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Criteo Report Shows Explosive Growth as Retargeting Brings PPC Back
Still on the rise, Criteo is out to make Pay-per-click sexy again. A report released by the retargeting ad server shows grand success for Q1 2010, citing a 100% increase in US customers between the first and second quarter. The effects of Criteo’s ability to deliver has reportedly increased sales for US retailers, as its ...
Hi5 Gets Another $14M, Creating Virtual Development Opportunities Beyond Facebook
Hi5’s initial dedication to the world of social gaming is really paying off, with the social network announcing $14 million in its second round of funding. The round was led by Crosslink Capital, with hi5 planning to use the funds for expanding its social gaming and virtual goods efforts. This brings hi5’s total amount of ...
Microsoft Outlook Now Syncs Facebook Contacts, Acknowledges Social Web
Sure, the social web is important. Facebook in particular is the hub for many social interactions that take place online, and Microsoft’s latest Outlook integration recognizes that fact. Microsoft has released an Outlook feature that will sync your Facebook contacts to keep their relevant profile information up to date. There have been tools for similar ...
Building a Mobile Future in the Clouds
Everyone’s building towards a more mobile future. That means more stuff in the clouds, more infrastructure to support the clouds, and even more infrastructure to support the development and business management around mobile devices and their respective services. For large companies, the time is ripe to invest and roll-out their own initiatives to ensure they’ve ...
Echo Real-Time Comments Making a Monetizable Niche for Publishers
Echo is tapping into the real-time web with its latest feature update; Echo Comments now displays comments in real time. The move is significant for Echo, as it bulks out features for its comments platform, particularly as publishers realize the need to capture as much fragmented feedback as they can. What the real-time comments feature ...
BearHug Invites for No-Excuse Customer Care Management Tools
The cloud, your clients, and streamlining business. That’s what BearHug is all about, with a new customer care platform built to offer a more hands-on approach to team-management and customer service. Created by the same team behind budURL, BearHug is part of a growing network of management tools from Live Oak 360. Centering its entire ...
Facebook Panic Button: Who’s Really in Charge Here?
I’m not sure we even care about Facebook for its networking capabilities anymore–we only seem to care about its privacy settings. The social network is now facing a class-action lawsuit, filed in Canada, and has caved to certain requests from the U.K.’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), adding a “Panic button app.” But ...
New Windows Azure Platform Focusing the Cloud on Businesses and Consumers
Microsoft announced its new Windows Azure platform today at the company’s annual Worldwide Partner Conference. Windows Azure is a turnkey cloud service aimed at providing access and tools, on-demand, for both enterprise and consumer use. Microsoft has a number of launch partners for the new product, including Dell, HP and Fujitsu. Windows Azure, which is ...
Apple’s Siri and Wolfram Alpha: Artificial Intelligence Driving Innovation
Artificial intelligence app Siri has teamed up with Wolfram Alpha to greatly improve on query returns. The Apple-acquired iPhone app was already considered the mother of all mashups, but the inclusion of data from Wolfram Alpha makes Siri’s problem-solving tools that much better. The result of the new deal is more straight-forward answers from Siri’s ...
MTV Networks’ Hopes to Monetize Social Express, Gaming Industry
MTV Networks has acquired Social Express, the social gaming community. In an area that’s heating up fast, MTV parent Viacom has found a new way of spilling over to the web. The days of television dominance may have started to wane in the 90s, but MTV is still determined to recapture its youth through online ...