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Baidu’s Stock Up On Word Of Facebook Partnership
The stock market, as a whole, did not do well today.  The Dow and Nasdaq stayed about level, gaining and losing 0.01 percent and 0.32 percent, respectively, while AOL, Apple, and Y...
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Postlets Acquired by Zillow
Online Real Estate giant Zillow announced that it has acquired Postlets for an undisclosed sum. "Real estate professionals love Postlets because you create a property listing j...
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Google, IAC Extend Partnership Through 2016
Procrastination and a fear of commitment apparently didn't enter the equation when it came to renewing a longstanding search and advertising agreement between Google and IAC.  This...
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Facebook Ups Ad Prices 40%
The first quarter of 2011 started off strong in the U.S. for online marketing, with search marketing growing 17 percent year-over-year, according to a new report from Efficient Fro...
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The LeBrons Becomes A Regular YouTube Series
NBA star LeBron James has a new cartoon called The LeBrons, which has made its debut on YouTube, and is sponsored by HP and Intel, as Google po...
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Amazon Job Listings Point To Big Interest In Advertising
Amazon's been able to sell books, CDs, Kindles, and groceries.  Its cloud services have proven popular, too.  And soon, for the sake of making even more money, one analyst thinks A...
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Google Folds Hotpot Into Places
Five months ago, Google launched a local recommendation product called Hotpot and explained that Google Places was one of three main ingredients (along with "the places you like" a...
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Apple’s Lithium Batteries Protected After House Vote
The House of Representatives has passed legislation that would bar new rules concerning the transportation of lithium batteries.  The proposed new rules would classify the batterie...
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FCC To Require Mobile Roaming Agreements Between Carriers
The Federal Communications Commission has approved measure that requires major wireless carriers such as AT&T and Verizon to enter into data- roaming agreements with smaller compet...
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Google Faces More Antitrust Complaints In Europe
Google's antitrust troubles in Europe aren't even close to being over, according to a man who would know.  Vice President of the European Commission...
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Blinkx To Acquire Burst Media For $30 Million
Video search engine Blinkx said today it is purchasing online advertising company Burst Media for $30 million. The combination of the two companies will bring Blink'x 35 million...
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Larry Page Appoints Six New SVPs
Whoever's responsible for printing Googlers' business cards now has a lot more work to do.  Larry Page, exercising his newfound power as CEO in a big way, promoted five employees t...
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Google Latitude Check-In Offers Take On Foursquare
Back in February, Google added check-ins to Google Latitude, the company's social location...
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Expedia and TripAdvisor to Break Up
Expedia announced that it's separating from TripAdvisor to form two seaprate companies. This has alrea...
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Rumor: Google Bonuses Now Tied To Social Success
Got friends at Google who like pick up checks and let you play with their toys?  If so, consider embracing Google's +1 initiative and whatever other social products the company rol...
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