Foursquare is rolling out the pilot for a new program, called Promoted Updates, which will charge merchants to send recommendations to users about their products or services, the company said Tuesday. Used by over 20 million people ...
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Conventional wisdom says that car deals are better at the end of the year.But is this still true?Our analysis shows,some new-car offers in late December are great,while others are just hype. Working with TrueCar,our data analysts ...
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Oracle is yanking advertising claims that its Exadata database machine had vastly super performance to IBM's Power Systems hardware, according to an announcement Tuesday by the National Advertising Division, an industry self-regulatory ...
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SMARTPHONE photo sharing service Instagram has refined its privacy policy to clear the way for sharing data with Facebook, which bought the company earlier this year. "Nothing has changed about your photos' ownership or who can see them," ...
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To gain a competitive edge, modern content management systems and portals must leverage the latest mobile and TV trends. Elinext Group today announced that it advances CMS and portal software solutions integrated with mobile phones, tablets ...
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Google CEO Larry Page tried to put a positive spin on his company’s poor third-quarter financial results, which were released prematurely Thursday and triggered a panicked stock sell-off before trading was abruptly halted. During a ...
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Hasbro says it will soon reveal a gender-neutral Easy-Bake Oven after meeting with a New Jersey girl who started a campaign calling on the toy maker to make one that appeals to all kids. McKenna Pope, 13, of Garfield, N.J., got more than ...
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Two privacy watchdogs filed a joint letter with the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday alleging Facebook may already be skirting an agreement to be more clear over how it handles user data. A partnership with a data collector called ...
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Gucci is pleased to announce its partnership with Triple Lift, a newcomer in the social advertising space, to promote Gucci's Fall/Winter 2012-13 digital campaign. Triple Lift's technology will enable consumers to pin Gucci's products ...
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Marissa Mayer, participating in her first Yahoo earnings conference call since becoming CEO, outlined a broad range of areas in which the company needs to improve. “It was an active and solid quarter with some nice ...
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Apple is considering licensing a custom radio streaming service similar to Pandora, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The company recently started negotiations with record labels for such a service, which would still take ...
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Cyber criminals are using computers infected with a particular piece of malware to power a commercial proxy service that funnels potentially malicious traffic through them, according to security researchers from Symantec. Three months ...
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Although new research suggests that the younger Millenial demographic prefers "in-person" marketing over bland online ads, Logix9 explains how small businesses can maintain their appeal through online marketing efforts. PHILADELPHIA, PA, ...
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In an effort to consolidate its positioning as a leader in the field of web traffic delivery, Singapore-based Innovalist and its subsidiary, getwebsitetraffic.org have acquired long-time industry rival Aetraffic.com, a move that puts the ...
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About 200 Android applications currently hosted on Google Play create spoofed SMS messages on the devices they are installed on, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Symantec. This technique can theoretically be used ...