Daily Archives: June 13, 2012

Kogan Hates IE7 So Much It’s Imposing A Tax On All Shoppers That Use The Browser

June 13, 2012
Kogan Hates IE7 So Much It’s Imposing A Tax On All Shoppers That Use The Browser

Ruslan Kogan may not be a known entity in the U.S., but the Aussie entrepreneur is a pioneer of online retail in Australia and happens to be the country’s wealthiest self-made person under the age of 30. Oh, and he also founded Kogan.com, a a manufacturer and direct retailer of consumer electronics that’s projected...

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Disney/Pixar-backed Temple Run: Brave now available for the iPhone and iPad in the US

June 13, 2012
Disney/Pixar-backed Temple Run: Brave now available for the iPhone and iPad in the US

We’re massive fans of Temple Run here at The Next Web and, with that in mind, the US-based side of our team is particularly delighted to hear that the latest instalment of the blockbuster games — Temple Run: Brave – is now available for the iPad and iPhone Stateside. Confirmation that the $0.99 title is...

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How Facebook Says Its New Ad Exchange Will Work (FB)

June 13, 2012
How Facebook Says Its New Ad Exchange Will Work (FB)

KK+ Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. See Also EXPERTS REVEAL: The 7 Biggest Mobile Marketing Mistakes You Can Make How Facebook Buying Opera Would Tie The Social Network To Apple Wow, GoDaddy Might Be Ditching Its Sexy Ads—Here’s Today’s Ad Brief Facebook announced a new “real-time bidding” ad exchange system for buying ads on the...

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Meet Beary, the interactive “appcessory” from Tipitap that makes you feel like a kid again

June 13, 2012
Meet Beary, the interactive “appcessory” from Tipitap that makes you feel like a kid again

Even though I don’t have any children, I am surrounded by quite a few of them by way of friends and family. Watching kids interact with technology fascinates me, it’s one of the reasons why I’m so passionate about the next wave of the Internet and gadgets. While I was at the LAUNCH Education...

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EXPERTS REVEAL: The 7 Biggest Mobile Marketing Mistakes You Can Make

June 13, 2012
EXPERTS REVEAL: The 7 Biggest Mobile Marketing Mistakes You Can Make

Martin Deutsch via Flickr See Also How Facebook Buying Opera Would Tie The Social Network To Apple These Are The Most Influential Mobile Ad Agencies In The United States Meet The 18 Most Important People In Mobile Advertising Money is pouring into mobile advertising—$5.3 billion last year—but much of it is wasted as advertisers...

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It’s about time: U.S. almost gets serious about broadband buildout

June 13, 2012
It’s about time: U.S. almost gets serious about broadband buildout

After writing about broadband for nearly a decade-and-a-half, it is finally good to see our politicians actually thinking about broadband and connectedness in a thoughtful manner. Almost! First, the news: On Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama will sign an order to make the approval process for broadband network buildout on roads and federal property...

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Here Are The New Doping Allegations Lance Armstrong Just Got Hammered With

June 13, 2012
Here Are The New Doping Allegations Lance Armstrong Just Got Hammered With

AP See Also Lance Armstrong Is Facing New Doping Charges From The USADA LANCE ARMSTRONG WINS! Federal Prosecutors Have Dropped Doping Investigation A FATAL MISTAKE?: Lance Armstrong’s Confrontation With Tyler Hamilton Could Be Witness Tampering Lance Armstrong and several doctors and others involved with his former cycling teams have just been hit with formal...

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Microsoft Is Buying Yammer, According To People At Yammer (MSFT)

June 13, 2012
Microsoft Is Buying Yammer, According To People At Yammer (MSFT)

See Also Oracle Is Starting To Look A Lot Like Salesforce.com Yammer Elbows Into Territory Occupied By Box And Jive Facebook Cofounder Disses Yammer By Saying It Looks Like Facebook We just heard from a source inside Yammer that the office is abuzz with talk of Microsoft buying the social-enterprise startup. And the talk...

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Google Will Update Chrome For Apple’s New Retina Displays, Already Available In Canary Build

June 13, 2012
Google Will Update Chrome For Apple’s New Retina Displays, Already Available In Canary Build

Apple’s new MacBook Pro with Retina display definitely pushes the idea of what a modern screen should look like forward, but it also means developers will have to adapt their apps to these high resolutions to make sure their apps don’t look bad. During its announcement earlier this week, Apple said that both Adobe...

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Facebook preps ‘Facebook Exchange’ for real-time bidding

June 13, 2012
Facebook preps ‘Facebook Exchange’ for real-time bidding

Facebook is getting more aggressive with advertising. The social network said Wednesday that it plans to launch Facebook Exchange, a real-time bidding platform, in the next few weeks. Through the service, advertisers will be able to target ads to Facebook users based on their browsing history, Facebook spokeswoman Annie Ta told Bloomberg. The ads...

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