News tagged with marketing programs

Stock traders look to Facebook, Twitter for tips

The next big stock tip might be as close as a Twitter feed. Professional traders are developing computer programs that scour Internet posts in search of the next stock market darling. Their technology analyzes everything ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

TV executives crave viewers who watch 2 screens

Forget the small screen and the big screen. The hottest new thing in television is the "second screen" - the one on the tablet computer or cell phone that an increasing number of viewers keep an eye on while they're watching ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

YouTube to stream Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits

(AP) -- YouTube will live stream Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits in the video site's continuing push to bring music festivals to digital screens.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Retailers want to sell you gadgets, buy them back later, and then sell them again

You know that shiny smart phone you bought six months ago? There's an even better one hitting the market right about now. Or how about that flat-panel TV you bought last year. Now they come in 3-D.

Technology / Business

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stricter testing for federal ground beef program may not lead to safer meat: report

A new National Research Council report finds no scientific basis that more stringent testing of meat purchased through the government's ground beef purchase program and distributed to various federal food and nutrition programs ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

DIY cybercrime kits power growth in phishing attacks

Do-it-yourself cybercrime kits are driving a surge in Internet-borne computer infections.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

EU regulators softening stance on Oracle-Sun

(AP) -- European Union regulators appear to be softening their opposition to Oracle Corp.'s proposed $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc., a shift that has resurrected some investors' hopes that one of the year's ...

Technology / Business

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Recession forces new focus in e-commerce marketing

(AP) -- Online retailers are shifting their marketing from traditional advertising to less expensive tools like Facebook.com and Twitter and e-mail as they seek market share or just work to retain customers, according to ...

Technology / Internet

created May 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0