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Posted on: March 23, 2014 5:00 pm

The Free Marketing Gravy Train Is Over on Facebook

Facebook and its popular Pages platform have been a cornerstone of most companies’ social media marketing strategies for years. But if the brands, organizations and celebrities that use Pages want to continue to reach Facebook’s 1.23 billion monthly users in the future, they’re going to have to pay up. Over the…

Posted on: March 23, 2014 7:00 am

Jimmy Fallon and Billy Joel perform incredible duet with iPad looping app

Jimmy Fallon has been off to a strong start at The Tonight Show, delivering solid ratings for NBC and bringing in top notch celebrities from night to night. On Thursday, Fallon welcomed Billy Joel to the guest’s chair. "You’re one of my all time favorites, and even just to talk…

Posted on: March 22, 2014 5:00 pm

Jimmy Fallon and Billy Joel perform incredible duet with iPad looping app

Posted on: March 22, 2014 5:00 pm

10 things you didn’t know you could do with Android

Jefferson Graham shows 10 cool things you didn’t know you could do with your Android phone, on Talking Tech. Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY 9:10 a.m. EDT March 22, 2014 Jefferson Graham displays the Face Unlock feature on Android phones.(Photo: Jefferson Graham) LOS ANGELES Google updates Android software so often that sometimes we…

Posted on: March 22, 2014 5:00 pm

Foursquare CEO: Google and Yelp are ‘incredibly broken’

NEW YORK Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley describes his company’s product as the next generation of mobile search one that trumps services like Google and Yelp by using data that’s more relevant to your life. "You can call it recommendations, you can call it mobile search [but] let’s make this social,…

Posted on: March 22, 2014 12:00 pm

Resistance Is Futile, You Will Be Assimilated Into Windows 8 Eventually

The debate rages on in the comments of my previous post, "I’m Sorry, The Windows 8 Hate Just Doesn’t Make Sense". The perceived backlash against Windows 8, and the stubborn resistance to abandoning Windows XPwhich Microsoft Microsoft will officially stop supporting next monthled me to go back in time and People don’t…

Posted on: March 22, 2014 12:00 pm

President Obama may ditch his BlackBerry for an Android phone

President Obama has long complained that his job doesn’t permit the luxury of carrying an iPhone. Prior to his election, Obama owned a personal BlackBerry that was replaced with a custom, highly-secure model once he reached office. But it seems Obama may have the chance to switch to Android before…

Posted on: March 22, 2014 12:00 pm

Facebook unveils Hack, a faster programming language to power the social …

Connect with leaders from the companies in this story, in real life: Come to the fourth annual VentureBeat Mobile Summit April 14-15 in Sausalito, Calif. Request an invitation. At Facebook, the codebase that runs the social networking site is written in Hack. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based social networking titan said…

Posted on: March 21, 2014 5:00 pm