, higher resolution news feed images, the ability to tag more than [...]

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here… Tweet This Post