The amount of time Americans spend on mobile devices and social networking sites is accelerating rapidly — and their news consumption habits are shifting accordingly. In a Pew Research Center survey of 3,003 U.S. adults, 17% said they accessed news on cell phone or tablet device the day before. Even more — 20% —…
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Google VP: Here’s How to Get Bought By Us
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If you’re a startup looking for the fabled goldmine of a Google exit, here’s the guy you’ll want to meet: David Lawee. The search giant’s VP of Corporate Development, along with CEO Larry Page, signs off on the dozens of acquisitions and acqui-hires made every year, large and small. (One got added to the latter…
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Katie Couric on Her Yahoo Series: ‘Not Going to Go for Gimmicks’
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This Oct. 23, 2013 file photo shows TV host Katie Couric at the Somaly Mam Foundation Gala in New York. Couric is calling it quits on her weekday talk show as she heads to Yahoo. Couric and Disney-ABC, which produces the syndicated "Katie" show, said Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013 it will wrap after this, its…
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Stereotypes At Every Business Meeting Ever
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No matter what company you work for, it seems every business meeting involves the same people. There’s the weak leader who has no control of the situation, the guy who only cares about staying on time, the woman who sees a problem in every idea, you get the idea. Comedians Tripp and Tyler recreate every business meeting ever in…
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Send Your Resume, But Don’t Let Them Check Your References
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French President Threatens to Make Google Pay for News
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In a meeting with Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt in Paris on Monday, France’s President Francois Hollande threatened to put through legislation that would force Google to pay publishers for indexing their stories on Google News unless an alternative agreement was realized by the end of the year, according to a statement released by the…
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Move Over, Siri; Domino’s ‘Dom’ Really Delivers
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Domino’s Pizza delivery person Brandon Christensen plugs in the company sign atop his car as the sun sets, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007, in Sandy, Utah.Image: Douglas C. Pizac/Associated Press Domino’s added a virtual assistant feature that brings Siri-like functionality to its iOS and Android apps Monday. The feature, nicknamed “Dom,” allows users to browse the…
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iPad Wait List App Will Text You When Your Table Is Ready
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Name: NoWait Quick Pitch: Restaurant wait list that replaces pagers and eliminates lines. Genius Idea: iPad app lets the restaurant notify their guests when their table is ready — via text message. Restaurant wait lists can be unorganized and frustrating – guests are often waiting for their pager to buzz or name to be shouted…
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4 Online Translation Tips for Journalists
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Now that physical distance has been rendered meaningless by digital information, language is one of the last practical barriers in news consumption. But even that obstacle is nearly obselete, with functions like Google Chrome’s built-in translation bar, Google Translate, FreeTranslation.com, Bing Translator and countless other online tools. In a Storyful post by Mike Sefanov, the…
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Which Blends Better: iPhone 5 or Samsung Galaxy SIII?
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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rofgMueCOqo?enablejsapi=1&] Samsung and Apple have been going head-to-head with claims on the Galaxy SIII and the iPhone 5, respectively. But until now, neither has been able to answer one question: Will it blend? In this stress test by Blendtec, it appears that Samsung has an edge. The Galaxy SIII holds out longer than the…
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Crest Toothpaste Has Bizarre Interchange With Comic on Twitter
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Crest toothpaste displayed a previously unknown comic side this week when it launched a Twitter exchange with comedian John Freiler, in which the latter accused the former of donating funds to Al Qaeda and called its signature product “toothgoop.” However, rather than taking offense, the Procter & Gamble brand rolled with the punches, matching wits…
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Google Launches ‘Search As You Type’ Pilot Program for Merchants
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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1ErgRekjn8?enablejsapi=1&&w=640&h=360] Google has rolled out a pilot program in which advertisers can display relevant search items before a consumer has finished typing a query. Called “Search as You Type,” the initiative is aimed at AdWords advertisers. Google has so far partnered with two brands — Hasbro and Lowe’s — for the program. In the…
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Would You Rather Wake Up to a Blaring Alarm or an Adorable Puppy?
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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jras5-jPHak?enablejsapi=1&] If the Dalai Lama and Barack Obama already gave a shout-out to your ad campaign, what can you possibly do as an encore? Keep spreading the love, says San Francisco-based ad agency Eleven Inc. The agency, working for healthcare and hospital giant Dignity Health, just launched a new phase of its Hello Humankindness…
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Amazon’s Bezos Tops Google’s Page on Forbes’ Billionaires List
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Fox No Longer Wants to Buy Time Warner
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: Rupert Murdoch, Executive Chairman News Corporation speaks during a panel discussion at the B20 meeting of company CEO’s on July 17, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Image: Jason Reed/Getty Rupert Murdoch has decided that he doesn’t want Time Warner after all. The Australian media mogul released a statement Tuesday afternoon withdrawing 21st Century Fox’s $80…
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10 Hot Tech Startups: Where Are They Now?
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Hot Tech Startups 1. Turntable.fm When Turntable.fm launched in mid-2011, the social music website was widely hailed as one of the most exciting music startups of the year. Turntable hit 140,000 users in its first month and reportedly raised as much as $7.5 million in funding at a valuation of $37.5 million. The service, which…
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American Apparel CEO’s Ouster Likely Tied To New Information In Sexual Harassment Suits
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Sources dismiss reports the company is up for sale. They say the newly surfaced video of Dov Charney dancing nude with a potential employee wasn’t part of the board’s decision. View this image › Bloomberg/Bloomberg American Apparel’s board is “hopeful” that shareholders and lenders will understand why they decided to oust its visionary, albeit mercurial,…
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How to Get Feedback You Can Actually Use
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Image: Mashable Composite iStock You know you’ve hit rock bottom, career-wise, when curling up in a fetal position to “take a nap” (read: “quietly sob and hope nobody notices”) under your desk seems like a totally cool and normal thing to do. Just to clarify: It’s not. In my mid-20s, I hit my personal rock…
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Exclusive: Inside The Bitter Clash That Led To The Surprise Ouster Of American Eagle’s CEO
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Robert Hanson’s abrupt firing in January after less than two years on the job came as a shock to employees and followers of American Eagle. Current and former employees tell BuzzFeed the decision was born out of friction with the old guard, who balked at the very changes they brought him on to make. View…
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Microsoft Sends Rep Out to Personally Dis the iPhone, Android
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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9n0f2rhK3g?enablejsapi=1&] It’s the classic source of angst for a marketer: If only people could actually see how good this product is, then they’d understand. For Microsoft, it must be especially frustrating. The company feels there are features to Windows Phone 8 that are so good that any reasonable person would swap their iPhone or…