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Twitter's Top Trending Topics of 2011--Justin Bieber Takes Top SpotJustin Bieber owes his Beliebers--big time! The bubblegum pop star was the No. 1 trending topic on Twitter in 2011, according to What the Trend –- a HootSuite Media company. |
PR Newswire Celebrates 2011 Hispanic Heritage Month With WebinarOn Oct. 19, PR Newswire will host a free webinar titled "Marketers as Publishers: How to Leverage Online Content and Online Tools to Engage Latinos." |
Zappos Putting Its Stamp on Downtown Las VegasFrom his newly purchased condo on the 23rd floor of The Ogden in downtown Las Vegas, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is overseeing a takeover of the surrounding area with a mix of capitalism and philanthropy. |
Groupon Gets Blurry on Sales NumbersU.S. deal-generating shopping website Groupon said it stopped listing the number of deals sold for individual items to make it harder to count its sales. |
Foursquare Co-founder's Advice To MIT Boot Camp: Make What People WantNaveen Selvadurai will be "checking in" at today's Startup Bootcamp at MIT. |
Navigating Facebook's RedesignMany Facebook users logged on Wednesday and found a strange, new social-networking world. For those who haven't seen it, Facebook rolled out some key changes to user profiles, including updates to its News Feed. |
Lack of Corporate Focus Leaves Yahoos in LimboYahoo has always worn its jovial corporate color on its sleeve. There were purple ad campaigns, purple bicycles to create buzz and co-founder Jerry Yang's pledge to always "bleed purple." Lately, though, what a lot of employees at the Sunnyvale Internet giant are feeling is blue. |
Netflix Extends Apology via E-mail to Current and Former SubscribersNetflix CEO Reed Hastings took to the company blog to break news of the company's DVD service spin-off into Qwickster and to offer an apology to past subscribers. But it seems Hastings wanted to make sure his message got out; the company sent an e-mail blast with a very similar message, seemingly to former and current subscribers. |
$10 Gets You $20 at Whole Foods in Nationwide LivingSocial DealAs the "group deal" business becomes ever more ubiquitous, and ever less useful, Whole Foods and LivingSocial are stepping up to the plate and offering a new deal that anyone interested in groceries should be interested. About 23 more hours remain for an opportunity get get $20 worth of groceries at Whole Foods for just $10 -- that's half off, for those keeping track. |
Zagat Gobbled Up by GoogleToday, Marissa Mayer, Google's VP of Local, Maps and Location Services, announced that the search engine giant has acquired Zagat, the well-known restaurant and entertainment guide. It's a step that holds much promise, as Zagat's methodology for supplying user-generated content is well established, and Google's online presence has the potential to turn Zagat's mostly print-centric business into an online force. |
New iPhone, iPod Expected From Apple in OctoberEven without Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple, the show must go on. |
