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Google Is Paying Twitter To Advertise Google Maps (GOOG)
Have you heard that there's a new version of Google Maps out for the iPhone?Just in case you haven't, Google is running ads on Twitter.We've seen a Promoted Tweet on Twitter's mobile app and a Promoted...
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Airbnb Is Turning Itself Into A Local-Business Guide
Airbnb just announced that it was acquiring Localmind, a five-person startup, in an apparent move to broaden its business beyond lodging into local advertising.The price wasn't mentioned. Localmind...
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Why Android Phones, And Not The iPhone, Will Capture The Business Market
There was time, not so long ago, when the innovative RIM device dominated the business market, but in today's mobile-drive world, the Blackberry is being pushed out by more advanced smartphones. The...
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The Top 10 Free Apps Of The Year, According To Apple (AAPL)
As it does each year, Apple released its picks and rankings of the year's best apps.One category stands out to us, however–the most popular free apps.Why not see what kinds of widely used apps you can...
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Apple Collapse Continues—Stock Nears New Closing Low
Apple's stock has resumed its decline over the last few days, falling another 2% to $526 in afternoon trading.This is only $1 above the lowest close in Apple's recent swoon, which was $525.62 back on...
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Apple Names Action Movie FX And Paper The Two Best Apps Of The Year (AAPL)
Apple's list of the year's best apps is out.It named Paper the best iPad app of the year and Action Movie FX the best iPhone app of the year.Paper is a free notebook app that lets users draw and write...
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BII MOBILE INSIGHTS: Mobile Advertising's Year In Review
Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.A...
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CHART OF THE DAY: The Death Of The E-Book Reader (AMZN)
It was a nice, but short-lived run for the e-ink based e-reader. iSuppli says sales of e-readers like the Amazon Kindle and the Nook have peaked. It's all downhill from its 2011 high of 23.2 million...
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Apple's Decision To Make The New iMacs Super Thin Was A Mistake (AAPL)
When Apple introduced the super thin iMacs we were impressed.But after reading Andrew Cunningham's review of a 21.5-inch iMac at Ars Technica, we're starting to think it was a mistake to make it so...
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Two Days After He Launched His Startup, This Guy Sold It For $176 Million
On Monday, tiny startup Contrail Systems was in stealth mode. On Tuesday it officially launched. Today, Juniper Networks bought it for $176 million.Contrail's founders, employees, and investors are...
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Mysterious Buyer Pays $630,000 For An Old Apple Computer
If you happen to have an original Apple computer in your basement, you could be sitting on half a million dollars.Late last month, an Apple I computer was listed for auction by Auction Team Breker, a...
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When To Use Each Of Instagram's 16 Retro Filters
With more than 100 million users worldwide on both iOS and Android, Instagram’s success as a mobile platform is clear to see and now with its expanded web presence, there are now more opportunities...
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Do Leading Publishers Actually Have A Mobile Strategy For Microsoft Devices?
Apple blazed a path into mobile charting back to the iPod and through to its newest mini-tablet.Google followed second, developing a strong mobile ecosystem and venturing into the development of its...
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The Future Of Mobile [SLIDES]
Digiday was kind enough to ask me to give a presentation on the mobile industry at their conference in New York today.Aalysts Marcelo Ballvé and Alex Cocotas and I put together the deck with slides...
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Lot18, The Troubled Wine Startup, Has A New CEO
Closing out a tumultuous year, online wine seller Lot18 has promoted its chief marketing officer, Jay Sung, to CEO.It's not clear who most recently held the position. Cofounder Kevin Fortuna's LinkedIn...
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Business Insider Is Hiring Editorial And Strategy/Marketing Interns For Our...
BI Intelligence is looking for paid interns to join the growing Business Insider Intelligence team.What is BI Intelligence?BI Intelligence is a new subscription research service from Business Insider...
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Marissa Mayer Is Eyeing This 17-Year-Old's Mobile Startup For Acquisition (YHOO)
Yahoo is hosed in mobile. Just look at this chart:To solve the problem by 2015, CEO Marissa Mayer is going around acquiring small startups that make mobile apps.For example, in October, she bought...
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The Most Delusional Apple Fanboy Spin We've Seen About The Maps Debacle (AAPL)
Apple blogger Jim Dalrymple of The Loop recently posted an email from a reader regarding the whole Apple Maps debacle and the release of Google Maps on iPhone.The headline Dalrymple used was, "Apple...
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The 22 Best New Startups
A lot of companies launched this year. A few really stood out.We asked tech executives, founders, and investors about their favorite new companies.Here are 22 of the best apps and startups that...
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Former HP CEO Leo Apotheker Throws Chairman Ray Lane Under The Bus (HPQ)
The furor over HP's $8.8 billion writedown of its $11.1 billion acquisition of Autonomy refuses to die down.HP blamed $5 billion of the writedown on accounting fraud at Autonomy. CEO Meg Whitman also...
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