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With such strong competition from Mozilla and Microsoft, the only thing Opera can do to stay competitive is to innovate. And one has to hand it to them: although it doesn’t have a huge user base in the desktop web browser space, Opera is always one step ahead of the rest, for better or for worse. With version 10.10, Opera h (Read More)
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Think Twitter’s flattening growth might lead the company to consider selling out to the likes of Google or Microsoft? Think again. Speaking at an event at Oxford University, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone told reporters that “We are definitely not interested in selling the company.” Instead, he suggested the microblogging (Read More)
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Social media is surely addictive, but can we be more specific? Patrick Moberg gave it a good shot in his Internet Vices cartoon, comparing various social services to their consciousness modifying equivalents both legal and… less than legal. Twitter’s similarity to crack cocaine: “Yuppies do it on their iPhone. Cheap. Short. (Read More)
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RT @jeffbullas: Social Media Survey Reveals 92% Of Corporations Are Using Social Media http://bit.ly/2lSdHT ... nice summary. (Read More)
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YouTube and the web have provided a new and powerful medium for video and TV commercials. The great ones can go viral, resulting in millions upon millions of views. MSI’s Acrobuttocks commercial, Microsoft’s MEGAWOOSH and Windows 7 ads, and Evian’s Roller Babies immediately come to mind.Out of the thousands of commercials (Read More)
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For the last month and a half, AT&T and Verizon have been at war. Verizon launched ads tearing down AT&T’s 3G coverage, AT&T countered with a lawsuit and ads starring Luke Wilson. Hell, even Apple is getting involved in this messy affair.With the two largest mobile networks making headlines, we thought it would be appropr (Read More)
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Remember Joost? There was a time when the peer-to-peer video sharing site was one of the hottest startups on the planet, with famous founders, tens of millions of dollars in investment, and thousands of people clamoring for invites.But those days are long over, as the likes of Hulu and YouTube have plowed past it in the re (Read More)
Twitter / BerryNetwork:
BerryNetwork: RT @jeffbullas: The 15 Best Practices of Social Media as Practised By The Top 100 Brands http://bit.ly/3ZvbTE. (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Playboy Enterprises Inc. has signed an agreement to outsource most of the business operations of the Playboy magazine to American Media Inc. as it attempts to return to profits, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Under the terms, Playboy will retain charge of editorial content but will tur (Read More)
Twitter / BerryNetwork:
BerryNetwork: Video works: Visitors spend twice as much time with rich media ads with video than rich media ads without video http://bit.ly/8DPZON. (Read More)
Twitter / BerryNetwork:
BerryNetwork: Coca-Cola to send 'Happiness Ambassadors' to 206 countries around the world in social media effort http://bit.ly/6tWe9l. (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Shire plc said early Tuesday that it has applied for European marketing approval of its drug velaglucerase alfa, a treatment for the rare genetic disorder Gaucher disease. The product is also awaiting approval in the U.S. If approved, the drug would compete against Genzyme Corp.'s flagship product (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
The French media group is the biggest hurdle between General Electric and a sale of half its NBC Universal unit to Comcast. (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Google Inc.’s acquisition of online advertising start-up Teracent Corp. marks yet another payday courtesy of the Internet giant for a member of one of the most prominent families in Silicon Valley.
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