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Donald Trump, ‘Modern Family’ Writer Clash on Twitter
Donald Trump, ‘Modern Family’ Writer Clash on Twitter
While most of Hollywood is shut down for the Memorial Day weekend, Donald Trump and an Emmy-winning writer/producer on “Modern Family” are staying plenty busy on Twitter. Danny Zuker, who also serves an exec producer on the hit ABC series,[…]
Created on: May 25, 2013 | 11:43 am
May 25, 2013 | 11:43 am
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Mike Darnell’s Greatest Hits: ‘Joe Millionaire,’ ‘Alien Autopsy’ and Seth MacFarlane
Mike Darnell’s Greatest Hits: ‘Joe Millionaire,’ ‘Alien Autopsy’ and Seth MacFarlane
Mike Darnell isn’t just the best-known alternative programming exec at any of the major networks. He’s the only guy who has held the post in the 27-year history of the Fox network, which he joined in 1994 after spending eight[…]
Created on: May 25, 2013 | 10:35 am
May 25, 2013 | 10:35 am
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Cannes Palm Dog Award Goes to Liberace’s Blind Poodle
Cannes Palm Dog Award Goes to Liberace’s Blind Poodle
Baby Boy, the partially-sighted poodle who appears in “Behind the Candelabra,” has been named the top dog of the Cannes Film Festival as winner of the Palm Dog award. Judged by film critics, the prize is not an official part[…]
Created on: May 25, 2013 | 10:24 am
May 25, 2013 | 10:24 am
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Mike Darnell: For TV Critics, the Gift That Kept on Giving
Mike Darnell: For TV Critics, the Gift That Kept on Giving
Mike Darnell leaving Fox? After all the hell he put multiple entertainment chiefs — including Sandy Grushow, Peter Roth and Gail Berman — over the years? Say it ain’t so. Years ago, somewhere between “When Animals Attack” and “Who Wants[…]
Created on: May 25, 2013 | 10:17 am
May 25, 2013 | 10:17 am
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Cannes Festival Review: ’3X3D’
Cannes Festival Review: ’3X3D’
Stereoscopic cinema desperately needs some wild, artistic directors to experiment with the format, though this clumsy omnibus amounts to little more than a vanity commission by the town of Guimaraes, Portugal.
Created on: May 25, 2013 | 10:11 am
May 25, 2013 | 10:11 am
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Sony Classics Picks Up Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’
Sony Classics Picks Up Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all North American rights to Jim Jarmusch’s vampire drama “Only Lovers Left Alive” on the eve of its world premiere at Cannes in competition. Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin and[…]
Created on: May 25, 2013 | 10:10 am
May 25, 2013 | 10:10 am
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Cannes Film Review: ‘The Owners’
Cannes Film Review: ‘The Owners’
Class conflict is slyly dissected in “The Owners,” a compact Argentinean comedy-drama that reps the feature debut of writing-helming duo Agustin Toscano and Ezequiel Radusky, known mostly for their legit and shorts work. Set entirely on the country estate of[…]
Created on: May 25, 2013 | 09:56 am
May 25, 2013 | 09:56 am
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‘American Idol’ Courts Jennifer Hudson as Judge: Report
‘American Idol’ Courts Jennifer Hudson as Judge: Report
Coming off of a season of double-digit ratings declines, “American Idol” producers are in talks with former finalist Jennifer Hudson to join the judges’ panel next year, according to a report on Vulture. “Idol” is expected to overhaul its judging[…]
Created on: May 25, 2013 | 09:54 am
May 25, 2013 | 09:54 am
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Google in FTC's sights again
Google in FTC's sights again
The Federal Trade Commission is taking yet another look at Google, this time over allegations the company used its near-monopolistic position online to sell and serve graphic and video ads.
Created on: May 24, 2013 | 22:11 pm
May 24, 2013 | 22:11 pm
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Ketamine touted as depression cure
Ketamine touted as depression cure
Johnson & Johnson is apparently on the verge of a major breakthrough in psychiatry, with an unusual twist. It believes it could use ketamine, a popular street drug, to treat depression.
