Media & Entertainment Facebook’s Revenue Growth Strategy: Ad Targeting By In-App Behavior Facebook has an answer to those wondering how it will justify its IPO price and keep revenues growing as it saturates key markets: a new behavioral ad targeting system. Facebook has been quietly rolling out the beta of “Open Graph action spec targeting” which allows advertisers to target users by what they li

[読了時間:2分] プレイド が１月３０日から公開を開始した無料のiPhone アプリ「foodstoQ（フードストック）」は、数ある飲食店情報サイトと比較すると異色といわざるを得えない。なぜなら、このアプリには検索機能がないのだ。 おおよそのレストラン情報アプリには「地域や駅で検索」「カテゴリで検索」「価格で検索」という探すメニューがあり、検索で得られた店の候補から口コミレビューや評価などから総合的に選んでいく。ところが「foodstoQ」を開発するプライド代表取締役 倉橋健太氏は「そもそも、不特定多数の匿名のオススメが参考になるか疑問。実際その店に行ったことのある知り合いに聞くのが一番」と主張する。 探しあう検索空間 そのこだわりはアプリの設計思想に深く影響を及ぼしている。検索はしない、その代わりFacebookやTwitterでつながっている知り合いに聞くというのが「foodstoQ

A startup called Firefly that’s tackling the thorny and growing issue of cloud asset management with an “infrastructure as code” solution has raised $23 million in funding. That comes on…

A startup called Firefly that’s tackling the thorny and growing issue of cloud asset management with an “infrastructure as code” solution has raised $23 million in funding. That comes on…

Dropbox took home two of the big awards at this year’s Crunchies: Best Cloud Service and Best Overall Startup. Both times, CEO Drew Houston came backstage to talk about the company’s growth and its future. When asked about what he’s planning for 2012, Houston offered some very broad thoughts, saying that “one of the most exciting things that’s happened” recently is the explosion of devices that pe

You probably remember that back in November, OpenAI’s board fired the company’s co-founder and CEO Sam Altman. What followed was this incredibly complicated power struggle…

A startup called Firefly tackling the thorny and growing issue of cloud asset management with an “infrastructure as code” solution has raised $23 million in funding on the heels of…

A startup called Firefly tackling the thorny and growing issue of cloud asset management with an “infrastructure as code” solution has raised $23 million in funding on the heels of…

A startup called Firefly tackling the thorny and growing issue of cloud asset management with an “infrastructure as code” solution has raised $23 million in funding on the heels of…

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You'll Download Physical Objects Sooner Than You Think, Thanks to Kids Like These Before long, The Pirate Bay said in a blog post, "you will print the spare parts for your vehicles.” Some saw the announcement as an overhyped publicity stunt. Others saw a powerful revolution of how humans acquire essential goods. But one expert Mashable spoke with this week said that 3D printing is indeed bound for

[読了時間:1分] 人口減少社会に突入した日本。婚姻率も減少(再婚含む)の傾向にあり、その状況に手を打とうと全国地方自治体が婚活イベントを主催するすることも多く、とてつもない人気を博している。 当然ながらウェブを活用した結婚支援サービスもあるのだが「満足いく出会いがない」とFrigg社CEOの池森 裕毅氏は言う。 幸せな結婚とは何か? 「実際にウェブの結婚支援サービスを利用したことがあるのですが、システムの問題を多数抱えているんです。例えば、希望の条件を書く場がいわゆる掲示板と同じで、不特定多数の人の目に晒され、一度公開すると大量の定型メールがスパムのように送付されてきます。出会い系サービス代わりとして参加してくる人も多く、新規の参加者がどんどん登録してくるという雰囲気が無い状態なんです」(池森氏)。 とはいえ結婚相談所はどうか。やはり金額面、どういった担当者がいるかで全然違うし、そもそも

A startup called Firefly tackling the thorny and growing issue of cloud asset management with an “infrastructure as code” solution has raised $23 million in funding on the heels of…

Florida Primary: Can Social Media Predict the Winner? Mashable asked social media analysis company Fizziology to determine the sentiment around each of the remaining candidates and compare it to recent polling data. In the latest poll from the American Research Group (ARG), which was carried out by live interviewers from Jan. 29 to 30, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (with 43 percent) le

Meta has been banned from launching features on Facebook and Instagram that would have collected data on voters in Spain using the social networks ahead of next month’s European Elections.…

Venture Reuters: Facebook IPO To Raise $5B, Filing Wednesday, Morgan Stanley In Lead The drip-drop of financial news about Facebook‘s impending initial public offering is starting to turn into a downpour. The company is planning to file its initial prospectus on Wednesday morning, Reuters is reporting, with the intention of raising a conservative $5 billion. The report, through Reuters subsidiary

That is, until TechDows wrote about Blogger's plan for country-specific URLs Tuesday. At some point "over the coming weeks," Google's Blogger will begin redirecting users to country-specific domain names -- think Google.fr in France rather than Google.com -- to avoid universally removing content that would not be tolerated in specific jurisdictions. A Blogger support post, "Why does my blog redire

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Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. One of Steve Jobs’ last major acts before passing was to launch an attack on Adobe Flash. Mobile Apple devices began blocking Flash-powered content, and Apple even went so far as to prevent iOS developers from using Flash — one of the most popular

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News of HTC’s forthcoming Ice Cream Sandwich-powered Ville has been making the rounds since last November, but now with Mobile World Congress less than a month away, we’re finally getting our first real look at it. HTC-Hub has managed to get their hands on a pretty extensive hands-on video, and it looks like the Ville is shaping up to a pretty impressive mid-range device. The video tour confirms m