Facebook Launches “Social Deals”

After several months of anticipation Facebook launches its second deals program: Social Deals. The new attempt is more closely resembles Groupon-style daily deals, with numerous twists. The original “Facebook Deals” is now being called “check-in deals” to differentiate it from the new program.

Gaps Reducing b/w Bing and Google

Google still clearly leads Bing more than 2 to 1. But when you consider that that ratio was 3 to 1 last fall, the gap appears to be closing. Bing is growing by five or six percent each month, whereas Google is losing two to three percent," said Mashable's Christina Warren.