Amazon takes on iTunes with cloud music relaunch
Amazon is set to relaunch its digital locker offer next month after agreeing licensing deals with all four majors.
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Twitter becomes content creator
Twitter looks set to follow Google in creating value from content collation. The value Twitter is trying to unlock is in context rather than content itself, by collating material together around popular hashtags.
Xbox 360 gets motion controlled ads for Kinect
Microsoft has announced ‘NUads’ Kinect enabled adverts for its Xbox 360, letting the viewer interact and control the experience using their bodies and voices.
Microsoft takes on iPad with touchscreen tablets
Microsoft has launched its first touch screen tablet computer ‘Surface’, as the software giant looks to rival Google in the fast growing market.
Facebook buys facial recognition firm
Facebook has bought Israel-based Face.com for an undisclosed sum, bolstering its facial recognition software.
Yahoo hires former Google exec to boost ad revenue
Yahoo has hired former Google exec and AdMeld boss Michael Barrett as its new chief of revenue.
Social media SEO- Facebook and Twitter ‘now play key role in Google search rankings'
The number of Facebook and Twitter shares a website accumulates is playing an increasingly crucial role in determining their Google search ranking, according to new research.
Social media SEO- Facebook and Twitter ‘now play key role in Google search rankings’
The number of Facebook and Twitter shares a website accumulates is playing an increasingly crucial role in determining their Google search ranking, according to new research.
Microsoft to buy social collaboration tool Yammer for $1.2bn?
Business-based social collaboration tool Yammer has agreed to acquisition by Microsoft for $1.2 billion, according to a news report.
Latin America most Socially-Engaged global region- report
More than 127 million Latin Americans ages 15 and older visited a social networking destination from a home or work computer in April 2012, with the average visitor spending 7.5 hours social networking during the month, according to new research.