Twitter Launches First TV Ads to Impress Advertising Potential
Twitter Inc launched its very first TV ads during a NASCAR broadcast aimed to show off the company’s advertising potential. The ads were broadcast last Sunday on Time Warner Inc’s TNT cable network and produced as part of a partnership between Twitter and Nascar. The move was made as Twitter topped its six years in [...]
Many people rely on Twitter for instantaneous answers on breaking news even before news outlets have a chance to cover the stories. But now, Twitter is beginning to gain ground as a popular search engine, too, which leads some people to question: should Google be worried? One big difference between the two search options is [...]
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Mobile device giant Samsung is said to be developing a Facebook competitor for launch early next year, as reported by the Korea Times. Samsung has grown to be a leading player in the mobile device market for its smart phones, laptops, and tablets. Now it seems to want to extend its reach by entering the [...]
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Japanese mobile game makers are fighting for global presence, capitalizing on the popularity and profitability of their smartphone games. Little known Japanese firms Gree Inc. and DeNA Co are the two most profitable companies in mobile games, and they are taking on established giants Zynga Inc, Apple Inc. and Google Inc in their bid to [...]
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WordPress Core Developer Andrew Nacin announced the release of WordPress 3.4, set to showcase enhancements on theme search and selection, and a new theme customizer and previewer. WordPress, the open source blogging and publishing site awaits the arrival of the first release candidate (RC1) for its version 3.4. The new WordPress 3.4 will allow users [...]
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Twitter is capitalizing on the immense popularity of music on it’s network by teaming with Pepsi to offer a global partnership. The arrangement will give Twitter users a new and exciting way to discover music. Music is such a huge interest on Twitter that the top five most-followed accounts are those of musicians. The partnership [...]
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Google bags a victory in a French court versus broadcaster TF1 on grounds of pirated material. Web giant Google wins its legal battle against French broadcaster TF1, who sued the website on claims that copyrighted sports and movies were easily accessible on YouTube, according to Reuters. Delivering a verdict unlike the ones Google received from [...]
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Gene Morphis, the CFO of fashion retailer Francesca’s Holdings Corp, indulged in tweeting and Facebook posts like many others. But the difference is that this comments cost him his job. While social media reaches to the far ends of the earth to keep people informed and connected, the Houston-based company says that they fired Morphis [...]
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The defense team of accused killer George Zimmerman has launched a vast social network campaign in order to raise money for his defense. The team also hopes that their efforts will quell some of the rumors that have been floating around about their client. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting [...]
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According to an announcement made by Facebook officials, the much-anticipated public offering of the company’s stock might be temporarily delayed. Unexpected delays are expected to push the offering out by approximately one week. The delay is being blamed on a series of acquisitions by Facebook. The first was the buyout of the start-up photo-sharing company, [...]
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