Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on four particular stories of interest today.
Verizon iPhone 4 Pre-Orders Sold Out
Demand for Verizon iPhone was apparently so strong that it took less than a day for Verizon to fulfill its pre-order quota for the iPhone 4. Existing Verizon customers who weren't able to place orders will be able to do so beginning Wednesday, February 9.
Foursquare To Debut 2 New Ad Products for Super Bowl
Foursquare is rolling out two new advertising products for this year's Super Bowl: a global promoted venue and discount codes attached to badges.
Google Releases Chrome 9 Stable
Google has updated the stable branch of its Chrome browser to version 9. The latest stable release brings in many features Chrome beta users have been enjoying for several months, including Chrome Instant, WebGL support and access to the Chrome Web Store.
Kenneth Cole’s #Cairo Tweet Angers the Web
The web reacted strongly to an insensitive tweet, which made light of protests in Egypt, designer Kenneth Cole made Thursday. The designer has since apologized on Facebook.
Further News
Twitter statistics provider Twitter Counter has acquired its competitor Twitaholic for an undisclosed sum, the company announced.
On the same day Verizon launched iPhone preorders for existing customers, the company pushed through a policy change to its data service that deliberately began reducing download speeds for its heaviest users, the top 5% consumers of data.
Mattel Inc., the world’s largest toy company, has launched a digital marketing campaign in hopes of reuniting one of American’s most famous couples — Barbie and Ken.
Entertainment checkin service GetGlue has secured a number of notable partnerships, and is now seeing 12 million checkins and ratings per month.