Created on: May 24, 2013 | 21:24 pm
May 24, 2013 | 21:24 pm
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Iran accused of hacking US energy companies
Iran accused of hacking US energy companies
In an effort to prove that it can be almost as menacing as China, Iran has apparently hacked a bunch of US energy companies.
Created on: May 24, 2013 | 21:09 pm
May 24, 2013 | 21:09 pm
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German VIP planes to get infrared countermeasures
German VIP planes to get infrared countermeasures
US defence contractor Northrop Grumman has landed a rather interesting contract to equip a couple of civilian Airbus A319CJ aircraft with a top of the line infrared countermeasures system.
Created on: May 24, 2013 | 19:38 pm
May 24, 2013 | 19:38 pm
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Aussie coppers fear 3D gun explosion
Aussie coppers fear 3D gun explosion
While the US is scratching its head about what to do about 3D printed guns finding their way into the hands of criminals and right-wing nutjobs, the Australian cops want them banned.
Created on: May 24, 2013 | 19:37 pm
May 24, 2013 | 19:37 pm
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Android malware forwards SMS to crooks
Android malware forwards SMS to crooks
The latest malware designed for Android forwards a copy of your SMS to Russian criminals.
Created on: May 24, 2013 | 19:35 pm
May 24, 2013 | 19:35 pm
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Apple's ebook case looks doomed
Apple's ebook case looks doomed
It is starting to look like Apple's defence of its anti-trust antics in the ebook trade is doomed even before it starts.
Created on: May 24, 2013 | 19:33 pm
May 24, 2013 | 19:33 pm
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Sears turns old stores into datacentres
Sears turns old stores into datacentres
Sears has decided that one of the best things to do with all those stores it had to close after the US ran out of money was to convert them into data centres.
Created on: May 24, 2013 | 19:31 pm
May 24, 2013 | 19:31 pm
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Weekend Reads: Avoiding Customer Journey Pitfalls, SharePoint Governance
Weekend Reads: Avoiding Customer Journey Pitfalls, SharePoint Governance
This week we continued our exploration of customer journeys and took a look at making the most of our customer data. Over in social business we talked narrative building, while in information management we went over the ways to build confidence[…]
Created on: May 25, 2013 | 05:31 am
May 25, 2013 | 05:31 am
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Salesforce Boosts Q1 Revenues By 28%, Starts Building On Acquisitions
Salesforce Boosts Q1 Revenues By 28%, Starts Building On Acquisitions
By anyone’s standards Salesforce has had a very good quarter in difficult economic times, reporting a growth in revenues over the quarter of 28% to US$ 893 million, just US$ 100 million shy of its first US$ 1 billion quarter,[…]
Created on: May 25, 2013 | 04:41 am
May 25, 2013 | 04:41 am
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Storify Teams Up with Adobe's Typekit
Storify Teams Up with Adobe's Typekit
Curating news and social media tidbits with Storify is a handy way to create sharable, engaging Web content, and now the company has partnered with Adobe’s Typekit to give that content an added dose of style.Read full story...Follow us on[…]
Created on: May 25, 2013 | 03:12 am
May 25, 2013 | 03:12 am
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Social Media Briefs: Twitter Secures Your Tweets, Amplifies TV Targeting
Social Media Briefs: Twitter Secures Your Tweets, Amplifies TV Targeting
This week, it was Twitter’s turn to make news, while LinkedIn served up another update.Read full story...Follow us on TwitterJoin free newsletterView upcoming eventsFind a new job
Created on: May 25, 2013 | 01:15 am
May 25, 2013 | 01:15 am
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Report: E-Commerce Marketers Must Improve Social Engagement
Report: E-Commerce Marketers Must Improve Social Engagement
E-commerce is something that changes as social trends change; however many businesses are failing to find a good link between social engagement and e-commerce traffic.Read full story...Follow us on TwitterJoin free newsletterView upcoming eventsFind a new job
Created on: May 25, 2013 | 01:00 am
May 25, 2013 | 01:00 am
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Apple's Road To WWDC 2013: iOS 7, iPhone 5S and iCloud
