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| Will Twitter's Ad API Prompt a Torrent of Ads? | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 9:32 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Twitter on Wednesday opened the floodgates to a torrent of new advertising. While that's going to be great for revenues, there's a risk of an oversaturation of ads in the stream. Balancing user experience with monetization needs is a delicate task for any media company, but Twitter is uniquely vulnerable. As Clark Fredricksen, VP at eMarketer, points out, Twitter does not have a right column for direct-response ads the way Facebook does.
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| 10 Things You Never Knew About Craigslist | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 7:54 PM | Zoe Fox |
| When you think of Craigslist, you probably imagine the sparsely designed Internet agora of job listings, apartment rentals and just about everything else in between. But what do you really know about the community-driven e-commerce hub? We dug into Craigslist's About page to learn some lesser-known facts.
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| The New York Times Plans to Sell the Boston Globe (Again) | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 4:23 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| The Boston Globe is officially up for grabs. The New York Times Company announced Wednesday that it plans to sell the New England Media Group, which includes The Boston Globe, Boston.com and The Worcester Telegram & Gazette. The Times is also looking to sell off its 49% stake in Metro Boston.
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| Announcing a Live Chat With GiveForward Founder Ethan Austin | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 2:38 PM | Scott Gerber |
| Streaming live on Mashable, DealGooder founder Ethan Austin will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT) Thursday, Feb. 21. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Council’s #StartupLab initiative, a virtual mentorship program, Ethan will appear live via video chat broadcast on this site. Ethan is a serial do-gooder and one of CNN's Top Ten Generation Next entrepreneurs.
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| Any.DO Moment Pushes You to Actually Tackle Your To-Do List | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 2:21 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| There's no shortage of to-do list apps that make it easier for users to update their lists update their lists on the go, but Any.DO hopes to go a step further and help users tackle the tasks on their lists rather than just keep adding things to it. Any.DO launched on Android in 2011 and for iPhone and Chrome the following year with one of the simplest and sleekest designs of any to-do list app on the market.
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| Starbucks Testing Video Drive-Thru | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 1:20 PM | PSFK |
| According to an unofficial Starbucks fan site, the coffee chain is testing a new video ordering system in several Washington state locations.
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| Twitter Announces Advertising API | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 12:19 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Twitter on Wednesday unveiled its long-awaited advertising API, a move that will likely grow the company's revenues by a wide margin. The move, which had been reported by Mashable on Tuesday, will let let larger ad agencies create more sophisticated campaigns, a la Facebook. Twitter's current ad platform, introduced in April 2010, lets advertisers and their agency partners upload ads.
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| LivingSocial Raises Another $110 Million From Investors | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 12:17 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| LivingSocial has raised an additional $110 million in funding from some of the company's previous investors, according to a memo from the CEO sent to employees and passed along to Mashable by a source.
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| 10 Apps You Need to Dominate Your Work Day | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 11:34 AM | Fran Berkman |
| If you're looking to boost your workday productivity, that smartphone in your pocket can help. The mobile app revolution has produced hundreds of apps to help ease the stress of everyday life. These apps perform both simple tasks, such as managing your to-do list, and complex ones, such as allowing you remote access to your computer.
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| Square Introduces 'Business in a Box' Hardware Package for Merchants | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 11:11 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Square just took a big step towards becoming a full cash register for brick-and-mortar stores. The mobile payments startup introduced a premium package on Wednesday called "Business in a Box," which promises to provide retailers with all the hardware they need to set up a proper cash register to process payments.
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| Office Depot Announces Merger With OfficeMax, Then Takes It Back | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 9:41 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Office Depot announced on its website Wednesday that it had agreed to buy OfficeMax for $1.17 billion, in a move that had been rumored for a few days. Then it did something people weren't expecting: It took down the announcement.
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| Report: iPhone 5 Was the World's Best-Selling Smartphone in Q4 2012 | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 9:25 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| Apple's iPhone 5 was the best-selling smartphone in the world in Q4 2012, according to the latest data from Strategy Analytics. The iPhone 5 took the crown from Samsung Galaxy S III, but the iPhone 4S also managed to overtake Samsung's flagship. According to Strategy Analytics' data, Samsung shipped 15.4 million Galaxy S IIIs, while Apple shipped 17.4 million iPhone 4S units and 27.4 million iPhone 5 units in Q4 2012.
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| Apple Hacked And Two Other Stories You Need to Know | | Wednesday, February 20, 2013 8:52 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. First Facebook, and now Apple — the Cupertino company said Tuesday some of its computers had been hacked. The attack probably originated from abroad. The U.S.
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