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Reach Older Users on Facebook and Twitter
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Use Social Media to Power Up Your Marketing Mix – San Jose Mercury News


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Social Media is an excellent complement to an existing marketing plan for a small business. It can enhance and extend your message. As a mostly free channel of communication, social media can reach large numbers of people yet still be intimate.
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SSDs may give you more bang for your DRAM

Device and storage vendors are gradually embracing flash SSDs (solid-state disks) as a complement to spinning disk drives, but one executive at this week’s Flash Memory Summit sees great potential in turning flash “upside down,” as a lower tier of cache behind DRAM. [...]

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Apple’s new iPhone 4 commercials all about FaceTime

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Google Buys Picnik: 6 Unanswered Questions

Google on Monday announced the acquisition of Picnik, a photo editing Web site. The move is not surprising considering Google’s focus on promoting Web apps and the company’s upcoming Google Chrome OS. Picnik will also be a great complement to Picasa, Google’s photo storage and sharing site. In some ways, Picnik already integrates with Picasa along with Flickr, Facebook, and anywhere else you can find an image online. [...]

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Yelp Rejects Google, Google Walks from Yelp

The rumors that Google might purchase Yelp for over half a billion dollars have been replaced by new rumors that the alleged deal is dead. If that is true, it is very unfortunate because the two complement each other in ways that no other acquisition or partnership can match. [...]

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Foursquare blends gaming and networking – Daily Reporter


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