News tagged with digital marketing

Cisco to buy video tech company NDS for about $4B

(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. is buying digital video technology company NDS Group Ltd. for about $4 billion to enhance its video offerings to pay-TV providers and expand in emerging markets.

Technology / Business

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Android Market checks out, Google Play moves in

Google's digital marketplace for mobile applications, music, movies and books is unifying under a new name in an effort to spruce up the shopping experience.

Technology / Software

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research shows correlation between online shopping and keeping up with the Joneses

Online retailers have long wondered if trumpeting consumer-behavior statistics on their websites could hurt business. New findings from Binghamton University should ease their fears, just in time for Cyber ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

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EU approves Samsung-Seagate hard disc business sale

European anti-trust regulators approved Wednesday the sale of Samsung Electronics' hard-disc-drive business to US firm Seagate Technology for $1.375 billion (995 million euros) in cash and stock.

Technology / Business

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Digital piracy casts shadow over ebook world

With electronic books growing in popularity, the publishing world focuses on fighting the threat of digital book pirates, much as the music industry once did with illegal downloading.

Technology / Other

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 5

EU approves Microsoft's Skype takeover

European anti-trust officials approved on Friday US technology giant Microsoft's $8.5-billion takeover of Internet voice and video leader Skype.

Technology / Business

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Removal of restrictions can decrease music piracy

Contrary to the traditional views of the music industry, removal of digital rights management (DRM) restrictions can actually decrease piracy, according to new research from Rice University and Duke University.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

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Retailers angle for presence in social media's virtual worlds

Best Buy Co. Inc. may be building fewer big-box stores in malls and shopping centers nationwide. But when it comes to the virtual world, the Richfield, Minn.-based consumer electronics giant is looking to grab some digital ...

Technology / Business

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Google says India Internet users to triple

Google expects India's Internet users to triple by 2014 as telecom carriers invest in high-speed wireless infrastructure and smartphones become cheaper, a report said Friday.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo! in ad deal: WSJ

AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo! are proposing to offer space on each other's sites to advertisers in a bid to take on Google, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

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Sony to release tablet computer this month

Sony's first tablet computer will hit the Japanese market on September 17 as the company looks to take on Apple's popular iPad, the electronics giant said Thursday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Advertisers scan faces to tailor pitches

Picture this: You stop in front of a digital advertising display at a mall and suddenly an ad pops up touting makeup, followed by one for shoes and then one for butter pecan ice cream.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Facebook to pass Yahoo! in display ad revenue

Facebook is on track to pass Yahoo! in US display advertising revenue this year while Google will also gain market share, according to a forecast published on Monday by digital marketing firm eMarketer.

Technology / Business

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US online advertising soars in first quarter: report

Industry group Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) reported on Thursday that US online ad revenue hit a record high $7.3 billion in the first three months of the year.

Technology / Business

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Apple looks set to launch cloud-based music service

Just weeks after Amazon and Google unveiled their music offerings, Apple appears set to raise the bar.

Technology / Internet

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0