Facebook wants you to work for it - for free TechRadar | Facebook has a new service, Facebook Questions. | As the firms' Blake Ross explains, "Millions of people ask their friends questions on Facebook every day. What new music should I listen to? Where's the best sushi place in town? How do I learn to play the piano? How can I give my valuable tim...
Avon Products 2Q net income doubles The News & Observer | NEW YORK -- Avon Products Inc. says higher revenue in Latin America and Europe helped its second-quarter net income more than double. | The direct seller of beauty products says net income rose to $167.6 million, or 39 cents per share. That compares with $82.9 million, or 19 cents per share last y...
Microsoft to analysts: Here's how we win business & the cloud Seattle Times | Microsoft has a four-point plan for winning business customers, Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner told the 180 or so financial analysts in Redmond for the . | 1. Leading with the cloud with our customers. "We offer choice" was the old message th...
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The scoop on authorized celeb books: fewer sales, the Internet is faster Orlando Sentinel NEW YORK (AP) — Put Angelina Jolie's face on a magazine cover and sales will surely rise. Get her to write a memoir and it would be worth millions. But write a book about her, without her cooperation, and you're taking a chance. | Coming a week...
The scoop on authorized celeb books: fewer sales, the Internet is faster KDVR NEW YORK (AP) — Put Angelina Jolie's face on a magazine cover and sales will surely rise. Get her to write a memoir and it would be worth millions. But write a book about her, without her cooperation, and you're taking a chance. | Coming a week...
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PayPal making belated foray in Japan, without eBay Herald Tribune | TOKYO - PayPal, the online payment unit of Internet commerce firm eBay Inc., is planning to break into the Japanese market - the first time it has entered a region without eBay's...
Yahoo Japan Teams With Google on Search The New York Times | TOKYO — Yahoo Japan announced Tuesday that it would use Google technology to power its Internet search engine and search-advertising platform. The deal puts Yahoo Japan on ...
Yahoo Japan to use Google search engine technology The State | TOKYO - Yahoo Japan Corp. said Tuesday that it will use Google technology to run its search engine and search ad delivery system, after a similar deal in the U.S. was derailed by...
Vietnam restricts online games after murder cases The Miami Herald | HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam has banned the advertisement of online games and restricted access after several cases in which young people committed murder or robbery to get money to pay to play, an official said Thursday. | The Ministry of Information...
Facebook passes 500 million users The State | SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook Inc. on Wednesday issued its own eye-popping status update: The world's most popular social networking site had surpassed 500 million users. | And now, the Internet phenomenon that has transformed how the world communicates is eyeing another distinction - connecting one out of every seven human beings on the planet. | Six...
Smart to introduce Internet to more Filipinos in provinces Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines -- Dominant carrier Smart Communications Inc. is going out to the countryside to introduce more Filipinos to the benefits of the Internet, as part of efforts to increase broadband penetration in the Philippines. | In a statement, Smart said it would deploy 36 'Experience Centers,' which would be up for five months from July to...
