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Twitter gears up auto-ads for big clients: sources

Twitter is courting bigtime advertisers and will soon allow them to tailor, automate and publish ads in bulk directly onto the Internet microblogging service, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

New Interactive Ads Using Kinect [VIDEO]

People play a Kinect boxing game on an XBox 360 gaming console
Microsoft announced Tuesday it will allow its users to use voice and motion commands to interact with advertisements while playing their favorite game or watching a video through popular Xbox Kinect gaming console. The advertising tool is called NUads, natural user interface ads, which will allow users to say Xbox Tweet to share something about the ad on Twitter.
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NYC: Where your cigarette money goes

If the physical ramifications of smoking aren't enough to deter customers from lighting up, maybe a clearer picture of the financial ramifications will.
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Cheaper WiFi Nook versus Amazon Kindle 3G with ads - What will you buy?

Barnes & Noble released its newest device, the WiFi Nook, joining the intensively competitive market of digtital e-readers and electronic tablets. The new Nook follows the success of the company's Nook Color, which packed more features than the new simple purposed device. Amazon will enter the fight with the nw Kindle 3G which support ads.

Amazon Kindle 3G Gets Cheaper With Ads

Amazon has introduced a cheaper version of the Kindle 3G ebook reader with an ad-supported version. The pricing of this new ebook reader will be $164.

Feds Allege Google Profited from Illegal Drugs

Online pharmacies selling counterfeit drugs or not requiring prescriptions advertised on Google. Google allowed it to continue and now is setting aside $500 million to ward off criminal charges by settling.
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Google nears settlement over drugstore ads: report

Google Inc is close to settling a U.S. criminal probe into allegations that it made hundreds of millions of dollars from online pharmacy ads that break U.S. laws, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
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As Google aims to compete with TV, will YouTube lose its charm?

With Google gearing up to infuse massive amount of money to turn YouTube into a competition for TV, the popular video sharing website, which has grown into its role in the world of internet as a social platform for the users, stands a risk of losing its charm.
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Google Profit View Raised at Benchmark

Benchmark Capital raised profit estimate of Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) as channel checks reveal strong search advertising, which is driving double-digit cost-per-click (CPC) growth.
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News Corp, Time Warner to see boost in cable, ads

Cable network advertising growth and threats from online video services Netflix and Hulu will dominate investor attention when News Corp and Time Warner begin the earnings season for big media on Wednesday.
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Jackson Hewitt sues H&R Block over false ads

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc sued H&R Block Inc to stop a new advertising campaign that it said misleads customers about tax refund loans and disparages Jackson Hewitt's competence.
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Gannett says digital, local ads on upswing

Gannett Co said it expected to report stronger fourth-quarter earnings and indicated its digital and local newspapers were due to benefit from improved advertising in early 2011.

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