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Subway, Unilever, Verizon Wireless and Walmart among marketers participating in partnership between nation's largest advertisers and world's most-popular digital video platform to create and support family content on dozens of YouTube channels NEW YORK, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of National Advertisers' Alliance for Family Entertainment (AFE) announced today a partnership with YouTube, the world's most popular online video community, to create and support more...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A Northern California court has just handed Facebook a victory in their fight to remove any domain names which may look or sound something like “Facebook.com.” Domain squatters – companies and individuals which buy lookalike and soundalike domains and never use them – have been sitting on these misspelled domains for years. Facebook will now gain access to more than 100 of these as well as $2.8 million in statutory damages....
Yext Sync for Facebook Will Help Businesses Control Their Digital Presences NEW YORK, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Yext today announced that it will be syncing live location information for its 100,000+ brand and small business locations on Facebook. Already structuring and publishing rich location data on nearly 50 sites, Yext has created Yext Sync for Facebook to allow businesses to connect easily to the rich local search environment on Facebook. Facebook is one of the largest...
NEW PALTZ, N.Y., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- John Sileo, leading social media privacy expert and keynote speaker, will present on the impact of social media and the internet on modern educational environments during the Tri-State Business Affairs Conference on Thursday, May 2 in New Paltz, New York. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130502/NE05386 ) Social media tools like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube can be valuable resources for educators, but only if they are used...
Songza Surpasses 6,000,000 App Store Installs LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Songza released a major update to its Songza App for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, introducing powerful new ways to enjoy the right music at the right moment and available now on the App Store. "Version 3.0 of Songza was developed based on hundreds of hours of conversation with our users to understand how we could further our mission of making the things they do every day better,"...
UrbanDaddy unveils the first digital concierge Facebook ["FB"] Application allowing members to interact for the first time with its editors. In partnership with Microsoft Inc [“MSFT”] and exclusively available to Microsoft Outlook.com users. New York, NY (PRWEB) May 01, 2013 UrbanDaddy announced today the launch of The Email Concierge, the first interactive Facebook application that allows users with a Microsoft Outlook.com account to interact with UrbanDaddy editors in real...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online One social network is being called out for privacy concerns, and this time it isn’t Facebook. Path, the social app for smaller networks, has been busted before snooping into users’ smartphone address book and keeping these contacts without their permission. These allegations resulted in independent privacy assessments and an $800,000 fine by the Federal Trade Commission. Yesterday, one blogger called the “antisocial”...
Pramati to Use WaveMaker's Visual Rapid Application Development (RAD) Platform to Grow and Enhance Cloud-Based Java Development SAN FRANCISCO, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pramati, a software engineering firm and incubator of innovative technology companies that address new business opportunities in cloud, mobile, social and big data, has officially announced the acquisition of certain assets of WaveMaker from VMware. WaveMaker, acquired by VMware in March 2011, is a visual Rapid...
SILICON SLOPES, Utah, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AtTask, the only provider of Enterprise Work Management for marketing teams today announced they had been included in the list of "Cool Vendors" in the Gartner Inc. report, Cool Vendors in CRM Marketing Applications, 2013[a]. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120926/LA81251LOGO) Gartner states, "The Cool Vendors in this research offer unique marketing capabilities for MRM and distributed marketing, and a data- and...
Leading medical advertising and PR firm bryantBROWN Healthcare now offers more resources for setup, ongoing maintenance, and tracking of social media sites, including “The Ultimate Guide to Pinterest For Healthcare Companies.” For a free download of the guide, visit http://www.bryantbrown.com/resources/pinterest-guide-for-healthcare-companies. Venice, CA (PRWEB) April 30, 2013 Full-service medical advertising agency bryantBROWN Healthcare now provides expanded social media management...
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The Kobo Arc is a tablet computer produced and released by Kobo Inc. in November, 2012. It has a 7-inch screen and uses Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. It is the second model produced by Kobo, the first was the Kobo Vox. It comes in black or white with Wi-Fi, a micro USB port, a headphone jack, and dual speakers. It has a dual core CPU, 1 GB Ram, and 16, 32, or 64 GB of storage. It has a rechargeable battery with ten hours of reading and two weeks stand by. It is capable of...
A social networking service is an online service provided to the public for social interaction between families, friends, and also for gaining new friends over the internet. These networks often include such services as e-mail and instant messaging. Social networks are found worldwide and used by half of the world’s population in some form or another. In 2011 a survey revealed 47 percent of adults and 73 percent of teens use a social networking service. You can use these services to...
