Tag: NEW YORK
Taking aim at Groupon, Gannett expands DealChicken (Reuters)
July 29th, 2011, No Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gannett Co. is expanding its service deal chicken daily deals, which will be in over 50 cities by the end of the year as the top U.S. newspaper chain tries to capitalize on the popularity of online coupon. The company is entering a crowded market dominated by Groupon living and social. [...]
Google to debut new mobile payment service on Thursday (Yahoo! News)
July 27th, 2011, No Comments
After months of speculation, rumors and banter, Bloomberg reported that Google has previously come to Apple and introduced a new mobile payment system Thursday. The service is approaching the ground communication (NFC), which uses special hardware inside a mobile phone to the reader conduct wireless transactions in shops equipped with NFC with. Google's new mobile [...]
Spotify sets sights on ‘all the world’s music’ (AFP)
July 23rd, 2011, No Comments
Spotify sets sights on 'world music' Aspen, Colorado (AFP) – Finally, after his release in the U.S., Sweden has online Spotify music star, now a focus on building the world's largest music catalog. "We want all the music from Africa, Asia, all music, all music in America," says co-founder of Spotify, and CEO Daniel Ek [...]
EBay buys Zong as mobile payments gain traction (Reuters)
July 11th, 2011, No Comments
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – EBay Inc said on Thursday it agreed to buy cellphone payments provider Zong for about $240 million in cash to help its PayPal unit push further into mobile commerce. EBay does not expect the deal to affect its financial outlook. It should close in the third quarter of 2011. Zong [...]
Twitter security lags some other sites: experts (Reuters)
July 8th, 2011, No Comments
Twitter CEO Evan Williams speaks at a news conference in San Francisco BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The fast-growing microblogging site Twitter has fallen behind some other Internet services in introducing tools to help secure the accounts of users, security experts say. Weaknesses in Twitter's security became apparent on the U.S. July 4 Independence holiday as [...]
EBay buys Zong as mobile payments gain traction (Reuters)
July 8th, 2011, No Comments
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – EBay Inc said on Thursday it agreed to buy cellphone payments provider Zong for about $240 million in cash to help its PayPal unit push further into mobile commerce. EBay does not expect the deal to affect its financial outlook. It should close in the third quarter of 2011. Zong [...]
eBay buying Zong for $240 million (AFP)
July 8th, 2011, No Comments
Zong eBay buyer for $ 240 million NEW YORK (AFP) – PayPal owner eBay said Thursday that he has agreed with mobile payments provider Zong buy for $ 240 million in cash. "With Zong, PayPal will be better able to offer consumers more choices in how they want to pay," San Jose, Calif.-based eBay said [...]
Facebook launches video calls, group chat features (AP)
July 7th, 2011, No Comments
Mark Zuckerberg, Tony Bates NEW YORK – Fast on the heels of Google's launch of its newest social networking risk, Facebook said Wednesday that its 750 million users can now make video calls on the website. The function will be operated by the Internet telephony service Skype. Facebook also designed its new chat feature, so [...]
Facebook launches video calls, group chat features (AP)
July 7th, 2011, No Comments
Mark Zuckerberg, Tony Bates NEW YORK – Fast on the heels of Google's launch of its newest social networking risk, Facebook said Wednesday that its 750 million users can now make video calls on the website. The function will be operated by the Internet telephony service Skype. Facebook also designed its new chat feature, so [...]
Pte equity firms take piece of web host Go Daddy (AFP)
July 2nd, 2011, No Comments
Private equity to take Pte piece Host Go Daddy NEW YORK (AFP) – Go Daddy, the largest registrar worldwide Internet domain names, announced Friday that it sold a participation in three major investment firms, including private equity giant KKR. "The Go Daddy Group, Inc. … has signed a definitive agreement to receive a strategic investment [...]
