Category: Internet
Facebook helps students prepare for a career with Open Academy, offer credit for work on open source projects
Facebook, in an effort to help students prepare for a career as a software engineer, has launched Open Academy, which helps students get credit for contributing to open source projects. In explaining the reason for the launch of Open Academy, Facebook reveals, “Software development as a profession has many features that are distinct from computer…
Read MoreGoogle Q3 2013 earnings better than expected, earned $14.89 billion in consolidated revenue
Google’s Q3 2013 earnings report is just out, and from the looks of it, the numbers are better than expected. In its report, the company stated that it had earned about $14.89 billion in consolidated revenue, $2.97 billion in net income along with non-GAAP earnings of $10.74 per share. Analysts at Yahoo Finance were close…
Read MoreWhat Are Banner Ads? – By Ted Dhanik
Picture an individual browsing the web. Perhaps it’s a research project on Henry David Thoreau. And so this individual examines photographs, critical commentary, and the like. Throughout the journey of visiting different sites on the web, banners appear at the top of most of the sites. Some of these banners may talk about book stores. Other…
Read MoreEntice Customers with Internet Cafe Sweepstakes Games
Business owners can benefit from integrating sweepstakes into their internet cafe franchise marketing plan. People love the chance to win something. McDonald’s sweepstakes, such as the Monopoly game, encouraged their potential customers to buy more food for the greater chance to win something. And when the prizes are smaller and easy to win, such as…
Read MoreBrew Dog Releases new beer named #MashTag, Social Media Users Participate Enthusiastically
British beer company, Brew Dog, has come out with a new alcoholic beverage called #MashTag, whose style, name and alcohol count has been determined by social media users themselves. In explaining how the company got users involved in the process of creating this beer, a spokesperson for Brew Dog, Sarah Warman said, “Over the course…
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