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A Nobel Peace Prize for Twitter?
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New York Settles With Firm Posting Fake Reviews
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has reached a settlement with cosmetic surgery firm Lifestyle Lift over the posting of fake consumer reviews online. Under the settlement, Lifestyle Lift will stop posting anonymous positive reviews about the company to online forums and other websites. The company will pay $300,000 in fines and costs to the State of New York. According to the AG's office the…
Apollo 11 Takes to the Virtual Skies
Just as it did 40 years ago, at 9:32 AM ET this morning, Saturn V launched into the virtual skies, its destination... the Moon and history books everywhere. Where were you when Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the Moon? Tell us.
Google and the Economy
Google releases their Q2 earnings today. It will be interesting to see how their results will be received on Wall St. for a number of reasons. Google is one of those companies that people measure the economy as a whole against to some extent. As such, today has sort of a groundhog day kind of feel to me. I don’t typically spend a lot of…
Brands Can Still Do More With Social Media
When it comes to social media, about 33 percent of consumers are not connecting with brands on social networks, according to a new report by interactive marketing firm Razorfish. For the report, Razorfish surveyed 1,000 consumers who reported both social media and ecommerce activity with the goal to find out how social media influences purchasing decisions. Overall, 80 percent were members of at least one…
Economy Drives Americans Online
More than half (69%) of adult Americans have gone online to get help with personal economic issues and to gather information about national economic problems, according to a new report by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Some 52 percent of Americans have had to cope with a major economic loss during the recession including 35 percent who have seen their investments lose more…
