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Robin Goad
Experian Hitwise
Sep 2, 2010 5:22 PM
In the last year, generic searches for e-readers have doubled, while Kindle-related searches have increased eight fold. With the smaller, sleeker and cheaper Kindle 3 now available Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) looks set to further capitalise on its position as a market leader in the e-reader market.
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Gadgets, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, Apple, iPad, iPhone
Joseph Tartakoff
Sep 2, 2010 2:45 PM
Is Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) changing its approach to online spending? The company, which had said as recently as a year ago that it was willing to invest 5 percent to 10 percent of its operating income on its search business for up to five years, wasn’t willing to spend enough…
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Search, Companies, AOL, Google, IAC, Microsoft
Staci D. Kramer
Sep 2, 2010 11:15 AM
Any search deal with AOL (NYSE: AOL) would start with the same given: search-advertising revenue will continue to decline as it loses access subscribers. But AOL CEO Tim Armstrong says the deal with Google to extend their search partnership through 2015 should make each search it does get more lucrative—and…
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Advertising, Mobile, Search, Companies, AOL, Google, YouTube, Microsoft, Bing, Time Warner, tim armstrong
Staci D. Kramer
Sep 2, 2010 8:48 AM
Ending months of speculation about whether AOL (NYSE: AOL) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) can make a new search deal, the companies announced this morning that Google will be the portal’s exclusive search partner through Dec. 31, 2015. The expanded search and content deal now covers mobile search and puts AOL’s…
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Mobile, Search, Companies, AOL, Google, YouTube
Robert Andrews
Sep 2, 2010 5:18 AM
Ping, the social network Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) announced on Wednesday it’s injecting in to iTunes, is rudimentary, buggy in parts and is deterring many first-time users by recommending they listen to Apple’s hand-picked selection of mainstream chart-toppers.
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Entertainment, Music, Companies, Apple, ping
Staci D. Kramer
Sep 2, 2010 1:50 AM
If you want to own Glee episodes at a cut-rate price, better get your Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) downloads fast. The e-tailer is countering Apple’s 99-cent rentals from ABC (NYSE: DIS) and Fox by selling some TV episodes at a loss. Amazon still has to pay the contracted rates for electronic…
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Media & Publishing, TV, VOD, Companies, Amazon
Amanda Natividad
Sep 1, 2010 7:48 PM
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) today announced a slew of new products and features on its phone, music and video viewing offerings. Check out a visual tour of Steve Jobs’ presentation, as well as our coverage, below:
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Staci D. Kramer
Sep 1, 2010 7:27 PM
Here’s a quick way to learn about the small, black second-gen Apple TV introduced by CEO Steve Jobs at the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) 09.01.10 event: » How much does it cost? The device is $99, nearly a 67 percent cut from the original $299 price for the first Apple TV…
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Entertainment, Movies, Media & Publishing, TV, Companies, Apple, apple tv
Joseph Tartakoff
Sep 1, 2010 2:49 PM
NHN, which dominates the search market in South Korea and has been relying on Yahoo to power search ads on its Naver search engine for six years, says it won’t be renewing the deal—marking the second time in two months that a major Asian partner has cut ties with Yahoo…
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Advertising, Search, Companies, Google, Yahoo, Countries, Asia, Korea, Japan, nhn
Robert Andrews
Sep 1, 2010 2:39 PM
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is trying to close the loop between music discovery and iTunes Store’s music purchasing, by injecting a brand new social network in to iTunes itself. Integrated in to new iTunes 10 and in to the iTunes Store app on iOS, “Ping” lets users “follow” friends to see…
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Staci D. Kramer
Sep 1, 2010 2:00 PM
And here it is ... the pocket-rocket version of Apple TV with $4.99 first-run movies and $0.99 TV shows. The main content events: as expected, ABC (NYSE: DIS), Fox and Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX). And, as expected, it’s a heck of a lot cheaper: a much more competitive $99, down from…
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Entertainment, Movies, Media & Publishing, TV, VOD, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Disney, ABC, News Corp., Fox, apple tv, steve jobs
Tricia Duryee
Sep 1, 2010 1:08 PM
Apple’s annual fall event kicked off this morning with the company’s visionary leader Steve Jobs doing a couple of minutes of bragging, which has become typically at these kinds of launch events. The latest numbers: —iOS family of devices: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has shipped 120 million iPod, iPads and iPhones…
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Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone
Joseph Tartakoff
Sep 1, 2010 12:20 PM
Facebook Credits, the virtual currency that Facebook members can use to buy various extras for Facebook apps, will soon be available for purchase in brick-and-mortar stores. Starting next week, Target will be selling $15, $25, and $50 gift cards nationwide that buyers will be able to redeem for Credits. The…
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Apps, E-Commerce, Payment Systems, Entertainment, Games, Companies, Facebook
Robert Andrews
Sep 1, 2010 11:50 AM
Sony’s long-held ambition of providing a content service available to its game console and other devices is finally coming together. At the IFA show in Berlin on Wednesday, CEO Howard Stringer said the cloud-based *Sony* Online Services (SOLS) platform, which was hinted at in November, is being christened Qriocity, and…
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Entertainment, Music, Companies, Sony
MediaGuardian
© Guardian News & Media Ltd.
Sep 1, 2010 4:23 AM
By John Plunkett: Marketing messages that appear on company websites and social media services such as Facebook and Twitter are to be subject to the same regulations as adverts that appear on television, newspapers or other media.
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Advertising, Legal, Regulatory, Companies, Google
MediaGuardian
© Guardian News & Media Ltd.
Sep 1, 2010 4:14 AM
By Andrew Clark: While Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers laid off journalists and fought their way through a global advertising recession, the Australian-born media mogul endured a modest degree of personal belt-tightening – his take-home pay dropped by 6% to $16.8m, or £10.9m.
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David Kaplan
Sep 1, 2010 3:01 AM
*Sony* will begin selling updated versions of its Reader Pocket and Reader Touch devices today, but it is still months away from releasing its new Daily Reader with WiFi access. In practical terms, that means that Sony (NYSE: SNE) will not be directly competing with the Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle…
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Apps, Media & Publishing, Books, Mobile, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, Apple, iPad, Google, Android, Sony
Staci D. Kramer
Aug 31, 2010 8:10 PM
The invite to Wednesday’s Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) event shows a guitar, which usually suggests music, but that hasn’t stopped the buzz about video. The current Apple TV is too expensive at $269 and too limited in the kinds of content it delivers. With that in mind, expectations include a cheaper,…
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Media & Publishing, TV, Social Media, Video, Companies, Amazon, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Disney, ABC, Hulu, Netflix, News Corp., Fox
Joseph Tartakoff
Aug 31, 2010 6:04 PM
AOL (NYSE: AOL) is buying Rally Up, a startup behind a social networking app for the iPhone and iPad that lets users share their locations with select friends. The app pitches itself as a social network for “people that actually should know your location,” such as family members and close…
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Apps, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, AOL, Apple, iPad, iPhone, rally up
Staci D. Kramer
Aug 31, 2010 3:28 PM
Last week, one of the nation’s top dailies imploded its structure to go “digital first.” Today, the Deseret News, a much smaller paper in Salt Lake City, Utah, is following USA Today with an equally radical reorganization but very different emphasis—keeping the daily newspaper alive. The DN is slashing its…
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Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Online News, Companies, Gannett, deseret news