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Rubicon Project Acquires Mobsmith To Expand Into Mobile Ads

By TechCrunch in career , 16 minutes ago

Online advertising company Rubicon Project just announced that it’s getting into the mobile market by acquiring a startup called Mobsmith. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed in the announcement, but AllThingsD is hearing that the price was $10 million. Rubicon does say that it will be combining... Continue reading »

Target Rolls Out Shopkick Integration Nationwide

By TechCrunch in career , 19 minutes ago

shopkick, the location-based shopping app backed by Greylock and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, is having its biggest rollout yet — Target says it’s making the service available in its stores nationwide. Target was already announced as a shopkick partner, but until now, it was limited to testing... Continue reading »

Target and Shopkick Launch Nationwide Loyalty Gift Card Program

By Mashable in career , 19 minutes ago

Target is expanding its partnership with Shopkick, a mobile couponing app that allows shoppers to collect and exchange points for rewards. Beginning Wednesday, shoppers equipped with Shopkick on their iPhone or Android devices will be eligible to collect points, or “kicks,” as soon as they step foot in one... Continue reading »

Chipotle Facing The Investigative Heat Over Its Compliance With Immigration Laws

By The Consumerist in career , 20 minutes ago

Mexican fast food chain Chipotle announced yesterday that it's the subject of an investigation by federal prosecutors into the possibility that it violated criminal securities laws with its hiring practices. Chipotle said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it found out about the investigation on... Continue reading »

Hope and Poverty

By Freakonomics in career , 22 minutes ago

(Photo: flippy whale) Is there a role for hope in poverty alleviation programs? According to a recent speech by economist Esther Duflo, there is. Duflo looked at a BRAC program in West Bengal; program participants were given a “small productive asset” (a cow, a goat, or some chickens) and a small... Continue reading »

Facebook Timeline as an Infectious Disease [VIDEO]

By Mashable in career , 25 minutes ago

Do you have Timeline? No matter how safe you are, you will eventually get it — and there’s nothing you can do about it. This is the gist of a new satirical video from Funny or Die, which portrays Facebook’s Timeline as an infectious disease. Though a bit late (Timeline has been rolling out to all... Continue reading »

Windows 8 boots so fast you can’t interrupt it — Microsoft unveils a modern alternative

By VentureBeat in career , 26 minutes ago

Experienced Windows troubleshooters have grown used to hitting the F8 key to jump into a variety of boot options when starting up the OS. But with Windows 8 running on a speedy solid-state drive (SSD), the process is so fast that it’s practically impossible to hit any keys before it finally loads. To solve this,... Continue reading »

Managing Risky Behavior

By Business Management Ideas in career , 26 minutes ago

Welcome to HBR's Insight Center on Managing Risky Behavior. Risk is a topic that has been very much in the front of people's minds since the property and credit crunch of 2008 ushered in the Great Recession. Every day, it seems, there is some new crisis that makes us ask how "they" could have let this happen. "They"... Continue reading »

JP Morgan's Loss: Bigger than "Risk Management"

By Business Management Ideas in career , 27 minutes ago

The recent disclosure of a multi-billion dollar trading loss at JPMorgan Chase reminds us again of the challenge and complexity of risk management, the subject of our June 2012 HBR article, "Managing Risks: A New Framework." Many people, including quite a few U.S. legislators and regulators, believe that risks can be... Continue reading »

Managing Risks Means Managing Arguments

By Business Management Ideas in career , 28 minutes ago

So it was Lyme disease that did it! The tick-borne illness kept JPMorgan Chase's Ina Drew out of the office for extended periods in 2010 and 2011. And it was during Drew's absences, according to a richly detailed account in The New York Times, that the bank's chief investment office, which she ran, began to get into... Continue reading »

Incantor brings World of Warcraft to real life (hands-on)