Apple's Road To WWDC 2013: iOS 7, iPhone 5S and iCloud
With only a couple of weeks until Apple’s big developer event, the company has to match Google’s feature-heavy Android and app updates from I/O, Microsoft’s new media-friendly Xbox One and keep generating hardware magic in what is becoming a highly[…]
Created on: May 24, 2013 | 21:33 pm
May 24, 2013 | 21:33 pm
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Box Acquires Folders to Bolster iOS App Offering
Box Acquires Folders to Bolster iOS App Offering
The amount of tools available to users of file sharing platform Box has been added to with the company’s recent acquisition of Folders, an iOS cloud storage client.Read full story...Follow us on TwitterJoin free newsletterView upcoming eventsFind a new job
Created on: May 24, 2013 | 06:44 am
May 24, 2013 | 06:44 am
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InsideSales.com Report Advises Quick Response Time of Online Leads Equals Sales
InsideSales.com Report Advises Quick Response Time of Online Leads Equals Sales
A sales response within five minutes of obtaining an online sales lead can make or break a sale, but only five percent of companies actually respond within that time and many companies mis-estimate their own response times. Those are among[…]
Created on: May 24, 2013 | 05:40 am
May 24, 2013 | 05:40 am
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Jennifer Lopez Launches Viva Movil for Latino Audience
Jennifer Lopez Launches Viva Movil for Latino Audience
Jennifer Lopez launched a new mobile brand aimed at the Latino market that she describes as the first social shopping and social commerce environment in wireless.
Created on: May 25, 2013 | 06:14 am
May 25, 2013 | 06:14 am
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AT&T Readies Trove of Data for Cross-Channel Ad Targeting
AT&T Readies Trove of Data for Cross-Channel Ad Targeting
AT&T AdWorks, a burgeoning advertising network that reaches across mobile, online, and television, is entering the next phase in cross-channel ad targeting.
Created on: May 25, 2013 | 04:30 am
May 25, 2013 | 04:30 am
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Google Lets Brands Instantly Benchmark Ads
Google Lets Brands Instantly Benchmark Ads
Google says that the new benchmarking tool will help marketers build context around their display ads and compare their own performance to relevant data points.
Created on: May 25, 2013 | 03:25 am
May 25, 2013 | 03:25 am
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Responsys Interact Provides Cross-Channel Profiles, Prefs
Responsys Interact Provides Cross-Channel Profiles, Prefs
Responsys has announced Interact Marketing Cloud, a platform aimed at letting companies stay in touch with customers as they move across digital channels.
Created on: May 25, 2013 | 00:00 am
May 25, 2013 | 00:00 am
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Walmart Taps Mobile to 'Reinvent Capabilities With Mass Appeal'
Walmart Taps Mobile to 'Reinvent Capabilities With Mass Appeal'
Walmart is using mobile to transform the entire retail shopping experience from pre-trip planning and shopping lists to the eventual shopping trip and checkout process.
Created on: May 24, 2013 | 22:00 pm
May 24, 2013 | 22:00 pm
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Machinima Reaches Record Download Levels With New Xbox 360 App
Machinima Reaches Record Download Levels With New Xbox 360 App
When Microsoft reveals a new media-streaming app for its Xbox 360, it is usually only available in a few countries. This time however, the Machinima app that was launched in April earlier this year, went live in all of the[…]
Created on: May 24, 2013 | 05:30 am
May 24, 2013 | 05:30 am
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ComScore: Over 13 Billion Video Ads Viewed in April
ComScore: Over 13 Billion Video Ads Viewed in April
Consumers watched 13.2 billion online video ads last month, reaching an all-time high, according to a new report by comScore.
Created on: May 24, 2013 | 03:20 am
May 24, 2013 | 03:20 am
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Social Media a Meh for E-Commerce Traffic
Social Media a Meh for E-Commerce Traffic
Despite the intense marketer excitement about social media, Monetate finds that it's not a prime source of traffic to e-commerce sites, nor of purchase conversions.
Created on: May 24, 2013 | 01:12 am
May 24, 2013 | 01:12 am
