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March 11, 2010 by Tariq Ali
Motorola Inc. today announced a deal with Microsoft Corp under which it will use Microsoft’s Bing search and maps on Motorola’s new Android based smart phones in China.
Motorola has been trying to enter the Chinese cellphone market and relying on Google’s Android operating system. Because of Google’s threat to exit China, Motorola wanted to look [...]
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March 11, 2010 by Kaila Krayewski
What makes people look up certain search terms over others? Turns out that word-of-mouth is a much bigger influencer than traditional forms of advertising, and this is even more so true for social media users. These findings came out of a recent survey conducted by BIGresearch, for the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association (RAMA), and were reported by e-Marketer.
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March 10, 2010 by Tariq Ali
Riding a bicycle can be a very pleasurable experience. Many people even use their bicycles to commute to work every day which can be a great exercise and a powerful tool for reducing carbon emissions.
However, if you are not familiar with the area, it can be a very scary experience. You can end up fighting [...]
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March 10, 2010 by Tariq Ali
Google is testing a new television programming search service with Dish Network Corp according to the Wall Street Journal.
The service will run on TV set-top boxes and will allow users to find shows as well as videos from Google’s YouTube. It will also lets users to personalize a line of shows, according to the report.
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March 9, 2010 by Tariq Ali
Twitter just announced that it will start looking for malicious links in Direct Messages to help protect users from phishing and other deceitful attacks. Twitter will do this by routing all links to Twitter’s link shortner (twt.tl).
“By routing all links submitted to Twitter through this new service, we can detect, intercept, and prevent the spread [...]
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March 9, 2010 by Kaila Krayewski
There is quite a bit of media news to keep up with these days, what with the constant threat of local newspapers become a thing of the 20th century, new pay models being introduced by major online news sites like the Wall Street Journal, just to keep afloat, online video becoming the new “television”…the list goes on.
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