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Mobile Payments Don’t Need NFC
Chia Chen 01.16.2012Near-field communication technology is cool, but mobile payments don’t need it, and they’re taking off without it.
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Can Scott Thompson Turn Around Yahoo?
Carla Rover 01.11.2012Yahoo’s new CEO faces a steep learning curve when it comes to the complicated world of digital display advertising. Can he catch up?
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Yahoo’s Choice: Double Down on Data
Brian Morrissey 01.05.2012New Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has many choices to make. Here are some ideas for how he can orient Yahoo to becoming a data-driven modern media company.
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Madison Avenue Sizes Up Yahoo’s New CEO
Mike Shields 01.04.2012The online ad community doesn’t know new Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson. That’s okay — as long as he retains, and attracts more top media and ad talent. And makes a decision on Yahoo’s future.
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NYC Needs a PayPal
Brian Morrissey 08.03.2011The perennial debate of what will make New York City more than a tech afterthought comes down to the lack of a home run. Will Foursquare be that billion-dollar company? Plus: Ning’s truncated ambitions, programmatic buying in mobile and mining Twitter data.
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Zynga’s Risky Business
Carla Rover 07.05.2011The social gaming giant is gambling that its dependence on Facebook is a symbiotic relationship. That’s a multi-billion-dollar gamble.
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A Real-World Twist on the Social Net
Carla Rover 05.24.2011Zenergo hopes that consumers sharing insights on offline daily shopping and lifestyle activities will help it stand out in a crowded field.
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Mobile Deals Get One-Click
Anne Sherber 05.02.2011Monster Offers, a daily deals aggregator, is staking out real estate at the intersection of daily deals and mobile marketing. .
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The Signal: Mobile’s Privacy Nightmare
Brian Morrissey 05.02.2011It was inevitable mobile technology would end up ensnared in a privacy controversy. Can it learn from how Facebook has dealt with tracking qualms? Plus: the incentivized app install era may end, eBay sees mobile sales take off, and Color is already declared dead.
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The Signal: Apple Gets Fit
Digiday Editors 04.29.2011Is Apple about to get the world in shape? Patent watchers noted a filing for a fitness app center. Plus: Android has way more free apps than Apple, Al Gore debuts an interactive e-book, and the iPad is as dominant as you thought.
