Social networks worldwide are estimated to bring in $3.3 billion in advertising dollars this year, according to updated estimates by eMarketer. That number represents a 31 percent increase from 2009′s $2.5 billion. A full 39 percent of that amount, or $1.3 billion, will go to Facebook. In the U.S., social ad spending is estimated to […]
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Worldwide Advertising On Social Networks Estimated To Hit $3.3 Billion In 2010
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ISPs agree to cut connection to Internet cafes in wee hours
More...VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) has told internet service providers (ISP) to interrupt Internet connection to Internet cafes from 11pm to 6am beginning September 1, 2010. At a meeting of MoIC representatives, online game distributors and ISP executives on August 6, MoIC introduced five groups of solutions to deal with […]
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Google agrees to buy Slide for $182M as it moves into social games
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Sometimes, conflict between VCs and entrepreneurs is a good thing
More...Sometimes, conflict between VCs and entrepreneurs is a good thing You hear the word ‘alignment’ thrown out a lot in business conversations. And while it’s a wonderful thing to aspire to, it’s hard to achieve – particularly in entrepreneurial settings between the venture capitalist and the entrepreneur. It’s there, after all, that the stakes are […]
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Dog saves Rockford man by eating his toe
More...Rockford, Mich. (WZZM) – He can joke about it now, but the day Jerry Douthett woke up and found his dog had eaten his big toe, he wasn’t laughing. “I started screaming for help for Rosee and I went to the bathroom to rinse my foot off and the toe was gone.” Jerry’s wife Rosee found […]