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Facebook updates its ads interface

If you think that Facebook ads are too simple, you're right... at least they were. Now, they have added functionality that keeps them pretty simple but adds power to the...

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Pay with Amazon, a PayPal alternative

Amazon is getting into a lot of different businesses lately. Now, they want to get into the payment business. Amazon launched a service called Login and Pay with Amazon today at Money...

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

Most browsers have a private mode that allows for searches to be done "privately" but it's not what people really expect. The data in this format is still trackable. With...

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Twitter getting lectured on politics even before they go public

Every blogger gets a wild hair (or even hare) every now and then that makes them get on a soapbox and rant. Twitter has been the victim of a lot...

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More problems highlighted on Twitter prior to IPO

When it rains, it pours. For Twitter, this means all of their little secrets and hushed challenges are coming out into the light for everyone to see, digest, dissect, and...

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MIT robo blocks can reconfigure themselves

As robots go, there are definitely some that are more complex looking than others. Not everything has to look like a Michael Bay creation to be potentially useful as an...

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Facebook Home adds more familiar social media faces

On one hand, Facebook has had very little success with Home, their mobile shell software that puts itself front and center on smartphones. On the other hand, they haven't put...

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Instagram goes after revenue with in-line ads

Videos and images. They're what make Instagram such a hit. Now, they're going to be sneaking in more videos and images into your feed in the form of advertisements. Well...

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San Fran’s Entrepreneurship Program applications due by Sunday

If you want to take advantage of the government funding your public sector ideas and turning them into reality, you have until the beginning of next week to get in...

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Bitcoin suffers setback with Silk Road takedown

That didn't take long. After Silk Road, a Bitcoin-based black market that specialized in drugs and other illegal purchases, was shut down by the FBI, values of a Bitcoin fell...

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Facebook mobile app ads make calls to action stronger

Businesses using Facebook for advertising will be happy to know that they are expanding the way they promote calls to action on their mobile ads. The purpose of Facebook’s Mobile...

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Government websites are shutting down

We knew it would come. That still doesn't make it less shocking. The U.S. government is a complete mess. Congress could not even perform its basic constitutional duty to fund...

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