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Google buys display-ad specialist Teracent

San Jose Mercury News (Calif.) | 3 hours 34 minutes ago

Google has bought a Silicon Valley startup that customizes the online billboards known as display advertising.... (more)

Coffee War Moves Sector

TheStreet.com | 3 hours 34 minutes ago

EMERYVILLE, Calif. (TheStreet) -- The coffee war is heating up and sending shares within the sector moving, albeit in opposite directions.... (more)

Too much fun? Facebook photos cost woman her sick-leave benefits

San Jose Mercury News (Calif.) | 3 hours 34 minutes ago

MONTREAL A Canadian woman on sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits after her insurance agent found photos of her apparently having fun on Facebook.... (more)

Cutting holiday tips seen as chance to really say thank you

Reuters | 3 hours 36 minutes ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - With the recession set to cut tips given to doormen, housekeepers, and other service providers this holiday, etiquette experts say it is time to reclaim the reason for tipping and actually say thank you. ... (more)

Friends go online at Foursquare to meet offline

Boston Globe, The | 3 hours 36 minutes ago

SAN FRANCISCOLaura Fitton's ascent has been staggering: In less than a year, she's become mayor of nine different places in several different states, all without giving any speeches or kissing any babies.... (more)

Social startup Foursquare lets you be `mayor,' gives points for going out

Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.) | 3 hours 38 minutes ago

SAN FRANCISCO - Laura Fitton's ascent has been staggering: In less than a year, she's become mayor of nine different places in several different states, all without giving any speeches or kissing any babies.... (more)

Track Data Delisting, Deregistering Spurs Volume

TheStreet.com | 3 hours 38 minutes ago

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (TheStreet) -- Track Data (TRAC Quote) shares tumbled Monday on above-average volume after the market data and financial information provider decided to delist and deregister its common stock in December.... (more)

Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo

Detroit Free Press | 3 hours 41 minutes ago

MONTREAL A Canadian woman on sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits after her insurance agent found photos of her apparently having fun on Facebook.Nathalie Blanchard said today she was diagnosed with major depression and was receiving monthly sick-leave benefits until payments dried up this fall.When Blanchard called her insurance provider, Manulife, to find out why she says she was told the Facebook photos showed she was able to work.?If you have insurance, be careful. ... (more)

Underwhelmed By Chrome OS? That's Kinda the Point

Yahoo! | 3 hours 44 minutes ago

Google unveiled its open source Chrome OS on Thursday, many commentators were quick to dismiss the new operating system as unimpressive and underwhelming. Citing everything from the browser interface that represents the entirety of the user experience to its limited hardware support and inability to install apps or play PC games, early critics have slammed Google's cloud-based OS for being exactly what it is intended to be: lean, fast, and simple.... (more)

Salesforce.com Pumps Up Volume of Workplace Chatter

E-Commerce Times | 4 hours 14 minutes ago

Salesforce.com has developed a collaboration platform that puts social networking to work. Salesforce Chatter facilitates employee collaboration on projects through Facebook-like profiles, status updates, feeds and groups. The question remains whether employees will be as open to social networking in the workplace as they are in their personal lives.... (more)

Google buying display ad startup Teracent

Yahoo! | 4 hours 20 minutes ago

Google is acquiring Web display advertising startup Teracent, the Internet giant announced on Monday.... (more)

Obama, Industry Back Math, Science Education - Reviews by PC Magazine

PC Magazine | 4 hours 23 minutes ago

President Obama on Monday unveiled a campaign intended to promote science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education among children an effort that includes about $260 million in financial support from companies like Time Warner Cable, Discovery Communications, Sony, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.... (more)

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