By Engadget in career , 29 minutes ago

There's plenty of cool stuff to see on the floor of this year's TechCrunch Disrupt, but nothing's likely quite so eye-catching as Incantor, a mobile game that utilizes your smartphone and, naturally, a magic wand, to bring fantasy-style action to the real world -- or as the game's creators put it, to "bring World of... Continue reading »

McAfee: Mobile Malware Explodes, Increases 1,200% In Q1 2012

By TechCrunch in career , 29 minutes ago

Security and anti-spam firm McAfee today reported that it saw a massive uptick in mobile malware last quarter. Mobile malware has “exploded,” the company said (PDF), “with a significant increase on Android devices. In addition, McAfee also found a slight increase in malware targeting the Mac, but the... Continue reading »

Welcome To Hardware Alley At TechCrunch Disrupt NYC!

By TechCrunch in career , 36 minutes ago

For the past two days, web companies and mobile apps have peppered our Startup Alley here at Disrupt NYC, but today we’re doing something a little different. Those startups have cleared out for Disrupt’s first ever Hardware Alley, where we turn the spotlight onto some wonderful hardware projects.... Continue reading »

Get Forklift, The Mac’s Best FTP App, Right Now For Just 99 Cents… $29 Off! [Killer Deals]

By Cult of Mac in career , 39 minutes ago

Forklift is great, and costs less than a buck, which rounding down for inflation is basically free. If you’re the kind of web monkey who finds himself spitting up or slurping down loads of files over good old FTP, this is a fantastic deal: Forklift by Binary Nights — widely hailed as one of the best and... Continue reading »

Facebook, Zuckerberg, Morgan Stanley Sued Over IPO [REPORT]

By Mashable in career , 43 minutes ago

Shareholders have sued Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the company’s bungled IPO, charging they hid bearish forecasts prior to going public, according to a report. The suit charges that Facebook and its lead underwriter concealed “a severe and pronounced reduction” in Facebook revenue growth... Continue reading »

Target Feels Need To Brag About Selling Gift Cards At Face Value

By The Consumerist in career , 46 minutes ago

Hey, who doesn't love gift cards? Target sells a few as impulse items at the checkout, and Reader Cheryl noticed something curious. The gift cards had the same "as advertised" tag that sale items at Target get, but they weren't on sale. They were being sold at face value. As gift cards generally are. "Attachment shows... Continue reading »

MIT's LiquiGlide could spell the end of slow-moving ketchup nightmares (video)

By Engadget in career , 51 minutes ago

A team from MIT has decided to end slow-pouring ketchup problems once and for all with its LiquiGlide project. Instead of karate-chopping the 57 logo on the bottle's neck, a super-non-stick coating is sprayed on the inside of its glass container. It's so good that even highly viscous liquids like ketchup and... Continue reading »

Oracle Buys Social Media Marketing Firm Vitrue for $300 Million

By Mashable in career , 54 minutes ago

Oracle is buying Vitrue, a cloud-based social media marketing firm that helps major advertisers market themselves on Facebook. Though terms of the deal were not disclosed, TechCrunch is reporting that Oracle is paying $300 million. “In a blog post explaining the move, Oracle wrote: The proliferation of social... Continue reading »

Unfold To Unlock Tweak Now Available For Your iPhone [Jailbreak]

By Cult of Mac in career , 54 minutes ago

Remember that snazzy “fold to unlock” concept for the iPhone that we told you about last week? Just like a lot of software concepts, developers have now turned it into a fully functional tweak for jailbroken devices, and it’s available to download now via Cydia. It’s called Unfold and... Continue reading »

Surf And Destroy (Old Business Models)

By FastCompany in career , 56 minutes ago

What do a countertop company and a surfboard company have in common? Both are run by Ken Trinder, whose novel anti-microbial countertop may soon be seen in hospitals. A love of surfaces and materials motivates Ken Trinder, who runs both a countertop business, EOS, and a custom-made surfboard company, Shire. As... Continue reading »

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