Internet
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What’s next for online radio?Jun 23, 2012 6:50 am - LOS ANGELES — Songza, a new online radio service, leapfrogged Pandora as the most popular free music app for Apple devices last week. But it immediately faces a struggle...
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Tweets are about to get longerJun 23, 2012 6:20 am - Almost a year ago, I proposed that Twitter double its character limit from 140 to 280. The microblogging site long ago outgrew its original purpose as a platform for sim...
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Kenny Chesney, Jonathan Demme team for livestreamJun 19, 2012 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — And now for something a little bit different: Kenny Chesney and Jonathan Demme are working together. Country music's king of the road and the Academy ...
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Facebook to debut real-time bidding for adsJun 16, 2012 7:35 am - Bloomberg News SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook plans to introduce real-time bidding for advertising on its site, a technology used by Google and other Web companies to more eff...
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New breed of websites makes selling more socialJun 16, 2012 7:30 am - NEW YORK — Are you trying to make some cash selling off your surplus skinny jeans, but nervous about selling to strangers? A new crop of websites and apps with names lik...
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Review: Facebook Camera complements main appJun 09, 2012 7:30 am - NEW YORK — Facebook’s new camera app makes sharing photos on the social media site a breeze. It’s an improvement on posting photos using its main mobile app. But other c...
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‘Growing Up Wild’ tops pet YouTube lineupJun 09, 2012 7:30 am - LOS ANGELES — Instead of an alarm clock, they wake to the sounds of elephants and tigers. They walk their dogs, but it’s often to go see the crocodiles and echidnas. And...
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Facebook rolling out central location for appsJun 09, 2012 7:30 am - NEW YORK (AP) — There’s more to Facebook apps than “Angry Birds” and Pinterest, but many users wouldn’t know that because there hasn’t been a good, central way to find t...
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Location app Foursquare to focus on explorationJun 09, 2012 7:30 am - NEW YORK — Foursquare is best known for letting smartphone users tell others about the restaurants and other places they are at, but people are increasingly using it to ...
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Elaborate Portland wedding proposal goes viralJun 02, 2012 5:52 am - PORTLAND, Ore. — Isaac Lamb acknowledges that his five-minute, block-long choreographed build-up to a marriage proposal has upped the stakes for everyone who follows. “G...