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Facebook's OpenTable Integration Could Raise Social Traffic (FB, OPEN)
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 8:32am | 666Read More...OpenTable (NASDAQ: OPEN) closed up 7.66 percent Monday afternoon after the company announced a new partnership with Facebook (NASDAQ: FB). According to TechCrunch, Facebook users will now be able to book reservations from the Facebook pages of 20,000 different restaurants in North America. This...
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Amazon To Launch New Game Console Alongside PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Monday, August 12, 2013 - 2:43pm | 593Read More...First Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) was expected to add apps (and most notably games) to Apple TV. Then Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) was rumored to be developing its first game console as a counterattack to Apple's efforts. Now Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is rumored to be getting into the market as well....
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Google to Shut Down Alfred App on July 19 (GOOG)
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 3:28pm | 200Read More...TechCrunch reported that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced plans on Thursday to abort Alfred, a destinations-recommendations app, on July 19. Alfred is a mobile application that allows users to search a database of local restaurants cafes, bars and nightclubs. The app lines up similar...
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Facebook is Implementing AOL's Most Popular Feature (AOL, FB)
Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 3:33pm | 492Read More...Long before Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Twitter, MySpace and other social networks took over the world, consumers turned to virtual chat rooms to socialize online. But they weren't just any Web-based hub for communication -- they were AOL's (NYSE: AOL) chat rooms. Built specifically for America Online...
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VIDEO: Tesla Unveils a Demonstration of the Battery Swapping Technology in the Model S (TSLA)
Friday, June 21, 2013 - 1:03pm | 924Read More...Elon Musk pulled another trick out of his hat last night by displaying the Model S’s swappable battery technology. And, it’s pretty cool to say the least. Talks about the battery swapping capabilities have been swirling around for months and Musk has been teasing us with Tesla...
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Zynga Axes 100+ Employees
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 4:18pm | 318Read More...Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) has started a firing spree this week. According to TechCrunch, the FarmVille maker has shut down its Boston office and laid off a good chunk (two-thirds) of the employees working at its Austin branch. Zynga has apparently given its former employees just two hours to clean out...
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Facebook, Click Fraud, and Digital Advertising Deception
Thursday, August 9, 2012 - 11:22am | 2003Read More...Click fraud and its perpetrators hit national headlines this month after Long Island startup Limited Run decided to discontinue its Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) advertising on suspicions of bot ad clicks. The underlying difficulty of advertising on the Internet, however, is nothing new. John M. Simpson...
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Apple Paid $75,000 to Get an Expert to Say Samsung is Guilty
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 - 1:32pm | 196Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has hired an expert witness to back up its claims against Samsung in the never-ending legal battle surrounding the firms' patents and design concepts. According to TechCrunch, Peter Bressler (a man who makes his living as an expert witness) was paid $75,000 by Apple to testify...
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eBay Beats Amazon in Same-Day Shipping Race
Monday, August 6, 2012 - 8:24am | 461Read More...Similarities between online retail platforms eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) continue to evolve, with both companies taking steps to offer same-day shipping on some items. Accordingly, eBay has launched "eBay Now", a service that will provide $5 same-day shipping on products from...
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Facebook Loses Another Head Honcho Before Q1 Results
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 11:41am | 557Read More...The famed social network has lost yet another company big wig, as Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) Director of Product Management Carl Sjogreen has decided to bow out with no public explanation or future professional plans. Amongst a slew of recent departures, Sjogreen's comes at a time when Facebook is...
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AT&T Could Charge Apple iPhone Users for FaceTime in the Future
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 1:33pm | 432Read More...The controversy surrounding AT&T's (NYSE: T) desire to add new fees is heating up after rumors spread that the company will charge Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone users for 3G FaceTime access. The official word from AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson is that it is "too early" to reveal that...
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VMware Replaces CEO Paul Maritz with Pat Gelsinger
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 1:21pm | 195Read More...Cloud infrastructure provider VMware (NYSE: VMW) has replaced CEO Paul Maritz with EMC's (NYSE: EMC) COO of information infrastructure products Pat Gelsinger. According to Forbes, Maritz stepped down and was immediately replaced by Gelsinger. EMC owns roughly 80 percent of VMware. Maritz was at...
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Microsoft Rumored to be Teaming Up with Barnes & Noble in New Xbox Tablet Venture
Monday, June 18, 2012 - 8:28am | 413Read More...Skepticism surrounding an announcement from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is at an all-time high as many have been led to believe the tech-giant company will be introducing a tablet with Xbox live streaming Monday. The software distributor has been rumored to be teaming up with Barnes & Noble (NYSE...
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Social Media Startup Wants to Support Song Sharing
Monday, May 7, 2012 - 5:40pm | 489Read More...“Splash.FM is the Twitter for music,” explains Alex Gatof, Splash.FM co-founder. “People go to Twitter to share news. People go to Instagram to share photos. You come to Splash to share music.” “Too often you see a friend posting a Youtube link on your Facebook feed or your Twitter feed to show you...
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What Will iPad Buyers Pay AT&T for 4G LTE?
Friday, March 9, 2012 - 9:27am | 972Read More...AT&T and Verizon are ready to take your wallet. But are iPad users prepared to hand it over? There has been a lot of hoopla surrounding the 4G LTE support for the new iPad, which Apple has been touting as the most revolutionary device since the iPad 2. Most consumers I've spoken to do not seem...
