Last year, OneRiot ventured into the advertising world with RiotWise, an ad format which places content in an emphasized position in their realtime feed. The search engine also launched a pilot program of RiotWise Trending Ads, a stream of ads that correspond to trending topics as they emerge across the social web, that has since [...]
Tags: Ad Format, Advertiser Content, Api, Application Developer, Desktop Clients, Developers, Facebook, Media Partners, Pilot Program, Publishers, Raw Feed, Relevance, Relevancy Algorithm, Relevant Content, Riot, Risk, Search Engine, Search Technology, Social Web, Ui
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Back in December, LinkedIn released a slick-looking update to the iPhone app. That looks to be the swan song for the man largely responsible for it, Bryan Haggerty. Because today’s he’s leaving LinkedIn for Twitter. [Update: And we hear he's not the only one leaving LinkedIn for Twitter today — more on that below.]
As he both [...]
Tags: Apps, Birdies, Blackberry, Blogs, Buzz, Evangelism, Evangelist, Iphone, Linkedin, Mobile Applications, Mobile Team, Party Developers, Platforms, Risk, Silicon Valley, Swan, Swan Song, Third Party, Tweets, Twitter
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Something tells me Kwedit, which launches today, is going to be a hit. It’s a new payment service that absolutely doesn’t guarantee payments. In fact, its unreliability is what makes it so attractive to social game publishers and other people selling virtual goods. It’s also a great way to let the unbanked masses out there [...]
Tags: Consequence, Credit Cards, Credit Score, Enforceable Promise, Envelope, Game Publishers, Guarantee Payments, Incentives, Mailer, Message To A Friend, Payment Feature, Real Money, Risk, Scams, Score Users, Social Game, Social Networks, Stuff, T Pay, Virtual Games
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