by Mark Walsh on Sep 30, 4:40 PM
Facebook on Monday said its Graph Search tool will now include posts, status updates, photo captions, check-in and comments. That’s in addition to being able to search for people, photos, places and interests on Facebook through the revamped search service the social network announced in January and
rolled out widely to English speakers in July. The latest expansion means people can search for updates about topics of interest, posts about a city, place or from a certain time, and posts you might want to see again (“My posts from 2012”). As an example of a search for an interest-related …
by Karlene Lukovitz on Sep 27, 4:18 PM
The world's largest pasta brand, Barilla, is trying to do damage control after its chairman infuriated many by expressing his sentiments about gays.
by Mark Walsh on Sep 27, 9:22 AM
by Karlene Lukovitz on Sep 27, 5:59 AM
McDonald's has announced that it will no longer offer soda with it its kids' Happy Meals.
by Karl Greenberg on Sep 26, 5:33 PM
Online auto research and shopping site Autobytel has invested $2.5 million in cash to back AutoWeb, Inc.'s pay-per-click (PPC), auction-driven automotive advertising marketplace, which is scheduled to go live in early 2014. Autobytel has an option to invest an additional $2.5 million as AutoWeb grows.
by Karl Greenberg on Sep 26, 5:29 PM
Social media is central to the LA Galaxy's partnership with SoCal Honda "Pass it Forward" is a Facebook app on the LA Galaxy Facebook page in which invited to enter to win prizes by joining the "team" of one of the four charities. Participating charities include America Scores LA, County of Los Angeles Public Library, LA Food Bank, and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles - each chosen by four featured LA Galaxy players. The app launched on Thursday, the 26th.
by Wendy Davis on Sep 26, 3:58 PM
In a major defeat for Google, a federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that its Gmail service infringes privacy by scanning emails in order to surround them with contextual ads.
by Mark Walsh on Sep 26, 10:42 AM
by Karl Greenberg on Sep 25, 11:25 AM
Nissan is launching a music video program on VEVO around summer hits. The effort, overseen by AOR TBWA\Chiat\Day has three major artists doing other artists' summer hits in videos under "The Nissan Tracks" umbrella.
by Mark Walsh on Sep 23, 1:29 PM