Kristina Farrah
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Google’s Texas Attorney General’s Probe, about Consumer Privacy
Google defended itself from lawsuits and scrutiny from Texas Attorney General’s office saying their “success is earned the right way -- by building great products, not locking in our users or advertisers.” It seems like Google has anticipated future inquiries regarding the eligibility and relevancy of the results of their search engine.
Track Feature and Improvements for Google Buzz
A feature similar to Google Alert is now available in Google Buzz. It’s called Track. What’s notable about this new addition is its ability to narrow your search to a specific geographic area, and discard other areas of no interest. Receiving a notification in an active thread about favorite product, which used to be an ...
Sprout Social Launches Management Tool; How It’s Different.
There are a lot of social monitoring products existing online. One of the latest additions to this populated market is Sprout Social, which was announced just today. It enables businesses to monitor all their social networks across the internet on a single web-based dashboard. This includes Twitter, Facebook, Yelp, LinkedIn, and Foursquare. What’s its point ...
Amazon Unwilling to Reveal Figures Behind Record Kindle Sales
Though Amazon has been proclaiming its impressive increase in 3rd-Gen Kindle sales, issuing press releases flaunting this claim, they really haven’t bared an actual figure. Just how many Kindle devices were sold? From Amazon: “Kindle is the best-selling product on Amazon.com for two years running and our new generation Kindles are continuing that momentum,” said ...
TaskRabbit Gets $850k, Mobile Services Pushing the Economy
Technology truly is groundbreaking as it quickens the pace of our everyday activities, and shrinks the world down to a small screen. The improvements around efficiency have led to marketplace breakthroughs, like TaskRabbit, which received $850k in its latest round of funding from First Round Capital. Task Rabbit is a site that pairs customers with ...