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Amazon acquires digital comics leader comiXology

Apr10
by on April 10, 2014 at 8:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Amazon announced today that it has agreed to acquire the popular digital comic store and reader comiXology. The news doesn’t come as a complete surprise, as rumors last month had suggested that Amazon was closing in on a deal. Amazon picking up comiXology makes plenty of business sense, as comics are the one ebook area that the company doesn’t have a dominant presence in. However, the move is bound to upset some comics fans who would prefer comiXology stay independent. We’re hoping this means Amazon will move quickly to bring a backlog of comics to Amazon Prime. Amazon’s e-ink strategy with…

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Twitter rolls out real-time interactive notifications on the Web for replies, favorites, retweets, follows, DMs

Apr10
by on April 10, 2014 at 8:09 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media

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Twitter today announced it is rolling out real-time interactive notifications on the Web. When someone engages with your account, you will now be notified if you’re using Twitter.com. The feature is rolling out “over the coming weeks.” More specifically, you will receive notifications if someone has replied, favorited, or retweeted one of your tweets. Furthermore, Twitter will also let you know when you receive a direct message or a new follower. Here’s an example of the former in action: These notifications are “fully interactive” according to Twitter, meaning you can reply, favorite, retweet, and follow right from the popup. That’s…

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Accelerator as a service: Should established companies hire accelerators to run their programs?

Apr10
by on April 10, 2014 at 7:17 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur

A breakout room in the Accelerator workspace
Sergio Romo is the co-founder and manager partner at Investomex. In the midst of what seems like a golden age for entrepreneurship and venture capital, accelerators are all over the place and corporations are eagerly looking to run their own acceleration programs, too. It is great for PR, innovation and business development purposes and in some cases, for tax benefits as well. But who should run these programs? Should established companies run their acceleration programs in-house or should they hire a professional and renowned accelerator to manage them? [1] Startup acceleration should not become a zero-sum game where established companies and accelerators…

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Facebook cleans up the News Feed by reducing Like-baiting posts, repeated content, and spammy links

Apr10
by on April 10, 2014 at 7:12 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media

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Facebook today announced plans to clean up the News Feed by reducing stories that users are reporting as spammy or simply that they don’t want to see. This update targets three broad categories: Like-baiting posts, repeated content, and spammy links. Like-baiting refers to when a post explicitly asks News Feed readers to like, comment, or share the post. In other words, the goal is to go viral, or at least get additional distribution beyond what the post would normally receive. Here’s an example: Facebook admits this is a technique that works, as users “often respond to posts asking them to…

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Google upgrades Android security to scan apps as they run

Apr10
by on April 10, 2014 at 6:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google

Google today announced security improvements to Android that will continuously audit your apps as they run in order to verify that they’re safe. Android already checked apps before installation, but the new feature will now employ the app scanning technology Google uses for its app store. If the OS detects a problem with an existing app, it will issue a warning similar to the existing Verify warning that pops up when installing a suspicious app. ➤ Expanding Google’s security services for Android

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