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Wireless carriers: data providers should subsidize data plans

As mobile data usage grows, some wireless carriers are developing strategies to limit data access and shift the cost to content providers and web developers, according to a recent article [...]

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In Zynga’s play to untether itself from Facebook, the social gaming Goliath launched its beta Zynga Platform on March 1 with a handful of its own games: CastleVille, CityVille, Hidden [...]

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F-commerce is a flop. But why?

We’re all familiar with e-commerce, but how many of us have engaged in f-commerce? The “f” stands for Facebook, which you may have heard of. Hailed as the next big [...]

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Advertising on Facebook mobile is imminent

As eager readers poured over Facebook’s S-1 IPO filing document last week, certain skeptics like myself jumped to one section in particular: the “Risk Factors” section.  There it was in black [...]

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Facebook IPO gives Zynga stock a facelift

What a difference a few days make. For months on end, Zynga has endured skepticism and a skittish stock price (which I’ve detailed in the past), but the social gaming [...]

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Morgan Stanley likes Facebook’s IPO status

Despite woes ranging from smaller-than-expected bonuses to the continued global economic malaise, Morgan Stanley has been the world’s foremost IPO underwriter for the past two years. And it just scored [...]

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Bank of America starts promoting online deal offers

Companies like Groupon, Google, and Facebook target consumers and tailor ads and offers for individuals based on certain preferences, locations, and browsing histories. But who knows better what you like to [...]

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Yang’s exit from Yahoo! seen as good sign by some investors

Jerry Yang must have finally gotten the message. The steady exodus of executives preceding him has worn a path in Yahoo!’s carpet over the last two or three years, and [...]

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Indian bank makes bold move to offer access via Facebook

You get on Facebook to catch up with friends, check the news or gossip, and play games. But would you like to access your bank account from within the social [...]

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TripAdvisor heads to the NASDAQ Global Market

Online travel research company TripAdvisor packed up and took its own trip from under Expedia‘s umbrella to the NASDAQ Global Market. As part of a planned spinoff that Expedia shareholders overwhelmingly [...]