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Facebook, Twitter Push Dunkin' Donuts West Quick-server enters California thanks to social media

Dunkin' Donuts—a Starbucks rival that's been a New England/East Coast mainstay for decades—announced today that it's finally entering the southern California market in 2015. Dunkin' Donuts CEO Nigel Travis said…

January 16, 2013, 2:46 PM EST

Smoothie King Taps Social to Salvage New Year's Resolutions Mid-January is ripe for fitness-minded marketing, per brand

Millions of New Year's resolutions—proclamations towards better health/fitness, in most cases—are probably already in tenuous shape. And that’s precisely why Smoothie King is launching a six-week social media campaign dubbed…

January 15, 2013, 5:17 PM EST

Obama Signs Video Sharing Bill Netflix to launch social feature this year

President Obama signed a bill Thursday that frees Netflix to launch in the U.S. a feature that lets users automatically broadcast on Facebook what movies and TV shows they're watching.…

January 11, 2013, 9:17 AM EST

LinkedIn Hits Big Milestone; Brands Could Flock Next Networking site gets to 200 million after launching more ad products

LinkedIn has surpassed 200 million users, the firm announced today, while breaking out where they live for the benefit of advertisers and curious tech watchers. Seventy-four million are in the…

January 9, 2013, 11:24 AM EST

Associated Pushback on Twitter AP rankles some with Samsung ads

The Associated Press this week is causing a stir by running ads for Samsung via the wire service's Twitter account. The ads—appearing in conjunction with the Consumer Electronics Show in…

January 8, 2013, 6:50 PM EST

Video-Sharing Bill Now Up to Obama Netflix plans to launch feature next year

It's now up to President Obama to sign into law a new measure that will allow consumers to share what movies or TV shows they watched on social media platforms.…

December 21, 2012, 7:49 AM EST

House Passes Video Sharing Bill Amending VPPA is a top priority for Netflix

A bill that will allow consumers to share on social media what movies or TV shows they watched passed the House of Representatives Tuesday. The bill amends the Video Privacy Protection…

December 18, 2012, 6:27 PM EST

Facebook Gifts Gets Competition From Amazon E-commerce giant's service connects with social network

Facebook Gifts was supposed to be the social network’s entry into the e-commerce game. The thinking was sound: connect credit cards with users’ accounts and get people used to buying products…

December 12, 2012, 3:45 PM EST

Ads Tool Gives #Retargeting a Makeover RadiumOne unveils Twitter-based product

Two years after introducing a tool that targets potential Facebook fans around the Web, RadiumOne today debuts a hashtag-based system that takes aim at Twitter users. A brand can identify consumers…

December 12, 2012, 8:00 AM EST

Capital One's '12 Days of Pinterest' Credit firm runs contest with Saks Fifth, Neiman-Marcus, Best Buy, Kohl's

Capital One tomorrow will launch a Pinterest-based holidays contest, highlighting how the social pinning site has gotten brands' attention in the last year.  The credit firm will give away $100 Capital…

December 11, 2012, 7:43 PM EST

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