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New ad platform targets mobile users by scouring social media
Mobile advertising is about to become a lot more personal. Pasadena technology company UberMedia has launched a mobile advertising platform that tracks publicly available information provided by smartphone users on their social media channels and then...
Tags: Tom Cruise, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Marketing, Social Media, Computer Hardware
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Tweeting with the enemy? US diplomat uses social media to engage Cuban critics of Washington
Associated PressHAVANA (AP) — The meeting on a sunny Havana square was a little bit revolutionary for Cuba's revolution. And for U.S. diplomacy as well. Dozens of young bloggers and tweeters gathered to talk about their place in a socialist society whose leaders...Tags: Arab Spring, Social Media, Cuba, Havana (Cuba), Twitter, Inc.
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Internet analyst: Fiber-optic cable branch from Cuba to Jamaica now carrying traffic
Associated PressHAVANA (AP) — A new branch of the Venezuela-to-Cuba undersea fiber-optic cable has reportedly come online, linking the island to nearby Jamaica, increasing Cuba's potential international communications bandwidth and providing a backup for the main...Tags: Cuba, Venezuela, Jamaica
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Iraníes afrontan nuevos cortes de internet antes de elección presidencial
Reuters* Hay problemas para acceder a sitios web internacionales * Usuarios lo relacionan con primeros comicios presidenciales desde 2009 * Lista final de candidatos aprobados se conocerá esta semana Por Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI, 21 mayo (Reuters) - Los iraní...Tags: Google Inc., Networking, Iran
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Yahoo's challenge to be building Tumblr's advertising business
SAN FRANCISCO — To punctuate his company's $1.1-billion purchase by Yahoo Inc., Tumblr co-founder and Chief Executive David Karp let loose in a blog post with a celebratory expletive. It was classic Karp, a 26-year-old high school dropout who...
Tags: YouTube, Marketing, Social Sciences, Arts and Culture, Corporate Officers
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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: Forrester Research Incorporated, Arts and Culture, Companies and Corporations, Corporate Officers, Twitter, Inc.
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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: Employees, New York City, Career and Workplace, Bronx (New York City), Computing and Information Technology Industry
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FACTBOX-Yahoo's acquisitions: from Geocities to Tumblr
ReutersSAN FRANCISCO, May 20 (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc announced on Monday it would shell out $1.1 billion to buy blogging service Tumblr, in a bid to revitalize its brand and attract a younger generation of users. Yahoo has been criticized for making big...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Mark Cuban, Google Inc., Online Advertising, Nick D'Aloisio
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Iranians face new Internet curbs before presidential election
Reuters* Obstacles accessing filtered, international websites * Web users see link to first presidential vote since '09 * Final list of approved candidates to be known this week By Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI, May 21 (Reuters) - Iranians are struggling with slower...Tags: Email, Social Media, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran (Iran), Politics
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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: Forrester Research Incorporated, Arts and Culture, Yahoo! Inc., Sociology, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Yahoo's board is said to OK buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash
SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo's board of directors has approved a $1.1-billion cash acquisition of blogging site Tumblr. A deal could be announced as soon as Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. It's the biggest -- and riskiest -- deal yet for...Tags: Marissa Mayer, Social Media, Business Enterprises, The Wall Street Journal, Google Inc.
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Idaho couple and Sun Valley Resort embroiled in Twitter tussle over social network handle
Associated PressBOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Internet entrepreneur and former Wall Street derivatives analyst contends central Idaho's Sun Valley resort and the Twitter Inc. social media site heisted his handle. Leonard Barshack, who in the 1990s founded the Internet...Tags: Tribeca, Marketing, Lawyers, Twitter, Inc., New York City
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