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| No, George Lucas Isn't Selling His Entire $2 Billion Stake in Disney | | Wednesday, February 06, 2013 9:04 PM | Chris Taylor |
| It's not exactly the most thrilling document George Lucas has ever put his pen to. The Star Wars creator filed prospectus form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday — one that basically allows him to sell off the $2 billion he got in Disney stock as part of the sale of Lucasfilm.
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| 3D-Printed Business Cards, Anyone? | | Wednesday, February 06, 2013 7:46 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| Some 10 billion business cards are printed in the U.S. every year, and yet 88% of them are discarded one week after they're handed to a business contact, according to StatisticBrain. In response, developers have released apps, like Bump, that enable users to exchange information more seamlessly by tapping their phones.
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| Google Upgrades AdWords for Better Mobile Targeting | | Wednesday, February 06, 2013 5:56 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Google on Wednesday upgraded its AdWords program to let advertisers customize their placements on mobile by such factors as type of device, time of day and geographic proximity. The upgrade, called Enhanced Campaigns, will let business owners build a campaign while taking those factors into consideration. However, Google promises that you'll be able to manage it all in a single place.
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| Indonesians Are Obsessed With BlackBerry 10 | | Wednesday, February 06, 2013 5:30 PM | Pete Pachal |
| When BlackBerry launched its new line of smartphones last week, the country most interested was Indonesia, a new Twitter-based study has found. That country alone accounted for 15% of the Twitter users who tweeted about the launch, the most from any nation. The study examined 900,000 tweets between Jan. 29 and Feb. 2 (the launch was on Jan. 30) and was conducted by Salorix, a social media marketing company.
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| Announcing a Live Chat With 'Moxie Maven' Alexia Vernon | | Wednesday, February 06, 2013 3:32 PM | Scott Gerber |
| Streaming live on Mashable, "Moxie Maven" Alexia Vernon will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT) Thursday, Feb. 7. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Council’s #StartupLab initiative, a virtual mentorship program, Vernon will appear live via video chat broadcast on this site.
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| Sheryl Sandberg Passed on Chance to Be CEO of LinkedIn | | Wednesday, February 06, 2013 2:36 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| A couple years before Sheryl Sandberg joined Facebook as the company's second-in-command, she passed up the opportunity to run another major social network: LinkedIn. In the summer of 2006, while Sandberg was working as an exec at Google, LinkedIn's founder Reid Hoffman reached out to her about the possibility of taking over as the company's CEO.
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| Heat Map Shows How Square Merchants Near the Super Bowl Made $800,000 | | Wednesday, February 06, 2013 2:19 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| By now, we've heard ad nauseum about measurements related to ads that ran during the Super Bowl, but what about some info on how local merchants fared? Square, the mobile payments company, has offered the map above, which shows transactions during the Super Bowl weekend near the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. Not surprisingly, the closer you get to the arena, the more business occurs.
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| Zappos Facebook Activity Over 2 Months Drives 85,000 Website Visits | | Wednesday, February 06, 2013 1:48 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| A Zappos partner has offered a glimpse into the effectiveness of that online retailer's Facebook activity illustrating that Facebook posts prompted both traffic and purchases during a two-month period. The retailer's status updates from Nov. 20, 2012 to Jan. 20, 2013 prompted 85,000 visits to Zappos's site, according to Kenshoo, a digital marketing specialist that works with the retailer.
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| Apple Has Now Sold 25 Billion Songs in iTunes Store | | Wednesday, February 06, 2013 11:39 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Apple announced Wednesday that customers have purchased 25 billion songs from the iTunes store. The 25 billionth song purchased was "Monkey Drums" by Chase Buch and it was bought by a man in Germany who will receive an iTunes gift card worth about $13,500.
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| How to Order a Pizza With Bitcoins | | Wednesday, February 06, 2013 10:53 AM | The Daily Dot |
| Bitcoin, the decentralized digital currency, can be used to pay for online strippers, drugs, and even WordPress services. Now you can add pizza delivery to that list. The aptly, albeit somewhat unimaginatively, named Pizzaforcoins.com makes it possible for anyone to place a pizza order and pay for it using Bitcoins. To place an order, enter your name and address.
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| Shocker! Internet Votes Cat as New Monopoly Piece | | Wednesday, February 06, 2013 10:15 AM | Todd Wasserman |
| This is what happens when you let the Internet choose. Hasbro let fans decide on a new token for the game (and which of the old tokens to boot) on Jan. 9. The voting closed Tuesday night. The result: The iron is out and a new character, a cat, is in. Here's a look: The cat's ascendance isn't hugely surprising given the Internet's fetish for all things feline.
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| Google Buys Channel Intelligence to Improve Google Shopping | | Wednesday, February 06, 2013 9:45 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Google on Wednesday acquired Channel Intelligence, a data service that helps brands and retailers boost ecommerce sales, for $125 million in cash as part of an ongoing effort to improve on the Google Shopping experience. Channel Intelligence announced the acquisition in a post on its blog.
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| Full Instagram Feed Hits the Web And Two Other Stories You Need to Know | | Wednesday, February 06, 2013 8:59 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Instagram announced Tuesday you can now browse your feed on the web, and Vine has updated its age rating in the App Store to 17+.
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