Help A Reporter Out (HARO) Purchased for Undisclosed Amount
Last week Vocus acquired HARO for an undisclosed amount. Vocus offers public relations management software to PR professionals. Specifically, the company provides news monitoring, social media monitoring, media databases, and news distribution services. HARO or Help A Reporter Out, provides a daily newsletter three times a day soliciting news stories or pitches from a wide [...]
Read MoreMonster Cables Goes Wireless
Yes, Monster Cables, the company that’s made a virtual empire creating cables that deliver some of the best audio/visual results on the market is cutting the strings with their latest product line. Named Clarity HD, this new line of products deals primarily with compact listening solutions, namely wireless Bluetooth speakers. While Monster always produces quality [...]
Read MoreMicrosoft is Selling 7 Copies of Windows 7 Every Second
It seems that Microsoft has finally redeemed themselves in the Windows 7 operating system, selling 150 million licenses of the new operating system so far. After Windows XP, Vista was released, to the dismay of many customers and users. To this day, there are people still running XP because they are afraid to upgrade. This [...]
Read MoreFlock Beta Ditches Firefox and Goes Chrome
Feeling the need for speed, latest beta of the Flock browser is ditching Mozilla Firefox for Google-supported Chromium. Flock is the social networking remix of the popular Firefox browser, sporting deep integration with your social media websites and services. You might recall that Blackbird, the browser geared toward the black community, is based on Flock. [...]
Read MoreEdge Games Suing EA for Trademark Infringement
Last week Edge Games filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Electronic Arts (EA) alleging unlawful use of the “Edge” trademark. EA launched the “Mirror’s Edge” game in 2007 and Edge Games asserts in its lawsuit the company has exclusive rights to use to the “Edge” trademark in the electronic game industry. As a matter of [...]
Read MoreGourmet Magazine Reborn in App Form
Last year saw the shuttering of a number of popular magazines including Blender, King, and Vibe. When most magazines fold, they go walking quietly into the darkness, never to be heard from again. However the web is breathing new life into publications that died the slow death of poor ad sales and subscription numbers. Vibe [...]
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