Online purchases through Facebook comments We recently wrote about Material Wrld, the social fashion photo site that enables consumers to show off their wardrobe as well as sell the items when they’re done with them. Now Soldsie is also combining sharing and selling – by allowing Facebook users to purchase items with a comment. READ MORE…
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Online purchases through Facebook comments

We recently wrote about Material Wrld, the social fashion photo site that enables consumers to show off their wardrobe as well as sell the items when they’re done with them. Now Soldsie is also combining sharing and selling – by allowing Facebook users to purchase items with a comment. READ MORE…

Fingerprint recognition allows automatic Facebook updates for hotel guests We’ve already featured the Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel on these pages before thanks to its biometric payment system. Using the same technology, the hotel is now set to feature similar technology that recognizes guests’ fingerprints and automatically updates their Facebook profiles. READ MORE…
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Fingerprint recognition allows automatic Facebook updates for hotel guests

We’ve already featured the Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel on these pages before thanks to its biometric payment system. Using the same technology, the hotel is now set to feature similar technology that recognizes guests’ fingerprints and automatically updates their Facebook profiles. READ MORE…

Airline’s Facebook app lets passengers choose seats near their friends We’ve seen numerous services designed to help travelers hook up while on the go — KLM and Air France’sBluenity social network is one example — but it wasn’t until just recently that we came across an effort by an airline to help them choose the people they sit next to during their flight as well. Sure enough, Malaysia Airlines recently launched its Facebook-based MHbuddy service to make booking and arranging a flight fully social. READ MORE…
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Airline’s Facebook app lets passengers choose seats near their friends

We’ve seen numerous services designed to help travelers hook up while on the go — KLM and Air France’sBluenity social network is one example — but it wasn’t until just recently that we came across an effort by an airline to help them choose the people they sit next to during their flight as well. Sure enough, Malaysia Airlines recently launched its Facebook-based MHbuddy service to make booking and arranging a flight fully social. READ MORE…

Site taps Facebook for friends’ anonymous doctor and dentist recommendations If Facebook friends are a group to be trusted for vacation rentals and even dating guidance, it stands to reason that they should be a good source for physician recommendations as well. Enter WhichDoc, a New York-based company that taps the user’s social network for doctor and dentist referrals. READ MORE…
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Site taps Facebook for friends’ anonymous doctor and dentist recommendations

If Facebook friends are a group to be trusted for vacation rentals and even dating guidance, it stands to reason that they should be a good source for physician recommendations as well. Enter WhichDoc, a New York-based company that taps the user’s social network for doctor and dentist referrals. READ MORE…

Confectionery brand will turn fan’s face into candy It was just last month we saw Maxwell House handing out free coffee and positive messages at their Optimism Cafe in Toronto, and now Maynards Canada — another Kraft Canada brand — are using another novel marketing approach with a human touch by giving customers the chance to have their face immortalized in Maynards candy. READ MORE…
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Confectionery brand will turn fan’s face into candy

It was just last month we saw Maxwell House handing out free coffee and positive messages at their Optimism Cafe in Toronto, and now Maynards Canada — another Kraft Canada brand — are using another novel marketing approach with a human touch by giving customers the chance to have their face immortalized in Maynards candy. READ MORE…

Renault connect offline approval to online Facebook “liking” Many brands have struggled when it comes to converting a popular offline presence into online recognition. Hoping to remove any practical barriers to this process, and encourage instant online appreciation, Renault were displaying their innovative Facebook share pillars at the recent AutoRAI Amsterdam Motorshow. READ MORE…
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Renault connect offline approval to online Facebook “liking”

Many brands have struggled when it comes to converting a popular offline presence into online recognition. Hoping to remove any practical barriers to this process, and encourage instant online appreciation, Renault were displaying their innovative Facebook share pillars at the recent AutoRAI Amsterdam Motorshow. READ MORE…

Viewers customize interactive Facebook-based “Social Film” When it comes to entertainment, regular readers of Springwise may have noticed a growing trend where, user interactivity is not only encouraged, but is made compulsory in order to reveal certain content. Recently we spotted Bluebrain’s location-based album, and now we’ve discovered Murmur’s “Social Film” — Him, Her and Them — which relies on the viewer/user to alter the viewing experience for their Facebook friends. READ MORE…
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Viewers customize interactive Facebook-based “Social Film”

When it comes to entertainment, regular readers of Springwise may have noticed a growing trend where, user interactivity is not only encouraged, but is made compulsory in order to reveal certain content. Recently we spotted Bluebrain’s location-based album, and now we’ve discovered Murmur’s “Social Film” — Him, Her and Them — which relies on the viewer/user to alter the viewing experience for their Facebook friends. READ MORE…