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Facebook updates its ads interface

Oct 8, 2013

If you think that Facebook ads are too simple, you're right... at least they were. Now, they have added functionality...

Pay with Amazon, a PayPal alternative

Oct 8, 2013

Amazon is getting into a lot of different businesses lately. Now, they want to get into the payment business. Amazon launched...

Keep your searches from being tracked (just don’t tell the NSA)

Oct 7, 2013

Most browsers have a private mode that allows for searches to be done "privately" but it's not what people really...

Twitter getting lectured on politics even before they go public

Oct 6, 2013

Every blogger gets a wild hair (or even hare) every now and then that makes them get on a soapbox...

More problems highlighted on Twitter prior to IPO

Oct 5, 2013

When it rains, it pours. For Twitter, this means all of their little secrets and hushed challenges are coming out...

MIT robo blocks can reconfigure themselves

Oct 4, 2013

As robots go, there are definitely some that are more complex looking than others. Not everything has to look like...

Facebook Home adds more familiar social media faces

Oct 3, 2013

On one hand, Facebook has had very little success with Home, their mobile shell software that puts itself front and...

Instagram goes after revenue with in-line ads

Oct 3, 2013

Videos and images. They're what make Instagram such a hit. Now, they're going to be sneaking in more videos and...

San Fran’s Entrepreneurship Program applications due by Sunday

Oct 2, 2013

If you want to take advantage of the government funding your public sector ideas and turning them into reality, you...

Bitcoin suffers setback with Silk Road takedown

Oct 2, 2013

That didn't take long. After Silk Road, a Bitcoin-based black market that specialized in drugs and other illegal purchases, was...

Facebook mobile app ads make calls to action stronger

Oct 1, 2013

Businesses using Facebook for advertising will be happy to know that they are expanding the way they promote calls to...

Government websites are shutting down

Oct 1, 2013

We knew it would come. That still doesn't make it less shocking. The U.S. government is a complete mess. Congress...