GOOGLE has announced a deal reported to worth more than $US1 billion ($1.06bn) for crowd-sourced map app Waze in a move to stay ahead of Apple and Facebook in lifestyles centred on smartphones and tablets. The US Internet search giant did ...
Analysing information from transactions in real time can enable retailers to boost sales and discover banking errors, according to Juan Luis Carselle, assistant director of IT strategic planning and information security at Walmart Mexico ...
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Internet giant Google is closing in on Waze, an Israeli-based mobile app company that offers a free social GPS application featuring turn-by-turn navigation. Facebook and Yahoo in its bid to acquire the company, with an all-cash offer, ...
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Fans of Australian heavy metal band AC/DC get ready to rock: Karlsberg Brauerei has completed the launch its newly designed cans for AC/DC Premium Pils. Under each tab is an individual code that fans can use to buy attractive devotionalia ...
Over the long haul, leasing is usually not the most cost-effective way to put a car in your driveway. It may not be the best choice for most car shoppers, but there are exceptions. Notably, if you're interested in driving electric, a lease ...
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Facebook is gearing up for a new project to simplify its advertising platform, making it easier for marketers to decide how to place ads across the site. One of the plan's major goals is to reduce redundancies in the 27 different types of ...
Tags: Facebook, Advertising, Marketers
JoS. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. announces that net income for the first quarter of fiscal year 2013 was $8.1 million as compared with net income of $14.8 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012. Diluted earnings for the first ...
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Dollar General Corporation reported record sales, operating profit and net income for its fiscal 2013 first quarter (13 weeks) ended May 3, 2013. "For the quarter, we achieved same-store sales growth of 2.6 percent reflecting strong ...
The Breckenridge bedroom, made with oak solids and is shown in an espresso finish, is one of a dozen in the L.J. Gascho line. PIGEON, Mich. — A new bedroom program launched in January is fueling sales growth and a plant expansion at ...
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Wearable technology such as Google Glass, Nike+ FuelBand and the reported Apple iWatch will not only enhance consumers' lives, but will also provide a new source of commercially exploitable data. In an interview with Computing, Rackspace ...
Mobile advertising platform Medialets' founder Eric Litman has advised start-ups seeking to monetise mobile applications and services to "follow where the dollars are, not where you think they might be". Speaking at DEMO Europe in Moscow ...
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Travelers has enhanced its Public Entity Management Liability (PEML) policy to offer limited special expenses coverage reimbursement for finding a replacement for a key public sector employee in case of death or disability leading to ...
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Less than two weeks remain for Warren Getchell to see his dream of erecting a 155-foot stained glass billboard depicting the historic Market House become reality. A fundraising effort, spearheaded by Getchell, is taking place at ...
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Google has admitted it has its eyes on the money with Google Fiber, the company's 1Gbps fibre broadband business it's currently trialling in Kansas City. Speaking at the Fiber-to-the-Home Council meeting in Kansas City, vice president of ...
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Nissan and some other big brands have suspended advertising campaigns on Facebook after ads were apparently displayed next to offensive content on the site. The campaigns were put on hold in the U.K. just as Facebook rolled out new ...
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