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Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women Includes Tech, Media Titans Sheryl Sandberg, Jill Abramson, Marissa Mayer make the cut again

Forbes’ most estrogen-heavy annual list, The World's 100 Most Powerful Women, is a who’s who of politicians, celebrities, and CEOs. While this year’s Top 5 was heavy on politics (German…

May 22, 2013, 11:35 AM EDT

Microsoft's Xbox One Is Its Own Second Screen Brings together live TV, Internet, gaming, original content

Microsoft hopes the new Xbox One—its first console in eight years—will become a hub for entertainment. In addition to live TV, the device will offer exclusive media content, including a…

May 22, 2013, 11:24 AM EDT

Tablets Overtake Smartphones as the Big Shopping Device Mobile fuels retail

Mobile devices account for just 15 percent of e-commerce today, but eMarketer estimates that by 2017, one-fourth of online sales will be mobile-based as people conduct more of their lives…

May 22, 2013, 6:38 AM EDT

Pinterest Plays Coy on Ads, but Expect Commerce to Lead CEO Silbermann preaches a native, user-friendly commercial approach

A coy Ben Silbermann wasn’t saying much today about how he plans to incorporate advertising into Pinterest, the site he founded back in 2009. But it’s a good bet Pinterest…

May 21, 2013, 7:25 PM EDT

Spotify Launches Music Charts Service turns to data to stand out among competitors

A year after Spotify data began appearing in Billboard's Hot 100, the Sweden-based music streaming service has launched charts of its own. The Wall Street Journal reported that Spotify will rank…

May 21, 2013, 2:05 PM EDT

Digital Dignitaries Debate Display's Death Luma's Kawaja: Give up on brand dollars

Display advertising is largely ineffective. Brands aren’t interested, and they’re not likely to get on board anytime soon. No, the brands are coming online soon—just wait. Those were two competing visions…

May 21, 2013, 1:51 PM EDT

67% of Smartphone Owners Would Rather See Ads Than Pay for Premium Content Consumers fine with promos-for-freebies exchange

Fully 67 percent of smartphone users are willing to view ads to gain in-app premium content rather than pay for it, according to a Yankee Group study that was commissioned by…

May 21, 2013, 6:00 AM EDT

Mayer Talks Tumblr Plans, Unveils New Flickr Looks to improve blogging platforms search

Yahoo plans to lean on its search technology to help users discover more great content on Tumblr, the company’s new $1.1 billion acquisition. And Tumblr will help Yahoo reach a…

May 20, 2013, 10:01 PM EDT

Ziff Davis Nabs NetShelter Boasts that deal will elevate it to position of No. 1 tech publisher

Ziff Davis announced on Monday that it has acquired NetShelter, a technology-centric ad network/platform which claims to represent about 150 websites. Ziff Davis boasted in a release that the deal with…

May 20, 2013, 3:05 PM EDT

Young Tumblr Marketers Have Strong Advice for Yahoo Millennial practitioners worry about the acquisition

"We promise not to screw it up," said Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, posting on her brand-new Tumblr account this morning and effectively making official the $1.1 billion purchase of the…

May 20, 2013, 2:21 PM EDT

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