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Barry Diller Talks Daily Beast/Newsweek, The Daily, and the iPad at SXSW
Barry Diller, Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC/InterActiveCorp (and Expedia) spoke at SXSW Interactive today here in Austin about a variety of media-related topics. In resp...
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NCAA Tournament Gets Check-In Feature From TVGuide.com
TVGuide.com launched today two new sports sections, a NCAA Tournament section and a Daily Sports Watchlist, both with TV check-in, allowing users to update their socail status on F...
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FTC Settles With Chitika Over Online Ad Tracking
The Federal Trade Commission said today it has reached a settlement with online advertising company Chitika, that ends the company’s allegedly deceptive practice of tracking people...
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Usage Cap And Overage Fees Coming for AT&T DSL and U-Verse Internet
News is beginning to circulate that AT&T will implement a 150GB monthly cap on landline DSL, as well as a 250GB cap on subscribers to U-Verse beginning on May 2....
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Telecom Companies Offering Free Communication To Japan
For those who have friends or family in Japan, this past week has been stressful, and worrisome. Lines of communication have been hard to come by, specifically with calls and text....
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Biz Stone Joins Huffington Post, AOL As Strategic Adviser
Biz Stone, who could already count himself the cofounder of Twitter, a former senior specialist at Google, and a former creative director at Xanga (among other things) can now add...
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StumbleUpon Launches New Paid Discovery Platform [SXSW]
During SXSW Interactive, StumbleUpon launched a new advertising platform called Paid Discovery. StumbleUpon says Paid Discovery deli...
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Mike Tyson Appears at SXSW to Promote iPhone/iPad Game
One of the main attrations at SXSW Interactive has been boxing legend Mike Tyson. He appeared for two and a half hours or so today at the event's Screenburn arcade, to help...
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Robert Rodriguez Talks Sin City at SXSW
This is a little off the beaten online business path (the usual subject area of WebProNews), but this is SXSW. This also happens to be one of my favorite filmmakers and a great fil...
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Pee-Wee Herman Takes SXSW
It's hard to believe it has been so long, but in September of 2009, Pee-Wee Herman made his bi...
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Foursquare Talks Future of Locations at SXSW
Everyone is trying to figure out the answer to getting location-based services to go mainstream. SCVNGR CEO Seth Priebatsch ta...
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SXSW: TED Opens API to Developers
TED Media Executive Producer June Cohen says TED follows a concept of "radical openness," which is the basis for opening up the TED API. "We're going to allow developers around...
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Engadget Editor-in-Chief Leaves
Engadget Editor-in-Chief Joshua Topolsky announced that he is leaving the publication. This comes after...
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Zynga: 40-Year-Old Moms Are the New Hardcore Gamers [SXSW]
Manny Anekal, Zynga's Director of Brand Advertising spoke a little today at SXSW about storytelling through advertising, but emphasized just how big social gaming is. 1 in 5 Ame...
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SXSW – SCVNGR CEO Aims to Solve Real Problems with Games
When you hear about location-based services, Foursquare is probably the first brand that comes to your mind. They've arguably made the biggest mark on the space sofar, but while Fo...
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