Yahoo Mobile Sales Head Paul Cushman Joins Ad Targeting Startup Drawbridge
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Drawbridge, a cross-device ad targeting startup backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital, announced today it has hired Yahoo’s former mobile sales head as its new vice president of sales and business development.The hire in question is Paul Cushman, whose official title at Yahoo was senior director of mobile sales strategy. Despite the turmoil at the top of Yahoo, and the virtually unending criticism it seems to get in the press, Cushman insists that his departure shouldn’t be read as a sign of dissatisfaction with his old employer[...]
Continue Reading5 Things Microsoft Doesn't Want You to Know
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Microsoft is trying to move toward the cloud while propping up Windows, Office and other client-based money-makers. As the software giant moves in those two[...]
Continue ReadingWhen .xxx isn’t enough: Google, Apple, and Amazon push for the next set of top-level domains
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Attention beloved top-level domains .com, .net. and .xxx: get ready for a lot of company.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today unveiled�the massive list of�applications made for the next set of top-level domains�(TLDs).
When approved, the additions will greatly expand the number of TLDs from the twenty one offered today, which will in turn create many more possible URLs.
Many of these new TLD will be generic, but a lot will be pinned to specific brands, which means that one day you could find yourself navigating to pages like “Games.Xbox” and “TV.Netflix.”
The biggest push seems to be coming from Google, which applied for over a hundre[...]
Continue ReadingThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today unveiled�the massive list of�applications made for the next set of top-level domains�(TLDs).
When approved, the additions will greatly expand the number of TLDs from the twenty one offered today, which will in turn create many more possible URLs.
Many of these new TLD will be generic, but a lot will be pinned to specific brands, which means that one day you could find yourself navigating to pages like “Games.Xbox” and “TV.Netflix.”
The biggest push seems to be coming from Google, which applied for over a hundre[...]
Why We Need a Code of Ethics for the Web
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What do you do when you've stolen content from someone else's website? If you're FunnyJunk.com, you sue them for defamation when they call you a thief[...]
Continue ReadingGay meetup app Grindr is hot, now attracting 1M users a day
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Quickly growing gay mobile app Grindr now has more than 1 million people using its service every day, CEO Joel Simkhai told VentureBeat today in an interview.
Los Angeles-based Grindr has been around since 2009, and the app has attracted more than 4 million downloads to date across iOS, Android, and BlackBerry platforms. Those 4 million users come from�192 countries, including a few spots you might not expect — Iran, Iraq, Yemen, and Ethiopia to name a few. The app has been such a hit that it recently beat out Foursquare, Airbnb, and Uber for Best Location Application Crunchie Award.
“We have the largest gay audience for a sole gay property,” Simkhai said. “And it[...]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles-based Grindr has been around since 2009, and the app has attracted more than 4 million downloads to date across iOS, Android, and BlackBerry platforms. Those 4 million users come from�192 countries, including a few spots you might not expect — Iran, Iraq, Yemen, and Ethiopia to name a few. The app has been such a hit that it recently beat out Foursquare, Airbnb, and Uber for Best Location Application Crunchie Award.
“We have the largest gay audience for a sole gay property,” Simkhai said. “And it[...]
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