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Facebook Will Use Facebook Data to Sell Ads on Sites That Aren't Facebook — Investors and analysts spent years clamoring for Facebook to start up an ad network, and earlier this year it obliged them. — And now Facebook is rolling out another one. — Caveat — this isn't an ad network in a formal sense.
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Relaunches Atlas Ad Platform With Cross-Device Targeting And Offline Sales Tracking — As Advertising Week kicks off in New York City, Facebook is announcing a new version of its Atlas ad platform, which it says represents the next step in tracking ad effectiveness across devices.
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Schmidt's “How Google Works” encourages managers to think big, fail fast, rely on data, but these principles may not apply to the average company — Don't be modest — AS A service, Google has become indispensable to people's interactions online.
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt: Competition Between Apple and Google is More Brutal Than Ever — Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt and former SVP of products, Jonathan Rosenberg, recently published a new book entitled “How Google Works, which explores topics like corporate culture … | Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter: |
Japan's SoftBank reportedly in talks to acquire DreamWorks Animation in a deal valued at $3.4B — Source: DreamWorks Animation in Sale Talks With Japan's SoftBank (Exclusive) — The company, which has seen up-and-down box office numbers of late, would be valued at $3.4 billion, a source tells THR| Ryan Vlastelica / Reuters: |
Instagram reportedly blocked in China amid Hong Kong protests — (Reuters) - Instagram, the popular photo-sharing service owned by Facebook Inc (FB.O), has been blocked in China, according to numerous reports, including from Hong Kong-based reporters with the New York Times.
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| Michael Crider / Android Police: |
AT&T Promotion Doubles Some Mobile Share Value Data Plans (From 30GB Up To 100GB) From Now Until October 31st — Are you and your family so-called “data hounds,” who need much, much more mobile data per month than the average user? Then for God's sake, avoid the limited plans on AT&T and Verizon …
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| Erika Adams / Racked National: |
How case makers prepare for iPhone launches, often risking thousands on unconfirmed specs — By The Numbers: The Big Money, High-Stakes iPhone Case Race — Apple's newest phones sold 10 million units last weekend—strange reports of bending aside, they're breaking records left and right.
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Android Auto developer docs show off more UI, detail 3rd-party apps — An example of a generic interface that Google designs. Developers can customize the colors and icons. — 7 more images in gallery — Google just released a set of Android Auto developer documents to developer.android.com …
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European Commission seeking retroactive tax windfall from Apple Inc subsidiary in Ireland — The European Commission is expected to release a report this week alleging that Ireland provided illegal “state aid” to Apple when it set tax rates for the company in 1991 and 2007 … | Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker: |
The history of the “right to be forgotten”, and a look inside Google's removal process — Google and the Right to Be Forgotten — In Europe, the right to be forgotten trumps the Internet. … “We should support the local farm as well as the local confectioner.” — »| Nathan Grayson / Kotaku: |
Sony to shut down Playstation Home virtual social hub in March 2015, after six years — PlayStation Home Finally Closing Down — Goodnight, sweet prince. You were... you, um... well at least you tried. — PlayStation Home, Sony's long-running (though never exactly beloved) …
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