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Not long ago, Bloomberg Businessweek declared 2014 the “Year of the Paywall” for the news industry. Sure enough, everywhere you look in publishing these days, you see news organizations ranging from Politico (and its Capital New York offshoot) to the new tech-oriented website the Information experimenting with online-subscription models. “I would not start a media company today based on...
Sling Media announced a new SlingPlayer channel for Roku streaming devices on Monday. This means you can enjoy live or recorded TV via a Slingbox on a Roku streaming player.
The result is similar to the TiVo Stream and TiVo Mini products, in that it lets you access content and remotely control a TV set and DVR from another location.
See also: How Do the New Slingboxes Stack Up in the Living Room...
Technology is coming to the rescue for the perennial conundrum of finding a place to park your carParkWhiz, which has helped Chicagoans achieve that feat, is now available in New York City.
Though ParkWhiz has long offered special event parking in New York in Yankee Stadium and some other locations, the company's web and mobile apps will now let New Yorkers purchase daily or monthly parking in...
A lawn care company recently discovered that people in New England were talking about their product, but mostly in relation to deals and rebates. Meanwhile, customers in Colorado seemed to be obsessed with how the brand's products killed bugs.
Such insights were gleaned using technology from Luminoso, a startup hatched from MIT's Media Lab that is officially launching this month. Luminoso's not...
While the rest of the business world hustles to develop outposts on Facebook and LinkedIn, a few savvy marketers are discovering that small is beautiful. That's because there are several online communities that cater to specific audiences better than social behemoths ever could.
The membership in highly-focused professional communities like Spiceworks and FohBoh.com attract B2B companies,...
Fresh off reaching 3 million users in January, social media management dashboard HootSuite is adding three apps to its App Directory and releasing its Engagement API.
Users can now integrate Digg, InboxQ and Trendspottr into their dashboards starting Wednesday by installing them via the App Directory, which until today allowed users to share content only to Constant Contact, Flickr, Formulists...
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Small businesses don’t seem to be swept up in the social media revolution, according to a new study.
Hiscox, a small business insurance provider, polled 304 decision makers for U.S. businesses with between one and 249 employees in June. Of those polled, just 12% considered using social media a “must” for their business. However, 50% of respondents said they couldn’t do...
Digg launched a new social news discovery function called Newswire on Monday.
Newswire “gives you the tools to shape the breaking stories on Digg,” according to the social news site’s blog. Unlike other areas on Digg, the Newswire updates news in real-time — as stories are submitted, they appear in the “Recent” section within Newswire. As they are Dugg,...
Live Nation Entertainment — the merged ticketing, promotions and agency conglomerate formed from Ticketmaster, Live Nation and Front Line Management — reports that it sold more than 422,000 offers via Groupon in the second quarter.
The partnership with Groupon, said President and CEO Michael Rapino in the company’s earnings call Monday, has helped Live Nation target event...