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| Sony to Sell Its New York Headquarters for $1.1 Billion | | Sony Corporation of America (a subsidiary of Sony Corporation) is selling its U.S. headquarters building in New York City to a consortium led by The Chetrit Group, the company has announced. The price for the building, located at 550 Madison Avenue, is $1.1 billion. Sony will remain in the building for up to three years under a leaseback arrangement with the purchaser.
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| Playboy Fined $160,000 for Not Restricting Children From Online Porn | | Thursday, January 17, 2013 6:36 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Playboy is being slammed for failing to keep children away from hardcore porn on two of its websites. Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator and competition authority, fined the company £100,000 (about $160,200) for not having "acceptable controls" in place on Playboy TV and Demand Adult to ensure viewers are over 18 years old.
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| Will RIM's Battle for Survival Be Fought Overseas? | | Thursday, January 17, 2013 4:50 PM | Pete Pachal |
| There may be some light at the end of the tunnel for Research In Motion after all. The BlackBerry maker, whose market share and revenues have been in free fall, still has hope in overseas markets, where smartphones still have a lot of room to grow. A new study from Nielsen shows smartphone penetration in the relatively large markets of Brazil, Russia and India is still well below 50%.
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| Instagram Now Has 90 Million Monthly Active Users, Up 10% From December | | Thursday, January 17, 2013 4:20 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| So much for reports that Instagram is suffering from an exodus of users. Instagram revealed Thursday that it now has 90 million monthly active users. That's up 10% from the same period a month ago, according to a statement the company provided to AllThingsD. "Instagram continues to see very strong growth around the world," Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom told AllThingsD.
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| Twitter Adds Adobe Social, Visible Technologies as Partners | | Thursday, January 17, 2013 3:29 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Twitter has added nine new partners to its Certified Products Program, which provides Twitter-based products and services for businesses. The new partners include Shoutlet, Spredfast, Sprout Social, Adobe Social, Percolate, Rallyverse, Sysomos, Simply Measured and Visible Technologies.
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| RIP LinkedIn Answers | | Thursday, January 17, 2013 3:18 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| LinkedIn will pull the plug on LinkedIn Answers, its Quora-like Q&A service, on Jan. 31. The company sent an email to LinkedIn users on Thursday explaining the move. A LinkedIn rep sent the following statement: "As of Jan. 31, LinkedIn Answers will be retired from LinkedIn. We will be focusing our efforts on the development of new and more engaging ways to share and discuss professional topics across LinkedIn.
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| Should You Believe Company Reviews? | | Thursday, January 17, 2013 12:01 PM | The Daily Muse |
| Before you go down the rabbit hole of online reviews, here are some tips for incorporating them into your job search and your ultimate employment decisions.
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| Check Out American Airlines' New Logo | | Thursday, January 17, 2013 10:30 AM | Todd Wasserman |
| American Airlines on Thursday rolled out a new logo and a new look for its planes. The design, via TristanGatsbyMace, presents a more streamlined and airy look than in the past. The airline told USA Today that this is the first fleet-wide rebranding since 1968.
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| Yelp to Add Health Scores for Restaurants in San Francisco, New York | | Thursday, January 17, 2013 10:05 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| If you live in New York or San Francisco, it's about to get even easier to find health information for restaurants in your city. Yelp, the popular business review website, announced Thursday that it has started adding hygiene scores for restaurants in San Francisco and there are plans to add similar scores to restaurants in New York next.
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| GoDaddy Websites Now For Sale at OfficeMax | | Thursday, January 17, 2013 9:23 AM | Todd Wasserman |
| OfficeMax has partnered with GoDaddy to help small businesses set up shop on the web. Starting Thursday, the office supply chain will offer "GoDaddy website bundles" including domains, website design and SEO. Prices range from $12.99 for a domain name to $249.99 for a package that includes 999 pages, 10 email addresses, one domain name, premium website builder, search engine visibility, online storage and premium shopping cart.
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