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Caesars plans to launch online poker this summer in Nevada
ReutersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Caesars Entertainment Group said it plans to go live this summer with an online poker site in Nevada, the only U.S. state so far to offer legal Internet gambling, and will promote the nascent service to thousands of poker players...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, U.S. Congress, Gambling, Marketing, Station Casinos Incorporated
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Construction documents to be stored electronically with Harford permits agency
The Harford County Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits, or DILP, working in cooperation with the Department of Information Systems, has made technology enhancements that will now allow DILP to migrate from traditional file storage to...Tags: Science and Technology, Electronics
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Airbnb rentals ruled illegal in New York City
Los Angeles TimesA judge has ruled that Airbnb, the popular online service that allows homeowners and apartment dwellers to offer their residences as temporary rentals, is illegal in New York City. The decision from the city’s Environmental Control Board found...Tags: Apartments, Lawyers, Condos and Houses, Laws, New York City
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Yahoo's rise in Asia offsets risk from Tumblr bet
ReutersSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging service Tumblr will be a test of her ability to revive the aging Web portal. Luckily for her, her performance may be graded generously. Mayer faces...Tags: Consumers, Customs and Tradition, Yahoo! Inc., Arts and Culture, Finance
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Payvia buys mobile marketing firm Mogreet
Mobile payments company Payvia Inc. has acquired Mogreet, a Venice mobile marketing start-up. The companies declined to disclose the financial terms of the deal. The Mogreet team will join Los Angeles company Payvia, and Mogreet founder and Chief...Tags: Consumers, Cox Media Group, Inc., Consumer Goods Industries, Marketing, Business
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Mobile payments company Payvia buys L.A. marketing firm Mogreet
Mobile payments company Payvia announced Monday that it had acquired Mogreet, a Venice mobile marketing start-up. Payvia, based in L.A., said the deal would create a simplified all-in-one platform that enables companies to target consumers and provide...
Tags: Cox Media Group, Inc., Consumer Goods Industries, Marketing, Computer Hardware, Business
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Bold move: Yahoo makes $1.1 billion bet on Tumblr, Internet whiz kid in bid to be hip again
AP Technology WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in...Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Forrester Research Incorporated, Social Sciences, Arts and Culture, Companies and Corporations
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He done Ma proud: 26-year-old Tumblr founder's transformation from whiz kid to tech king
Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — As a teenager, Tumblr CEO David Karp would canvass the streets of New York City's Upper West Side, offering to build websites for local businesses. After his freshman year of high school, the precocious, computer-savvy kid decided to...Tags: Japan, Employees, New York City, Upper West Side, Marissa Mayer
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Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet pioneer that had fallen behind the times. The deal announced Monday is Mayer's boldest move since she left...
Tags: Forrester Research Incorporated, Social Sciences, Arts and Culture, Companies and Corporations, Microsoft Corporation
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You must protect your electronics, digital data
Whether you stay or go, it's smart to back up important files, photos and other information from your computer and other electronic devices. Computers MICROSOFT allows users to store data in the cloud with SkyDrive. Once you create a free account, you...
Tags: Science and Technology, Apple iPhone, Computer Hardware, Verizon Communications, Apple iPod
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What to know before giving up on cable
Need more proof that the world is changing? Last week, the president of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Michael Powell, told the Senate that "the largest subscription video provider in the country today is Netflix." If you haven't...
Tags: Consumers, Amazon Kindle Fire, Sound Recordings, Computer Hardware, Television Industry
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Yahoo seeks turnaround with $1.1-billion deal to buy Tumblr
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is attempting a bold — and risky — strategy to turn around the struggling Internet giant with the $1.1-billion acquisition of Tumblr, a trendy social blogging service popular...
Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Forrester Research Incorporated, Arts and Culture, Microsoft Corporation, Business
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