Twitter has updated its mobile app for iOS and Android, improving the search and discovery functions.
Announcing the updates in a blog post, Twitter’s engineering manager of Search and Relevance Daniel Loreto said users can now preview article summaries and photos in both more…
Backpage.com has responded to a request from attorneys general in Washington state and across the country. They want the online classifieds site to do more to protect kids who are being forced into prostitution. KUOW’s Sara Lerner reports. more…
Adicio Inc., the leading provider of interactive classified advertising software solutions for media companies, announced a new partnership with impreMedia, the leading Hispanic news and information company. Adicio will provide online classified platforms in both English and Spanish for all of impreMedia’s publications, including La Opinión (which launched in November, 2010) in Los Angeles, El Diario (which launched in December, 2010) in New York, La Raza in Chicago, La Prensa in Orlando, El Mensajero in San Francisco and Rumbo in Houston. more…
In talking about the Dallas Morning News’ plans to begin charging for digital content next month, Jim Moroney is surprisingly candid about the decision and the economics of the industry. When the publisher of the News told his staff about the decision, he said they must be prepared to be ridiculed and vilified for putting their content behind a paywall.
“This is a big risk “” I’m not confident we’re going to succeed,” Moroney told me. “But we’ve got to try something. We’ve got to try different things.” more…
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I have in my computer every e-mail message I have sent or received since 1992. Minus the obvious spam, this database comes to about half a million messages from people as varied (or similar, if you think about it) as Larry Ellison and Larry Flynt. But lately my e-mail seems to be dying. Yours is, too. more…
Image: Vikas Khot, eBay President & CEO John Donahoe
In an interview with CNBC-TV18′s President & Editorial Director of TV18 Business Media, Senthil Chengalvarayan, eBay’s President & CEO John Donahoe spoke about the company’s India plans. Below is a verbatim transcript of the interview. more…
Gumtree, the classified website, has appointed Beta to its ad account ahead of a planned TV campaign, which will break in early August.
The account was awarded without a pitch and the incumbent was The Gallery. more…
