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Can Twitter offer ads without driving away customers?

Twitter could be getting ready to launch an ad platform in two to three weeks, according to reports. It will need to strike a delicate balance, delivering users' attention to advertisers without...

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Droid: The official phone of the He Man Woman Haters Club

Back in 2008, I wrote a blog wondering whether vendors thought their female customers were gender caricatures. Now I know. They think all their customers are gender caricatures. Or idiots. Or both.

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Can Twitter succeed by alienating developers?

Twitter recently announced two strategic decisions that risk ticking off its own developers and users. It's a risky strategy, but one which has succeeded for companies like Apple and Microsoft.

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Google opens up on AdSense splits as Apple war gets personal

Google's new spirit of openness in admitting its existing ads revenue split with AdSense publishers is interesting -- but with Apple's iAds ready to pounce this summer, is the company playing a spoiler...

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Is Apple's Safari 5 a publisher killer?

The just-released Safari 5 promises faster performance, better adherence to HTML 5 standards, and a few other goodies. But a nifty feature in Safari Reader also takes dead aim at online publishers, who...

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Facebook in yet another privacy leak furor

I find it hard to believe that I'm typing these words. Zuckerberg's private-data-sucking social network has yet again been caught in a serious privacy faux-pas. Users' personal, identifiable...

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Europe investigates Google: Rigged search rankings?

The European Commission (EC), the executive body of the European Union (EU), has launched an anti-trust investigation into Google. It follows allegations from competitors that Google manipulated search...

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FTC's Google antitrust case: Investigation rumor roundup

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is said to be facing an antitrust case, being prepared by the FTC. The Federal Trade Commission investigation is centered on Google's alleged preference for its own services over...

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Google has huge Q2, plus Plus vs Facebook fight

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) yesterday revealed Q2 results of surprising strength. Indeed, CEO Larry Page is bursting with pride at what's been achieved, not the least of which is the success so far of Google...

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Facebook "sponsored stories" in timeline violate your privacy?

When is advertising not advertising? When Facebook says so, apparently. It's a tale of a PR car-crash in the making. It speaks volumes about Facebook's attitude, about how much it really cares about...

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Apple, Google reach privacy deal, but is it enough?

Apple, Google, Microsoft and three other major tech firms have agreed to a deal which means in future apps on their platforms must "provide greater privacy disclosures". The deal's a move in the right...

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OOPS! GM drops Facebook ads: They ''don't work''

General Motors (NYSE:GM) is to stop advertising on Facebook (NASDAQ:FB). Just days before IPO, there are better times for this loss to leak, but GM's main competitor scoffs at the idea that Facebook...

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The 3 secret ingredients to Android success

What helps certain Android manufacturers succeed while others struggle? Here are the three secret ingredients most device-makers haven't figured out.

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Amazon's Kindle Fire HD: The other side of the story

Amazon's new Kindle Fire HD tablets are being painted as game-changing, Nexus-slaying devices -- but behind all the hype, there are some significant caveats to consider.

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Call the fact checkers! New Yorker cover doesn't know the difference between...

My weekly New Yorker appeared in my mailbox this afternoon, with a giant faux cover in front of the real one, showing what the magazine might look like if it were a Windows 8 app on the Start screen....

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CES 2014: Apple, Google wanna pimp your ride

Regular readers will know I've told you what's coming when it comes to connected devices and the chance to put smarts inside your ride, but this year will be the year Apple and Google try to put their...

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Has Microsoft begun a shadow campaign for Hillary Clinton?

Hillary Clinton hasn't yet announced whether she's running for president, but there are claims that a former top advisor, now a Microsoft executive, has begun a shadow campaign for her using...

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Is Microsoft breaking the law with its secret Xbox stealth marketing campaign?

A stealth marketing campaign in which Microsoft is paying for Xbox One endorsements on YouTube may bring Microsoft more than a spate of bad publicity -- it could also violate Federal Trade Commission...

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Microsoft kills stealth Xbox marketing campaign: Was the FTC on its tail?

Only hours after Microsoft defended a stealth marketing campaign in which it secretly paid for Xbox endorsements on YouTube, the company killed the operation. Did Microsoft do it of its own volition,...

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Apple values your privacy, ads firms complain

Apple puts your privacy way above its own short-term gain -- you can tell that's true because Ad Age calls the firm, "slow, cocky and downright stingy" because it won't share your private data with...

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