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Facebook Focuses On Mobile With Updates To Insights for Open Graph
0By: Kevin Green | November 22nd, 2012 | Android, iOS, News, Social Media
On November 21, popular social network Facebook publicized a large number of updates that were made to the platform that are geared specifically towards developers. The major change came by way of Insights for Open Graph with updated versions of the publish, impression, and referral clicks functions for mobile devices. Developer...
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Airbnb Moves Into Asia With Plans For Regional Headquarters And Local Customer Service
By: Kevin Green | November 22nd, 2012 | Business, Living, News
Airbnb, a leading peer-to-peer rental service provider, made public their plans to develop local customer support branches in Asia. Co-founder and CTO of the startup, Nathan Blecharczyk, also stated that his firm could easily get 2 million properties in Asia for their portfolio. Currently, Airbnb has a total of 250,000 properties in...
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YouTube Channel Gets 26 Million Views For Halo 4 Miniseries
By: Kevin Green | November 22nd, 2012 | Games, Google, News
Xbox, the Microsoft owned gaming console, has seen millions of copies of the first person shooter game Halo played by its users the world over. With the latest version of Halo being released before the Christmas season, Microsoft wanted to give its video game franchise another winning title. ...
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Google Maps For Desktops Gets Indoor Mapping Service With 10,000 Floor Plans
By: Kevin Green | November 22nd, 2012 | Google, News, O Canada
On November 21, Google made public the updated version of its desktop mapping service which will now have indoor maps. Previously, only the Android version of Google Maps had floor plans but thanks to the announced change, now anyone running maps on their desktop can have access to 10,000 i...
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Location Based Social Network Foursquare Hits 3 Billion Check-ins
By: Kevin Green | November 22nd, 2012 | Business, News, Social Media
Foursquare, a location based social network, has grown rapidly thanks to the popularity of smartphones and their continued adoption by consumers. The startup now has 25 million users worldwide and recently announced that it had gotten its 3 billionth check-in. Foursquare was over the moon two years ago when it reached 380 millio...
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Networking Experts From Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Meet To Develop Regional Plan
By: Kevin Green | November 22nd, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Networking specialists hailing from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia will meet on November 28th in Sackville to develop plans to join high-speed networks between the two Canadian provinces. The leaders in their field will discuss the best path to take to reach their regional goals. The latest meet up of the group was held after an Executive TeleForum that took place in October. Overall,
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Jefferies & Company’s Analyst Gives BlackBerry 10’s Operating System 20 to 30 Percent Chance of Success
By: Jeff Stewart | November 21st, 2012 | Android, Apple, Google, iOS, News, Smartphones
The well-known Jefferies & Company tech analyst Peter Misek said on Tuesday that he has raised the chances of Research In Motion's (RIM) latest operating system (OS) success in his recent assessment. However, the percentage of success that Misek has declared ...
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Cisco Acquires Meraki for $1.2 Billion in Cash
By: Ali Raza | November 21st, 2012 | Business, News, Smartphones, Tablets
After pursuing Meraki for several weeks, Cisco Systems' efforts finally bore fruit as the world’s leading computer-networking equipment maker was able to acquire the cloud network company of their eye for $1.2 billion cash. The company made the announcement t...
