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Many are aware of Amazon‘s robust retail and web-hosting businesses, but less are familiar with its advertising business, which is rapidly becoming a significant player in the space. Amazon brought in $450 million in advertising in revenue last year, according … Continue reading →

Remember Dollar Shave Club? The plucky startup got major attention last March thanks to a clever, Old Spice-influenced video that showed CEO Michael Dubin waxing eloquently in NSFW fashion about the company’s mission “Do you think your razor needs a … Continue reading →

The HTC One is heading to Verizon, the carrier confirmed in a tweet Monday. The flagship Android smartphone is expected to arrive at Big Red later this summer It’s coming – the HTC One will be available on the #Verizon … Continue reading →

If you’re looking for a way to show off your support for legislation beyond a simple Facebook status, you’re in luck: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) launched Cosponsor.gov Tuesday, a Facebook-based website and app that lets users mark their … Continue reading →

Foursquare, which recently began letting large advertisers like Burger King, Gap and Starwood Hotels promote themselves on the platform, is testing a program that lets small businesses do the same. Advertising Age reports that Foursquare is letting a “handful” of … Continue reading →

Foursquare, which recently began letting large advertisers like Burger King, Gap and Starwood Hotels promote themselves on the platform, is testing a program that lets small businesses do the same. Advertising Age reports that Foursquare is letting a “handful” of … Continue reading →

Salesforce is about to make its biggest acquisition to date. The enterprise cloud computing company announced Tuesday that it will buy ExactTarget, a marketing software company, for $2.5 billion. The deal has been unanimously approved by the boards of both … Continue reading →

Comedian Patton Oswalt is one of the Internet’s favorite things, right up there with cats and sports fails Given that status, politically minded hip-hop group The Coup just made a good call to have him star in a YouTube video … Continue reading →

Are you upset that Dora the Explorer is no longer on Netflix? It might be time to switch to Amazon Prime, where Dora, SpongeBob and hundreds of other Viacom TV shows will now have a home. Amazon and Viacom announced … Continue reading →

The astronomers at NASA and Pennsylvania State University have created the most detailed ultraviolet survey of our two closest major galaxies: the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds Astronomers used imagery from NASA’s Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope to create stunning mosaics. The … Continue reading →