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MySpace Reaches Deal With Another Music Label
The "virtual fifth label" is now friends with MySpace.  Merlin, an organization that represents independent music companies,...
 
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Americans’ Social Media Habits Highlight Business Potential
Euro RSCG released some interesting findings from a study exploring the different ways Americans are using social media to...
 
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon Takes Over Social Media
Shhh, can you hear that? What you're hearing is the collective shrieks from Twihards everywhere as The Twilight Saga: New Moon...
 
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Google to Alert Webmasters of New Software Versions
Google is going to start letting webmasters know when the software they run on their site is outdated. Through Webmater Tools,...
 
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Facebook Sends Cease And Desist To Friend-Seller
uSocial is a controversial advertising company that specializes in social media.  For a fee, it promises to get stories on...
 
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Microsoft Takes Users Behind Bing
Microsoft has launched a new site for Bing, where users can go to find out the latest features that have been implemented into...
 
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Report Details Ongoing Twitter Downtime Problems
Most companies try to improve themselves over time.  Twitter, unfortunately, hasn't managed to do so.  A downtime...
 
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The FDA Targets Websites Over Drug Sales
The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on 136 websites it says were selling illegal or misbranded drugs to U.S....
 
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Google Improves Google News on More Mobile Devices
Google has announced a new Google News for iPhone, Android, and Palm Pre users. The company already offers one for other...
 
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(Private) Facebook Shares Up 42% In Four Months
Some time ago, Mark Zuckerberg began allowing Facebook employees to make a quick buck by selling their shares through private...
 
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Google Testing a Revamp of the Search Results Page
Google is testing a new user interface for its search options feature. If you are unfamiliar with the search options feature,...
 
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“What’s Happening” with Twitter?
There's a lot of change going on with Twitter these days. Recently we got the highly-anticipated Lists feature, which helped...
 
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Yahoo Hires Editor For Homepage News
It looks like Yahoo is quite serious about using its homepage to display news that people actually want to see.  Rather...
 
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The Majority Of Nonprofits Embrace Social Media
The majority (88%) of nonprofit organizations are experimenting with social media to engage audiences, but 79 percent are not...
 
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Google Ad Planner Gets Several New Enhancements
Google has released several new features for Google Ad Planner. Google says these are aimed at providing a more granular view...
 
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Flickr Partners With Snapfish To Offer Better Printing Options
Flickr, the Yahoo-owned photo-sharing site so many people love, announced an important deal today as it named HP's Snapfish...
 
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Google Wave Gets a Feature for “Following”
Google has added a "follow" feature to Google Wave. The feature is designed to let users stay up to date on public...
 
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Google Announces SPDY Application-Layer Protocol
Except, perhaps, for multitasking techies and the last few people using dialup connections, load times aren't a huge deal from...
 
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Emails With Coupons Achieve Higher Open Rates
The majority (80%) of emails sent with coupons received higher open rates and transaction rates than non-coupon campaigns,...
 
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Compete Builds “Twitter Down” Case
According to the latest stats from Compete, Twitter didn't fare too well in October.  In fact, rather than pull in more...
 
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How Important is Archiving the Real-Time Web?
You may recall earlier this year when URL-shortening service Tr.im announced it was going to shut down and sparked a big...
 
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Intel Pays AMD $1.25 Billion, Following That $1.5 Billion Fine
Update: Intel has now updated its Fourth-quarter financial expectations:As a result of the legal settlement announced...
 
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Churchill Downs Buys Youbet.com For $126 Million
Churchill Downs Inc. (CDI), home of the Kentucky Derby, has agreed to buy online horse wagering firm Youbet.com in a cash-and-...
 
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Google Makes Improvements to Movie Showtime Searches
Google has launched some new improvements to its movie showtimes search feature. These include more movie pages, genre filters,...
 
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YouTube Talks Up Social Side
YouTube wants you to know that it's not just a place for individuals to watch videos.  This afternoon, the site released...
 
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Holiday Shoppers Want Deals Even More Than They Did Last Year
Google has used its Insights for Search tool to provide some data about consumers' searching behavior when it comes to things...
 
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Fox Launches iPhone DVD Trivia App
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has launched an iPhone and computer application called FoxPop, aimed at offering users...
 
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Google May Change Your Page Titles
In case you were not aware, Google "reserves the right" to change the titles of your pages in search results. Google's...
 
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Google Integrates World Bank Data
Students and statistics hounds now have even more reason to love Google.  Today, the search giant announced that it's...
 
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IAB Releases New Guidelines for Email Monetization
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has released a list of "best practices" for marketers and publishers who want...
 
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Bing Managed Big Gain In October
According to new data from Experian Hitwise, October was the month of the underdog with respect to the search market.  The...
 
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Bing Gets a Bunch of New Search Features
Microsoft has announced the addition of a number of new features to its Bing search engine today. The company says it has been...
 
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Research Scientist Heads From Yahoo To Twitter
Today, as is often the case, one tech company's loss became another's gain.  Utkarsh Srivastava has left Yahoo after...
 
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Holiday Shoppers Turning To Social Media And Internet
Digital technologies continue to drive a new approach to shopping, with social media and mobile phones becoming key influencers...
 
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Google Gives Users a Way to Lock SafeSearch
Google has launched a new way to lock SafeSearch. What this accomplishes is, users will have to enter their password to change...
 
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More on Google’s Caffeine Update
Update: Out at PubCon in Las Vegas, Mike McDonald of WebProNews discussed the rolling out of the Caffeine update further with...
 
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Has YouTube Found the Right Ad Solution?
YouTube has begun testing a new kind of ad format on some of its videos - skippable pre-rolls. These ads let users choose...
 
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Twitter Continues Retweet Roll-Out
Update: There is an interesting post here from Twitter CEO Evan Williams, which talks about how the retweet...
 
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Spam Will Not Keep You Away from Email
With all of the spam out there and the increasing amount of malice that comes with it, it's easy to look at the situation and...
 
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Google Tries To Save You From Swine Flu
The media frenzy over swine flu may have died down a little since earlier this year; it's no longer a top headline on every...
 
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Hacking Ring Indicted For $9 Million Fraud
A federal grand jury in Atlanta has indicted eight East Europeans on charges of hacking into a computer network operated by the...
 
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Spam is Getting More Malicious
Symantec has released two new reports for the month of November - the State of Spam, and the State of Phishing (both PDFs). The...
 
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Google Street View Hits Hawaii, Mexico
Attention all Street View fans: another update's been announced, and this one could be considered especially...
 
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Consumers Are Looking for Offers on Social Networks
Razorfish has released a wealth of interesting data about consumer online behavior, and a good deal has to do with social media...
 
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MySpace To Host Exclusive Stream Of “New Moon” Red Carpet
Don't be surprised if MySpace experiences a big traffic spike on Monday, November 16th.  The social network intends to...
 
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Bing Maps Gets an Upgrade
Microsoft announced that it has made some changes to Bing Maps. Changes include the color of the navigation bar, draggble...