AOL, Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Twitter Inc. (NYSE:TWTR) have banded together in a rare show of unity to create a new website, TrustInAds.org. The purpose of this is to raise awareness among consumers, and US policymakers of the damaging effects of online … [Read more...]
Google, Facebook and Twitter team up to fight deceptive advertising practices
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Google Now utilizes smartphones to help retailers get customers into their store
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has come up with an innovative new way to help high street retailers entice customers into their stores by using people’s smartphones. Google has been trying to find ways to effectively use its Google Now function to compete with Amazon. Google Now used to … [Read more...]
Facebook getting pressured to turn-over user data to law enforcement
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) is in a quandary over compliance as they are facing an ever increasing number of requests from law enforcement agencies, to hand over user data, without users being notified. This issue is not a new one as it has been a problem not only for Facebook, but also … [Read more...]
Google Wallet integrated with Google Glass will allow users to transfer money by saying keywords
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is planning on integrating its Google Wallet with Google Glass. The idea is to allow Google Glass users to eventually be able to transfer money simply by saying "send money." Google is on the lookout at the moment for more and different ways to use its … [Read more...]
Facebook prepares yet another monetization stream, ‘Facebook Fit’ targeting small businesses
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) is planning a big push into small business advertising. Right now, very few of the small businesses that use Facebook take advantage of the advertising aspects. Facebook is looking to increase revenue from this key area to keep up with Google, as the two … [Read more...]
Twitter’s largest shareholders say “we’re not selling” with lockup expiring soon
Twitter Inc. (NYSE:TWTR) got a big relief this week, when some of its largest stockholder gave it a huge vote of confidence, by stating they would hold on to their stock. This comes ahead of the expiry of the lockup agreement that has been in place since the IPO in November, … [Read more...]
Facebook prepares new video advertising concept to increase revenue
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) is looking to take the video advertising market by storm in the near future with a new concept that has some web video executives concerned. At present, Facebook allows brands that have their own pages, to put video advertisements on them. It is now looking … [Read more...]
Twitter’s accounting method Ebitda (earnings before bad stuff) is suspect at best
Twitter's (NYSE:TWTR) rather creative method of accounting is starting to enter the realm of fantasy. Being able to ‘adjust’ accounting figures is nothing new, but over the last decade, there has been an increase in the number of these adjustments. Many commentators refer to these … [Read more...]
Google faces antitrust lawsuit regarding its Mobile Application Distribution Agreement (MADA)
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is facing yet another lawsuit in California. This time the issue at stake is the Mobile Application Distribution Agreement (MADA), that Google forces Android device makers to sign. The contents of this agreement are a closely guarded secret, but one of the key … [Read more...]
Google is hiding website URLs in version 36 of Chrome: Code name “Origin Chip”
Guess what? Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is looking into a way to to eliminate the URL entirely. Well, almost. Testing is being done on Chrome version 36. The current stable version of Chrome is 34. Google also has a steady six-week, rolling release date. Currently, the "http" portion … [Read more...]
Facebook launches new feature “anonymous login” – hide your identity
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) wants you to know that they value your privacy. How much? Well, on Wednesday, the company introduced a feature called "anonymous login". What is that, you might ask? It means that you can sign into apps without having to share your identity. So, now that … [Read more...]
Google will no longer harvest data from users of Google Apps for Education
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has given in to pressure from students and other users of Google Apps for Education. It said it has stopped scanning student accounts for data gathering purposes after its business practices were recently examined in the courts. When Google created the free … [Read more...]
Facebook expanding Altoona campus in Iowa with plans for Altoona 2
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) is planning on expanding its Altoona campus in Iowa by announcing that it has applied for planning permission to construct a second local data center named "Altoona 2". Facebook’s Altoona campus is the home to a local data center that is nearing the end of … [Read more...]
Twitter getting flack from NBC Universal about poor advertising ROI
Just ahead of their much anticipated earnings report, Twitter Inc. (NYSE:TWTR) is facing some major criticism. While the company courts major media players for advertising revenues, a head executive at NBC Universal says that Twitter just has not worked yet. Ouch. Alan Wurtzel, … [Read more...]
Google will be using IBM Power8 processors
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is one of the world's biggest buyers of servers and data centers. For obvious reasons, they need powerful servers to facilitate the services they offer to clients such as cloud storage, email and search, to name a few. In fact, since 2013, Google has spent … [Read more...]
Twitter makes creating an account and connecting with your friends even easier
Twitter Inc. (NYSE:TWTR) wants users to stay with the micro-blogging site by introducing smarter and more efficient ways for signing up. The process started taking place last week, so time will tell if it achieves Twitter's initial goals. This comes shortly after Twitter recently gave … [Read more...]
Facebook’s newly released FB Newswire feed becomes more intuitive
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) is making its newsfeed even more intuitive. This might be something Twitter Inc. (NYSE:TWTR) and Google should keep in mind, as least in terms of rising competition in the news feed space. Even though some reports have shown young people (such as teens) … [Read more...]
Facebook announces partnership with Storyful to create real-time news feed, FB Newswire
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) has announced a new co-operation with Storyful to create a page of real time news that will rival Twitter and Reddits' stranglehold on live commentary of breaking news. The page called FB Newswire is going to be open to the general public, but is primarily … [Read more...]
Twitter and Yahoo join forces to target the Japanese market
In a surprising move Twitter Inc. (NYSE:TWTR) has announced it is going to partner with Yahoo on the Japanese market in order to make its suite of self-serve advertising products available there. The plan is for Yahoo to become a reseller for Twitter to small and medium sized … [Read more...]
Facebook CFO David Ebersman will be replaced with David Wehner Zynga’s former CFO
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) will lose its CFO, David Ebersman, at the end of this year. He will be replaced by Zynga's former CFO, David Wehner. Nonetheless, Ebersman will be leaving Facebook with good will as the company first quarter sales pummeled all estimates. In fact, Facebook … [Read more...]
