Facebook's mobile advances have pushed the company's stock price up to its $38 IPO price for the first time since the company went public in May 2012. Facebook shares hit a high of $38.31 today shortly after the markets opened, but then ...
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Facebook today announced a pilot program aimed at helping developers take their mobile games global. The world's largest social network is looking to use its massive mobile user base to help game developers stand out in what has become a ...
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Having just launched the product in January, Automatik Plastics Machinery has sold the first three units of its new Primo 200 E strand pelletizer model to Austrian master batch manufacturer Gabriel-Chemie GmbH. After a short test phase ...
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Search engine DuckDuckGo, which allows users to search the web anonymously – crowdsourcing its results from other sites such as Wikipedia – has achieved a new benchmark of three million direct searches in a single day. The ...
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With Google set to buy app-maker Waze, the question is whether Google actually needs the crowd-sourced traffic app or is simply trying to stick it to its competitors. On Tuesday, Google confirmed weeks of rumors that?it is buying Waze. ...
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The US spot ethylene market was at a standstill Thursday on news of an explosion and fire at Williams' olefins complex in Louisiana that killed one person earlier in the day, market sources said. Sellers pulled all material Thursday ...
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As riots erupted in Turkey and protesters and government officials took to social media to fire back and forth online, the country's prime minister called Twitter a "curse." Istanbul is seeing its fourth day of violent public ...
With Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer taking steps to transform the company back into a top-tier player, reports are out that Yahoo is in talks to buy Hulu for as much as $800 million. Yahoo bid between $600 million and $800 million for Hulu, a ...
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The future of Germany's derestricted autobahns could be at risk, with the leader of the country's opposition party in support of a 120km/h limit across the high-speed motorway network. SPD party leader Sigmar Gabriel cites crash ...
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Google Maps is reportedly getting an overhaul that may be shown off at the annual Google I/O conference next week. According to the Google Operating System blog, an independent site that tracks the Internet firm, the launching of a new ...
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A year before Google's futuristic-looking, computerized eyeglasses are expected to hit the market, they have been banned -- again. A Caesars Palace casino spokesman today told Computerworld that people wearing the Google Glass technology ...
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After 42 years serving Austin-area cyclists, retailer Freewheeling Bicycles will close its doors at the end of May. Freewheeling was founded in a garage apartment in 1971 by Frank B. Cook, who passed away in 1999. The shop quickly outgrew ...
With Intel's new CEO ready to step up next month to lead the world's largest chip maker, industry analysts don't expect to see any big change in strategy. Brian Krzanich, Intel chief operating officer and senior vice president, was named ...
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The Twitter account of the Associated Press was hacked today and a bogus tweet was sent claiming President Obama had been hurt in an explosion. The AP's media relations' department tweeted around 1:40 p.m. ET today, "Advisory: @AP Twitter ...
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Companies using social networks like Twitter and Facebook need to face what to do during a national crisis like the Boston Marathon bombing. Do you tweet or post a statement about the crisis, continue on with your normal social media ...
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