[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Facebook has launched a new version of, well, Facebook. The News Feed has been revamped with larger photos, and bigger displays of check-ins, among other things. Several new feeds are also being added. At a press conference, unveiling…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Susan Desmond-Hellmann, chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has been elected to Facebook’s board of directors. Susan Desmond-Hellmann: Facebook has an ambitious mission and long-term vision of innovation that is transforming how people connect with one…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Facebook is acquiring the Atlas Advertiser Suite from Microsoft. The Atlas Advertiser Suite for advertisers and agencies offers campaign management and measurement tools. Several marketers advertising on Facebook currently use Atlas, and Atlas has been an approved partner for…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Yahoo has revamped its website. The site sports a bold three-column look (yes, like Facebook). Yahoo has also introduced a dynamic live news feed (infinitely scrollable, like Pinterest, like Techtaffy) that includes news, and videos. There have been some under-the-hood…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Sony unveiled its ‘next generation computer entertainment system’ Playstation 4 on Wednesday. PS4 will be available this holiday season, and no, we do not have a price yet. Here is what we do know about Playstation 4… The…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Facebook was targeted in a sophisticated attack in January, says the company in a blog post. There is no evidence that Facebook user data was compromised in this attack. Facebook Security flagged a suspicious domain in the company’s…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] U.S. consumers derive more value from media online—net of the associated costs—than they receive from offline media, according to new research by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). BCG calculates that the average U.S. connected consumer, or online user,…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Bee Cave Games, a company founded by former Zynga, Electronic Arts, and Blizzard Entertainment veterans, has raised $1.4 million in a seed investment round from employees, private investors and Glu Mobile. The company has released a private beta of its…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Facebook has launched a reusable gift card. Users can give their Facebook friends gifts to Jamba Juice, Olive Garden, Sephora, and Target, to begin with, using the reusable gift card from Facebook. Here’s how it works: You select a…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Google and Facebook continued to pump record amounts of money into their lobbying efforts during 2012, with Facebook’s spending soaring 318 percent in the fourth quarter, while Google’s was up 70 percent for the year, says Consumer Watchdog.…
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