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How to make job fairs worth your while

Job_seekersAttending a job fair can seem a little like speed dating. You’re one of many in a line of candidates who meet with participating employers so quickly there is barely time to shake hands and say hello before being rushed along.

With a little effort, however, you can use this more…

AdPerfect Partners With Pre1 Software to Offer Seamless Integration of Their Classified Systems

AdPerfect, industry-leading advertising platform for media publishers, announced its partnership with Pre1 Software, a full-service front-end classified system. The Pre1 and AdPerfect partnership offers their mutual customers free and sophisticated integration of Pre1′s SmartPublisher with AdPerfect’s Classified Advertising Solution. more…

BitTorrent takes on Dropbox with personal file sharing

ShareBitTorrent Inc. launched a personal file sharing application called Share Thursday that aims to give users an alternative to paid cloud storage companies and media sharing over social networks. Share makes it possible to transfer files without any size limits to an unlimited number of personal contacts. Files are cached in the cloud, so users don’t have to be more…

Are You The World’s Best Programmer?

Hacker_CupFacebook has announced its 2012 Hacker Cup, a global computer programming competition. The event will serve as an important recruiting tool to attract great coders to the company, which is constantly battling for fresh engineering talent more…

B2BeTrader Announces Launch of a New Business to Business Classified/ Directory Listing Website

B2Betrader.com provides a free outlet for businesses to sell, buy, trade, and barter used equipment or services with ease. This classified site offers a perfect, one-stop shop for those who are looking to begin a new business, expand an old one, or just hoping to sell unwanted equipment. more…

Prince Alwaleed Invests $300M in Twitter

AlwaleedPrince Alwaleed bin Talal, the Saudi investor with stakes in Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Citigroup Inc. (C), and his investment company agreed to buy a $300 million stake in Twitter Inc., the microblogging service with about 100 million users.

The agreement to acquire a “strategic stake” in Twitter more…

Adicio Announces New Mobile Classified Mini Sites

adicioCARLSBAD Calif., (December 8, 2011) – Adicio Inc., the leading provider of interactive classified advertising software solutions for media companies, today announced the launch of a simple-to-use mobile solution for classified advertisers in careers, real estate and motors.  The new Mobile Mini Sites allow classified websites to provide to their clients attractive, more…

eBay: Needs To Improve Profitability

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) manages eBay, an online auction and shopping website. EBAY was founded in 1995 and now has a presence in 40 countries. Over the years it has expanded to include standard shopping, barcode shopping (Half.com), online classified advertisements (Kijiji or eBay Classifieds), online event ticket trading (StubHub), online apartment listing (Rent.com), online shopping comparison (Shopping.com) online money transfers (PayPal), local sales (Milo.com) and fashion sales (Brands4Friends). more…

U.S. Seizes 150 Websites in Cyber Monday Counterfeit Crackdown

Intellectual-property-RightThe Department of Justice used blockbuster shopping event Cyber Monday to announce the blockbuster seizure of 150 websites that had been selling counterfeit goods, the agency announced Monday.

The seizure was a joint operation that united the DoJ more…

Google Checkout Becomes Part of Google Wallet

Google has decided to combine its payment-oriented services. Google Checkout users will be prompted to migrate to Google Wallet on their next login, while webmasters will be guided through a transition early next year. more…

Visa Names Its New PayPal-Like Digital Wallet Service “V.me”

Visa_VMEThe brand that consumers will see when Visa’s digital wallet launches early next year won’t be the Visa logo.

The payments company will be using the name V.me to differentiate it from its more well-known services found at thousands of retail locations around the world. more…

Don’t Let Your Job Search Take a Holiday, Says CareerCast.com

careercastCARLSBAD, CA, USA/AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS – Most job seekers assume the time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s is a dead zone for hiring, but it’s not true, says a new CareerCast.com report. Jobs are filled year-round and companies are non-denominational when trying to fill open positions at year-end. more…