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Buddy Media Gets $5M from WPP, Grows Partner Strategy around Facebook Ads
WPP is making a $5 million cash investment into Buddy Media, as part of a strategic partnership towards the future of social media marketing. The deal will make things a whole lot easier for WPP, in extending Buddy Media’s services to existing clients. It’s because Buddy Media is such a prominent advertiser on Facebook, that ...
Microsoft’s Plan Must Be Working: Sales Up 25% for Record Q3 Earnings
Microsoft reported revenue earnings that beat out expectations, with a record-breaking $16.2 billion for Q3 2010. That’s a 25% increase from the same period last year, indicating that the company has been doing a few things right these past few months. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share were $7.12 billion, $5.41 billion ...
Google Hits HyperLocal Drive with Places Search Results
Google’s launched Place Search today, bringing hyper local search results to its widening array of tools. It’s a visual search aid, including a map with red pins marking your search results on a map. Google’s providing another layer of detail to help contextualize your query, and offer a wealth of information in a single search ...
BudURL Goes Mobile with Location-based Redirects and QR Codes
BudURL, the link-shortening service for the enterprise, has added some mobile tools to its feature set. This includes QR code integration, mobile management tools, and location-based redirect capabilities. This further conjoins time and place with marketing campaigns, as shortened URLs and QR codes make for instant communication points with consumers. The QR code addition is ...
Rapleaf’s Poor Consumer Privacy Points Decoded: the Latest Domino to Fall
If last week’s discoveries of Facebook’s data leaking wasn’t a lesson in privacy protection, perhaps today’s news of Rapleaf will pique your interest. The Wall Street Journal has continued with its exposé on questionable corporate practices, unearthing the data Rapleaf has on millions of consumers. Like many other data-tracking and research companies, Rapleaf keeps cookie ...
IBM Forges On with Shopping Spree, Acquires Clarity Systems
IBM’s acquired Clarity Systems, adding to its analytics portfolio for business offerings. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Clarity Systems makes financial governance software, enabling organizations to automate the process around collecting, prepping, certifying and controlling financial statements for electronic filing purposes. These all fall in line with the regulations put forth ...
Google Not Deterred by 244k Germans Opting Out of Street Views
Google Street Views has been a clear case of “act now, ask later,” having published millions of photos of residential and business areas across the world. The ballsy move has understandably raised several doubts in Google’s judgment for how to handle such an undertaking, with protests early on in Street Views development. And after a ...
Intel Bets $3M on OpenFeint, Social Mobile Gaming’s Hottest Platform
Rumors had been bubbling up that Intel would be investing in OpenFeint, the social mobile game platform from Aurora Feint, and it looks like that’s the case. Intel Capital has reportedly earmarked $3 million for OpenFeint, bringing the company’s total funding to $12 million. OpenFeint has gained a great deal of attention this year, with ...
Netflix’s Blockbuster Hit: Q3 Earnings Beat Expectations
We’ve been waiting for the other shoe to actually drop when it comes to the crumbling of cable companies, and we’ve come that much closer, thanks to Netflix. The on-demand video rental service has posted great numbers for the third-quarter, with earnings of $38 million, or 70 cents a share. Compare that to the $30.1 ...
Apple Applying Several iPad Lessons to OS X Lion, Macbooks
Steve Jobs introduced the new Mac OS X Lion today, the 8th major version of the Apple operating system. It’s got some impressive specs, and Jobs demoed many of the highlights for familiar apps that received an upgrade with Lion. iLive, GarageBand and iMovie, for starters, have all gotten some nifty updates for things like ...
