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Ford Brings iHeartRadio to Vehicles
Ford announced on Wednesday at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show that it is bringing iHeartRadio to its vehicle lineup, allowing drivers to access the popular radio service via voice commands. Ford will be the first auto company to offer cars … Continue reading
This Swiss Army Knife Comes With a 1 TB USB Flash Drive
Victorinox has unveiled a Swiss Army knife with a USB flash drive that holds 1 terabyte of data. The company has had a USB knife in its line of products for a while, but the Victorinox SSD comes with several … Continue reading
What to Expect From Mobile Marketing Tech in 2012
Matthias Galica is CEO of ShareSquare, the leading platform among brand and entertainment marketers for incentivizing offline-to-online consumer engagement. As new technologies emerge that seek to bridge the real world with the digital, the offline-to-online marketing learning curve only gets steeper. … Continue reading
Cadbury UK Uses Google+ for Product Launch
In what may be a first, Cadbury UK has used Google+ to introduce a new product. “Remember this moment: the first time Cadbury revealed a new product on Google+,” the brand wrote on its Google+ Page Wednesday afternoon. “The delicious … Continue reading
Meme Machine: 5 Hilarious Videos Trending Right Now
The Mashable Meme Machine is a daily look at five hilarious viral topics spreading across the web right now. The cogs never stop on Mashable‘s Meme Machine so let’s relish in what’s lighting up the Internet today. Catching our attention … Continue reading
Web Chat Brings Tea Party and Occupy Movement Together
Can members of the Tea Party find common ground with Occupy Wall Street protesters? That’s what NBCpolitics.com will try to find out through an online-only web chat. The hour-long web chat, to be held on Wednesday afternoon, will include three … Continue reading
Google Fires Back at Twitter: You Took Yourself Out of Search
The war of words between Google and Twitter escalated Wednesday, as Google responded to Twitter’s accusation that plans to further integrate Google+ into its regular search results is “bad for people.” “We are a bit surprised by Twitter’s comments, because … Continue reading
Facebook Kills University’s Historical Profiles
Joe McDonald died in 1971. This morning on Facebook, he died again. Facebook disabled the profiles of McDonald and his girlfriend Leola Lewis Wednesday morning, according to Donnelyn Curtis, the University of Nevada librarian who set the profiles up as … Continue reading
Parrot Zik: Best Bluetooth Headphones Ever? [HANDS ON]
LAS VEGAS — There are several reasons Bluetooth headphones haven’t taken off — lousy designs, poor execution, that cumbersome “pairing” — but the Zik, a new headset that Parrot unveiled at CES 2012, appears to address pretty much all of … Continue reading
High-End Brands Are Missing the Boat on Mobile, Study Finds
Prestige retailers are largely failing to keep pace with developments and consumer demand for mobile shopping capabilities, a new study from New York research firm L2 suggests. In a ranking of 100 well-recognized fashion, beauty, hospitality, watch and jewelry, and … Continue reading