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Twitter’s TV ratings service is coming to the Nordics, Russia, Africa and Southeast Asia

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by on March 31, 2014 at 5:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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Twitter’s TV ratings are going to get a whole lot more global this year, after the company announced plans to expand its relationship with Kantar — one of its media partners — to bring the service to the Nordics, Russia, parts of Africa and Southeast Asia. To refresh your memory, the service adds a range of Twitter-related metrics related to TV shows to existing broadcast ratings data, making it easier for advertisers and ad agencies to follow conversations related to shows. It first launched in the US in 2012 in collaboration with Nielsen, and Twitter is currently working to bring it to the…

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Microsoft’s Bing expands Snapshot feature to surface doctors, dentists, lawyers, and real estate listings

Mar31
by on March 31, 2014 at 4:16 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Microsoft today updated its Bing search engine to show more information via the Snapshot feature, which pulls together connections between people, places, and the “things you care about” based on its understanding of the real world. Today’s release encompasses doctors, dentists, lawyers, and individual real estate properties. Bing already tracks billions of entities, as well as the billions of relationships between them, to show users relevant data while they search. Over the last few months, Microsoft has added an additional 150 million entities. The addition means that when you search for a medical professional, Bing now returns their Snapshot, which…

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Google Maps now lets you find and catch wild Pokémon

Mar31
by on March 31, 2014 at 4:05 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Product Updates

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April Fools’ Day has already arrived in Japan and as expected, Google has a deluge of jokes and Easter eggs to check out online. One of our early favorites is the new Pokémon Challenge for Google Maps which, at long last, lets anyone with a smartphone or tablet earn the all-important title of Pokémon Master. From an iOS or Android device, you simply need to launch the Google Maps app and tap the ‘Search’ option at the top of the screen. You’ll see a new ‘Press Start’ option and a blue Pokéball icon, signalling the classic quest that awaits every aspiring Pokémon trainer. In…

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Rdio and Crackle get Chromecast support to let you stream music and movies directly to your TV

Mar31
by on March 31, 2014 at 3:14 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Gadgets

Rdio today announced it has added support for Google’s Chromecast dongle, letting you stream music directly to your TV. The feature is supported across Android tablets and smartphones, iPhones, iPads, Chrome for Mac, and Chrome for Windows. To use the feature, make sure Chromecast is set up, and then just press the cast icon in Rdio’s Android, iOS, or Web apps. Rdio promises the feature is straightforward to use and keeps the same controls you’re already used to: “You won’t have to learn anything new.” You can cast songs, albums, stations, and playlists. The integration also supports controlling playback from…

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Google+ and LinkedIn drive few, but more engaged social referrals compared to Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest

Mar31
by on March 31, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider, Social Media

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Social discovery and sharing platform Shareaholic today released its first report examining engaged social referrals. Since many of us spend an egregious amount of time using social media, the company was interested in answering the question “What is our behavior post-click, when we actually interact with a link one of our friends shared socially?” As such, it was necessary to examine the average visit duration, pages per visit, and bounce rate for each of the top eight social media platforms. Here’s the breakdown (data is from September 2013 to February 2014) from Shareholic, which tracks 250 million users visiting its…

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