Daily Archives: August 23, 2012

Two moves that tell you everything you need to know about Twitter’s future

August 23, 2012
Two moves that tell you everything you need to know about Twitter’s future

We’ve been writing a lot lately about the transformation that Twitter is going through — one that has seen it shift from being a kind of real-time information utility to being a global media entity, and how that has led the company to restrict access to its API, in order to control as much...

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TNW Latin America Startup Battle: And the winner is…

August 23, 2012
TNW Latin America Startup Battle: And the winner is…

Workana just won TNW Conference Latin America‘s Start-Up Battle. The announcement was made on stage by the jury, which was composed by Juan Pablo Cappello, Roi Carthy, our very own Zee and Jean Christian Mies, who sponsored the event through his company Adyen. As you may remember, Workana is an oDesk for Latin America. An Argentine...

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Here’s That Creepy Indian Facebook PSA Campaign You Never Asked For

August 23, 2012
Here’s That Creepy Indian Facebook PSA Campaign You Never Asked For

Email More Ads of the World See Also Microsoft Unveils New Logo—Here’s A History Of The Design’s Evolution These Were The 10 Most Liked Facebook Brand Posts In July Meet The 5 Beautiful Models A Retailer Hired To Hug Strangers In NYC TBWA New Delhi released a strange series of Facebook PSAs “issued in...

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Salesforce.com Beats Estimates But Bleak Forecast Scares Investors (CRM)

August 23, 2012
Salesforce.com Beats Estimates But Bleak Forecast Scares Investors (CRM)

Flickr/Dell’s Official Flickr Page Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff See Also Microsoft Just Scored A Nice Win Against Google Apps Right In Google’s Backyard Here’s Why Enterprise Startups Have An Easier Time Raising Big Money Dell Misses On Low Expectations—But It’s Not ALL Bad News Salesforce.com today reported second-quarter earnings that beat the street. But...

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Forget iPhones And Free Food, This Story Illustrates The Real Big Change Marissa Mayer Is Bringing To Yahoo (YHOO)

August 23, 2012
Forget iPhones And Free Food, This Story Illustrates The Real Big Change Marissa Mayer Is Bringing To Yahoo (YHOO)

Fortune Live Media See Also CHART OF THE DAY: Google’s Stock Has Done Surprisingly Well Under Larry Page Marissa Mayer Wants To Give Every Yahoo Employee An iPhone GOODBYE, MARISSA MAYER: Yahoo’s Top New York Sales Executive Just Left The Company New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wants to give every employee an iPhone.  She...

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Will PayPal’s History Derail Its Discover Card Deal?

August 23, 2012

PayPal’s new deal with Discover Financial Services may have just opened the door for the only payment service’s users to pay for goods and services in seven million Discover card locations, but there are big questions whether this deal will really accelerate the future of mobile payments. There are quite a few challenges PayPal,...

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Gorgeous Action Shots Of The America’s Cup Races In San Francisco

August 23, 2012
Gorgeous Action Shots Of The America’s Cup Races In San Francisco

Owen Thomas, Business Insider This week in San Francisco, the waterfront’s been transformed into a race course for the sailing world’s elite athletes. The America’s Cup, a sailing competition where teams compete for the sporting world’s oldest trophy, takes place here next year. But the first of two preliminary contests, the America’s Cup World...

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Suddenly, Startups Have Gotten Very Boring

August 23, 2012
Suddenly, Startups Have Gotten Very Boring

Patrick Gensel/Flickr See Also Here’s Why Enterprise Startups Have An Easier Time Raising Big Money Box’s Aaron Levie Is Absolutely Glowing Over Hiring Sam Schillace Away From Google ServiceNow CEO: Facebook’s IPO Mess Was GREAT For My Company In the wake of the Facebook IPO, something funny has happened to the world of startups. ...

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Romney And Ryan Finally Admit They Don’t Care About The Deficit

August 23, 2012
Romney And Ryan Finally Admit They Don’t Care About The Deficit

Getty Images Thank goodness we can finally say it! Wall Street Pros Are Boosting Stock Forecasts: Why? What Europe Needs to Do to Keep Markets Calm: El-Erian Ackman Calls for Sale of General Growth Properties Ex-TARP Watchdog Unleashes on ‘Monster’ Banks Citi to Yank Up to $500 Million From Paulson’s Funds Paul Ryan told...

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The Government of India would like to have these URLs blocked promptly

August 23, 2012
The Government of India would like to have these URLs blocked promptly

The Government in India doesn’t mess around when it comes to what its population can and can’t see on the Internet in its country. The Government has issued a document with a list of URLs that it would like blocked immediately. They include YouTube videos, Twitter accounts and Facebook pages. And more. The reason?...

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