Why Promoted Tweets won’t ruin Twitter

Why Promoted Tweets won’t ruin Twitter: "Twitter introduced Promoted Tweets yesterday, and at first glance, there’s plenty to be wary of. The microblogging service has increasingly become a platform for marketing and a godsend for brand advertising, so every extra step in that direction sets off alarm bells for devoted users."

PRWeb Online Visibility

PRWeb Online Visibility: "Boosts your website traffic and search engine position
Will be seen on search sites like Yahoo! News and Topix - guaranteed!
Grab attention of more than 250,000 RSS subscribers and 30,000 opt-in journalists"

Groupon Now deals coming to Foursquare check-ins

Groupon Now deals coming to Foursquare check-ins: "Groupon phenomenon has come under serious scrutiny recently as vendors have tired of the operation and its potential fallout has become common knowledge. Consumers have slightly soured toward the site as well, given the oversaturation in the daily deals market and some general disillusion with the process. But the Groupon Now application could easily give the site a boost"

Google ‘+1′s for sale!

Google ‘+1′s for sale!: "An SEO company trying to game Google is hardly revolutionary. The company’s stranglehold on search is motivation enough for Web publishers to attempt to understand the nooks and crannies of its algorithm – and to then exploit them. And Google does everything it can to keep its page rank process a mystery, possibly to a fault. Its Panda updates this year had varying results, and in some cases actually hurt its content farm crackdown."

Google ‘+1′s for sale!

Google ‘+1′s for sale!: "An SEO company trying to game Google is hardly revolutionary. The company’s stranglehold on search is motivation enough for Web publishers to attempt to understand the nooks and crannies of its algorithm – and to then exploit them. And Google does everything it can to keep its page rank process a mystery, possibly to a fault. Its Panda updates this year had varying results, and in some cases actually hurt its content farm crackdown."

Spotify sued for patent infringement

Spotify sued for patent infringement: "PacketVideo only has the right to file such litigation because it bought the patent covering “a device for the distribution of music information in digital form.” It did not originally file the patent or originate this innovation – it piggybacked off of a company it acquired which had ownership of the patent. This is incredibly common in the tech industry: Mergers and acquisitions gives manufacturers new rights and lay new claims, but there’s something about the timing and incredibly broad language of the patents that makes this feel like a dirty trick."

Ricoh cutting 10,000 jobs over three years

Ricoh cutting 10,000 jobs over three years: "Japanese electronics giant Ricoh says it plans to eliminate 10,000 jobs - nearly 10 percent of its workforce - and may shutter some businesses.

Japanese electronics giant Ricoh says it plans to cut some 10,000 jobs from its global workforce of over 100,000 as the company looks to streamline operations and shore up its bottom line in the face of strong competition."