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Gmail calling takes off, but not without bumps

Friday, August 27, 2010

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More than 1 million calls were placed from Gmail's free calling service in its first 24 hours, according to Google, which launched the service Wednesday. When we tried it out, we found that Gmail calling has remarkable ease of use, making it almost phone-like, despite originating from an e-mail program.

CanadianListed Introduces “Hyper-Local” Approach to Online Classified Ads Marketplace

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

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CanadianListed.com, a new online classifieds site, is presenting consumers and businesses with a more effective way to sell and buy products and services within their cities, towns, or even within the ultra-local confines of their neighborhoods. CanadianListed.com is the only free site offering a highly localized or hyperlocal approach to buying and selling products and services online today that offers a user-friendly experience when viewing or posting an ad. Additionally, CanadianListed is committed to providing a family-friendly online selling arena.

TeleNav Launches Free Location-Based Classifieds iPhone App

Thursday, August 19, 2010

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TeleNav, Inc. (NASDAQ: TNAV), one of the largest global wireless location-based services providers with more than 16 million subscribers, today announced a free application for the iPhone and iPod touch* called Jungle!. Jungle! is a convenient way for college students to buy, sell and request products and services in their area, including textbooks, tutoring or even housing, based on their current location.

Apple’s Ad Service Off to Bumpy Start

Monday, August 16, 2010

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Apple Inc. is facing some early challenges in its closely watched mobile advertising foray, with some ad campaigns experiencing delays as agencies attempt to learn the new system amid Apple's tight control over the creative process, according to ad executives.

Askeers.com – A New Classifieds Website

Sunday, August 15, 2010

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Askeers is a new classifieds website that offers full geolocalization through Google Maps. This makes it extremely easy to sell and buy items in a hyper-local setting, and also list services that you are capable of rendering. As a matter of fact, a platform like this one even makes it possible to keep everything in your neighborhood if that is what you want.

eBay Launches Cashback Program

Saturday, August 14, 2010

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eBay is launching its rewards program today: eBay Bucks, which allows any eBay shopper who lives in the U.S. and is a registered member of the marketplace, to earn 2 percent cash back on most items purchased through the site with PayPal.

Online Advertising Revenue Grows To $1.82 Billion in Canada

Friday, August 13, 2010

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Online advertising in Canada continues on a double digit growth trajectory, despite an overall slowdown for ad spending in other major media.

Oodle Doubles Traffic and Revenue

Thursday, August 12, 2010

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Oodle announced it has added four new executives to its senior team, and reported traffic and revenue had more than doubled in the past year. Oodle is a classifieds aggregator and powers the classifieds services on Facebook and for over 200 leading brands including Cox Interactive, Media General, the Washington Post, Walmart, AOL and Lycos.

Colo. unemployed fooled by bait-and-switch job ads

Monday, August 2, 2010

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DENVER - With thousands of Coloradoans out of work, there's a good chance you know someone who is desperately seeking a job. A FOX31 News investigation, however, found that some of the employment ads posted on Craigslist and the Denver Post classifieds are not completely legit. Instead, some of the jobs which sound too good to be true, are actually being used as a "bait and switch" to convince the unemployed to cough up money they don't have.

Tech Talk:

Friday, July 23, 2010

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You’ve heard it all before. “It’s the end of print.” “Newspapers are obsolete”... or the ubiquitous “I get all my news from the Internet.” Where do newspapers fit in today’s web-enabled, mobile-device toting, instant news world? Aren’t they a thing of the past?

BooCoo Auction Site Launches

Thursday, July 22, 2010

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BooCoo.com launched on Monday with a unique model - it has entered into exclusive deals with over 280 newspapers around the country that will advertise the new auction site in return for a cut of the revenue. eBay and Craigslist have siphoned away business from newspaper classifieds for more than a decade but have never successfully come together online to leverage their strength in local advertising.

Selling Your Home on Craigslist

Saturday, July 17, 2010

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Craigslist's free classifieds are familiar to everyone from real estate agents to average homeowners trying to sell a home. The site covers 700 cities worldwide and is used by 50 million people per month.

San Francisco May Ban Pet Stores

Friday, July 9, 2010

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(CANVAS STAFF REPORTS) - In the city where (almost) anything goes, dogs, cats, hamsters, mice, rats, chinchillas, guinea pigs and other common pets could become contraband.

Liquid Motors Releases Mobile Portal Service

Thursday, June 10, 2010

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Liquid Motors Inc., a provider of comprehensive inventory management and marketing solutions for automobile dealers, announced today the launch of their Mobile Portal Service which allows their dealers access to the Liquid Motors

Can Ignoring Social Media Kill a Career?

Saturday, June 5, 2010

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In today's competitive job market, social media has become the new jungle. Is a reluctance to sign up for a LinkedIn account keeping you from the job of your dreams? Quite possibly, according to Dan Schawbel, personal branding expert and author of "Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success."

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