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Let The Games Begin! MySpace Bidding Starts (NWSA)
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 10:11am | 149Read More...The bidding for MySpace has started, writes Mashable, but not many are expecting News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) to get their supposed $100 million asking price for the company. When News Corp. last had an earnings call back in February, the company said it “recorded a $275 million pre-tax charge for...
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Facebook Launches New Advertising Site
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - 3:07pm | 78Read More...Facebook is launching a new platform to bring relationships together in the advrtising industry, called Facebook Studio, where companies can put forth new advertising campaigns. “We've heard from agencies, brands and the marketing community that you want examples and thought-starters for...
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What Would Twitter Do With TweetDeck?
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - 9:45am | 130Read More...Yesterday news came out that Twitter was looking into buying TweetDeck for around $50 million, but why would Twitter want Tweetdeck? It's probably to compete with one of Twitter's major platform providers, UberMedia. Bill Gross, who runs UbderMedia, was supposed to buy TweetDeck in February for $...
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What's Really Going On At Google? (GOOG)
Friday, April 15, 2011 - 8:32am | 396Read More...Mashable has an article discussing Google's earnings report and gives some suggestions for what is really going on over at the search giant. Expenses were way up this quarter, some significantly over a year ago, as the company tries to compete for talent, spends significantly on R&D, and has...
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More Elusive: UFOs or the White iPhone? (AAPL)
Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 10:17am | 194Read More...According to this Mashable report, the elusive white Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone may be coming in the next couple of weeks. The report was first put out there by Bloomberg, who cited an anonymous source. The white version of the phone has been delayed due to problems with paint peeling during the...
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Internet Ad Revenue Soaring
Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 9:01am | 103Read More...Internet ad revenue is soaring, as the economy continues to recover, and advertisers feel more comfortable on spending trying to get new clients. According to a report by the Interactive Advertising Bureau, online ad revenue soared 15% to $26 billion in 2010. That marks a stark contrast to 2009,...
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Wave Of The Future? LG Thrive First Pre-Paid Droid Smartphone (T)
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 11:55am | 226Read More...Could this be a way for consumers to fight rising smartphone and data costs? AT&T (NYSE: T), along with LG, have launched the LG Thrive, the first Droid available under AT&T's prepaid plan. The phone, which will retail for $179.99, will have a 3.2 megapixel camera, Wi-FI, HSDPA and 160 MB...
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Goldman Continues To Prove It's A Leg Above The Rest (GS)
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 9:29am | 136Read More...Mashable is reporting that Facebook ad prices have soared, jumping 40%. The research was done by Efficient Frontier, a digital marketing firm. The company based its price increase on the company's Customer Index, which uses the company's client roster. The revelation here is it looks like...
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Apple: Continuing To Shine Brightest Above The Rest (AAPL)
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 9:10am | 316Read More...An article from Mashable shows that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be trying to do the unthinkable, and cut the cord(s). Nobody likes cords, they're unsightly, they take up a lot of space, and sometimes can radically change how you want to configure your electronics. Apple may have an idea that is...
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Adobe Plays Nice, Launches App For Tablets (ADBE, AAPL, GOOG, RIMM)
Monday, April 11, 2011 - 8:01am | 110Read More...According to this Mashable article, Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) has decided to play nice, especially with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), as it launched Photoshop Touch SDK, which will enable developers to create apps for the Android (NASDAQ: GOOG), Blackberry (NASDAQ: RIMM) and iOS operating systems. The apps...
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LG Takes On iPhone With First 3D Phone (AAPL)
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 - 3:23pm | 189Read More...And they said it couldn't be done. “They” meaning the people who said finger smudges mess up the 3D effect, hence the dual-screened approach to the forthcoming Nintendo 3DS (which features separate screens for touching and for 3D imagery). But it appears as if they were wrong. Mashable reports that...
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Updates From CES So Far (AAPL, MSFT, SNE, MMI, T)
Thursday, January 6, 2011 - 10:48am | 201Read More...Thanks to our friends at Mashable, here are some of the major developments, at the 2011 CES so far. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced its Mac App Store. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) had a slew of announcements. Steve Ballmer said the Kinect has sold more than 8 million units so far. It also showed off a...
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4 Social Media Predictions For '11 (AMZN, GOOG, YHOO)
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 2:23pm | 251Read More...Ah, social media marketing. Fewer things are so lavishly spent on, yet so poorly measured. Here are a few predictions for 2011 related to where the smart money and dumb money will go. Special thanks to a number of high-volume retail experts for their insights, including Ryan Holiday, director of...
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Live Blogging From Facebook Event
Monday, November 15, 2010 - 2:13pm | 49Read More...Facebook is discussing its new movement into the e-mail space, and Mashable is bringing you live coverage of the event as it happens. To visit the live blog, go to Mashable's website. Benzinga will have more on this event as news unfolds.
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Google, Verizon Tablet Set For Black Friday Launch (GOOG, VZ)
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 12:15pm | 213Read More...The long rumored Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) tablet has a reported launch date: Black Friday, according to Download Squad. The tablet will be built by HTC and run on on its Chrome OS, despite the fact that its mobile operating system Android has shown outstanding growth. Android...




