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2012

Facebook's Shopping Spree Continues: Gobbles Up Gifting App Karma

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Los Angeles -- As all eyes set on its IPO, Facebook has continued its M&A activity by buying its way into social commerce, the social networking giant has just acquired mobile gifting app Karma for an undisclosed sum.

Adobe Enhances Its Digital Publishing Suite With iPhone And Social Media Features

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San Francisco -- Just about a month back, popular designing software maker Adobe Inc., unveiled its Creative Suite 6, Creative Cloud and a new video platform for broadcasters, Adobe has been mighty busy lately and has freshly announced a handful of new features for producing, publishing, and promoting tablet publications created with its Digital Publishing Suite over the weekend, with a little something that could make every digital-magazine designer cry tears of joy.

Twitter Takes Privacy High Road--Finally Implements “Do Not Track”

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Los Angeles -- In a novel turn of events, popular micro-blogging website Twitter has agreed to join other tech giants in the industry-wide “Do Not Track” feature in the Firefox browser, to the applause of privacy advocates, which Mozilla said Thursday continues to attract new users.

Twitter is the latest Web giant to support Do Not Track. However, that compromise may not be as difficult for Twitter to make than it would be for the social media humongous Facebook, which so far has resisted giving users the Do Not Track option. For one thing, it is not likely to have a negative impact on Twitter's ad revenue.

 

Twitter Experiments With Personalized Suggestions On Whom To Follow

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New York -- Having trouble judging who to follow on Twitter? Well! The micro-blogging outfit Twitter today announced that it wants to advise new hatchlings as they venture out of the virtual nest with its experimental customized suggestions of whom to follow.

Twitter Rolling Out New Email Digest To Feature Popular Tweets, Trending Stories

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Los Angeles -- In an attempt to keep its growing users well informed, popular micro-blogging outfit Twitter is expanding the reach of its social network right into your inbox. Twitter recently announced that users now have the option of receiving a weekly email digest in their inbox featuring the top stories and tweets in their network.