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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Liveblogging Facebook Advertising Announcement (Social Ads + Beacon + Insights) — I am at Facebook's social advertising announcement in New York City, where Mark Zuckerberg is about to take the stage and tell us all what we already think we know: Facebook is getting into the advertising business in a big way.
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Facebook launches its ad platform; Coca-Cola as friend? — Facebook on Tuesday announced its long awaited advertising system, dubbed Facebook Ads. — According to the company's statement, Facebook Ads will allow "businesses to connect with users and target advertising to the exact audiences they want."
Jeremiah Owyang / Web Strategy:
MySpace and Facebook launch new Advertising products, why Hyper Targeting, Social Ads and rise of the "Fan-Sumer" matter to brands — By Jeremiah Owyang, insight from Charlene Li and Shar VanBoskirk. This is also being cross-posted on the Forrester Marketing Blog. — Executive Summary
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Saul Hansell / New York Times:
Facebook to Turn Users Into Endorsers — Facebook wants to turn every member into a spokesman for its advertisers. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of the superhot social network, today announced what the company calls "social ads." — The ads expand what has been one …
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Jordan McCollum / Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim:Facebook's Announcement — Erick Schonfeld of TechCrunch …
Terrence Russell / Epicenter:Facebook Rolls Out Highly Targeted Viral Ad System
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Crave at CNET UK:
Apple Tablet PC is real, says Asus — Crave hangs with people in high places — that's how we get exclusives and free food. A few weeks ago we were having a civilised dinner with our friends at Asus and angling for cool stories when we were told in a very hushed manner: "Asus is helping Apple build a Tablet PC."
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft CIO Stuart Scott is out — Stuart Scott, who joined Microsoft in 2005 as Corporate Vice President and Chief Information Officer, [has left] was ousted from the company, as of November 5 for violating company policies, Microsoft officials said. — According to a statement from a Microsoft spokesperson:
Red / The Red Ferret Journal:
Nokia perfects the clicky tactile touchscreen - iPhone gnashes teeth, swears revenge — It's taken them 10 years but Nokia boffins have finally perfected a 'touch feedback' touchscreen. Don't be fooled by simple vibrational imitations folks, this is the real McCoy - you press a key on the screen …
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Michael Oneal / Chicago Tribune:
5 newspaper giants in talks about online ad network — Five of the nation's top newspaper companies are taking steps to create a national online advertising network they hope will help them recapture ad revenue leaking away from their print products. — Sources close to the situation said Gannett Co. …
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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:More Readers Trading Newspapers for Web Sites
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft's Windows Live finally starting to come into its own — It has been more than two years since Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie first outlined officially Microsoft's "Live" strategy. But finally — with the November 6 availability of the final version of a number …
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Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Yahoo executives grilled by Congress over China policies: Live-blogging — The U.S. House of Representatives is holding a hearing titled "Yahoo! Inc.'s Provision of False Information to Congress." With a title like that, you can be sure this particular event will be be fair, neutral, and objective.
Chris Soghoian / CNET News.com:
Google and the wrongly jailed Indian Net surfer — On August 31, Lakshmana Kailash K. was arrested in Bangalore, India, and charged with posting insulting images of a revered historical figure on the Internet. The police claimed that he had uploaded disrespectful images of Chhatrapati Shivaji …
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Dave Winer / Scripting News:
I'm not happy with Leopard — I've given Leopard a chance, but it's pretty clear, this is not a good operating system release. — I've been out of the Mac loop for most of the last decade, just got back in a bit over 2 years ago. I don't know if early OS releases are generally as crappy as this one …
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Lenovo:
Official PC Partner of the NBA Expands Lineup to Enter Workstation Market — Lenovo today showcased its powerful new entry into the workstation PC market with the launch of the ThinkStation brand. Unveiled in cooperation with the NBA at the NBA Store, ThinkStation marks more than ten years since …
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Chris / LiveSide:
Register your @live.xx email now! — Microsoft just enabled the @live.xx signup! Go grab yours now! http://get.live.com/getlive/ overview for the local domains (eg @live.co.uk) or use the following link for @live.com - @live.com signup. — So far the list of confirmed available aliases is:
Ashley Phillips / ABCNEWS:
Target Won't Carry 'Manhunt 2' — ESRB Allows Violent Game to Keep Its 'Mature' Rating — This image from the video game "Manhunt 2" was provided by its developer, Rockstar Games. Child advocates are urging parents not to buy "Manhunt 2," in which characters kill and torture …
Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
Salesforce.com Acknowledges Data Loss — Business software provider Salesforce.com acknowledged that a recent spate of targeted e-mail virus and phishing attacks against its customers resulted from one of its own employees falling for a phishing scam and turning over the keys to the company's customer database.
Alex Veiga / Associated Press:
Most fans paid $0 for Radiohead album — LOS ANGELES - Radiohead let its fans decide how much to pay for a digital copy of the band's latest release, "In Rainbows," and more than half of those who downloaded the album chose to pay nothing, according to a study by a consumer research firm.
