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Channel Intelligence Execs On Why This Was The Right Acquisition For Google

Channel Intelligence Execs On Why This Was The Right Acquisition For Google

By Chris Crum March 21, 2013

Last month, Google signed an agreement to acquire Channel Intelligence to improve Google Shopping. At the time, a Google spokesperson told WebProNews, “We want to help consumers save time and money by improving the online shopping experience. We think Channel …

Nate Silver Does an Authors @ Google Talk Nate Silver Does an Authors @ Google Talk

Nate Silver became a household name this past election season, as his election predictions wound up being the subject of some partisan bickering. Whether you loved him or hated him in the final months of the campaign, he was vindicated …

Louis C.K. Talks reddit, Comedy with Tony Hawk Louis C.K. Talks reddit, Comedy with Tony Hawk

If you were ever curious about what it would be like to see skateboarding legend Tony Hawk sit down and interview the greatest living comic, Louis C.K., wonder no more. Hawk caught up with Louis C.K. during one of the …

Mark Zuckerberg Visits Russian Late Night TV Mark Zuckerberg Visits Russian Late Night TV

As you may have heard, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is currently on a highly-publicized trip to Russia. Yesterday, he toured the city of Moscow, visiting the Red Square and a McDonalds. He then met with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev …

An Interview With The 700K Gamerscore Guy, Ray Cox An Interview With The 700K Gamerscore Guy, Ray Cox
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To some, gaming is a casual hobby. To these people, it’s fun, but none of their life goals involve feats achieved with a controller in their hand. Ray Cox is not one of these gamers. Cox is a Guinness World …

How Universal Does Social Commerce How Universal Does Social Commerce

Universal Pictures is using Facebook to create buzz and drive ticket sales for a number of its new films, including Big Miracle, Safe House, and The Lorax, and is utilizing social media management platform Friend2Friend for some social commerce efforts. …

Exclusive: Raditaz Music Service Launches As “Evolution of the Pandora Model” Exclusive: Raditaz Music Service Launches As “Evolution of the Pandora Model”

A new Internet radio startup launched today, called Raditaz, which thinks of itself as “an evolution of the Pandora model,” adding a location layer for discovering music based on what’s trending in various regions around the US (and later, around …

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Groupon CEO Andrew Mason 60 Minutes Interview: Twitter Reaction Groupon CEO Andrew Mason 60 Minutes Interview: Twitter Reaction

Did you get a chance to catch Groupon CEO Andrew Mason on 60 Minutes? If not, you can watch the full interview, as well as some post-interview commentary from interviewer Lesley Stahl here. Here’s what some people who tuned in …

Google Will Bend It Like Beckham Next Week Google Will Bend It Like Beckham Next Week
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Direct-kick bending and H&M underwear model David Beckham is giving his fans on Google+ a treat: an exclusive live interview on YouTube. As part of their @Google Talks program, which features assorted cultural figures discussing “their recently published books and …

Google Engineer Exposes Interview Myths Google Engineer Exposes Interview Myths

We all know someone who would stab a family member to get a job at Google. Working for the Mountain View, CA company is the Holy Grail of tech jobs. And the stories about interviews at Google are the stuff …

Bob Costas Interviews Jerry Sandusky: Twitter Expresses Shock, Praise Bob Costas Interviews Jerry Sandusky: Twitter Expresses Shock, Praise
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On last night’s installment of the new NBC Monday night show “Rock Center with Brian Williams,” legendary sportscaster Bob Costas held a phone interview with former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for …

Facebook’s Open Graph and Online Video Facebook’s Open Graph and Online Video
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Believe Entertainment Group is an online video content producer probably best known for the Lebron James cartoon The Lebrons. Its co-founders have worked on Seth MacFarlane’s “Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy” and MeinSpace.com, an online effort to support Sacha Baron Cohen’s …

Christine O’Donnell’s Piers Morgan Interview: The Two React On Twitter Christine O’Donnell’s Piers Morgan Interview: The Two React On Twitter

Does everyone remember Christine O’Donnell? The former Tea Party candidate for the U.S. Senate from the state of Delaware made an appearance on “Piers Morgan Tonight” last night. And by make an appearance, I mean a brief appearance, as O’Donnell …

Diane Sawyer Live-Tweets Her Jaycee Dugard Interview Diane Sawyer Live-Tweets Her Jaycee Dugard Interview
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ABC World News Anchor Diane Sawyer is new to the Twitterverse – quite new. Her first tweet came on Friday and over the weekend she has amassed 44 tweets. Sawyer didn’t choose to ease into the service, but rather jump …

A Cloud of Missed Opportunities

Cloud computing is responsible for a large amount of untapped marketing opportunities for businesses of all sizes. We tend to think about enterprise level businesses when we think of cloud infrastructures and implementations, but in reality, small businesses have just as much reason to turn to the cloud than the big companies, if not more. 

Ask BP Oil Spill Questions Via YouTube at 3:30 Eastern
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YouTube has partnered with PBS NewsHour on an interview with Bob Dudley, President and CEO of BP’s Gulf Coast Restoration Organization. This is a chance for people and organizations to ask questions related to the oil spill and get responses from BP.

Mobile and Location Fueling the Design of Future Search

There’s no question that location is playing an increasingly great role in how people obtain and share information. We recently looked at where location fits into the SEO equation.