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Mobile Advertising & The Rise of Digital Coupons (Graphic)

Digg > Popular - 34 min 19 sec ago
Mobile is firmly establishing itself as a crucial advertising channel, and the companies who aren’t utilizing it look set to be left behind. More than two thirds of the population are in possession of a mobile phone, and it’s obvious to see why the direct nature of mobile advertising is so appealing to businesses.


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Ex-IW Heads West and Zampella To FIrst Public Appeareance

Digg > Popular - 34 min 20 sec ago
The industry hasn't heard much about Call of Duty creators Jason West and Vince Zampella since their very public exit from Infinity Ward and Activision earlier this year. But now id Soiftware has announced the duo will be making a public appearance at their QuakeCon 2010, sitting in on a panel that's set for August 13 titled "Building Blockbusters"


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LA Pushing to Become Nation's Mass Transit Leader

Digg > Popular - 1 hour 4 min ago
The region famous for jilting the street car to take up a love affair with the automobile is trying to rekindle its long ago romance with commuter rail. If successful, the novel plan to borrow billions from the federal government, led by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, would result in the largest transit expansion project in the nation.


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Twitter User Sends World's 20 Billionth Tweet

Digg > Popular - 1 hour 14 min ago
Twitter, the social networking site which allows users to say something in up to 140 characters, sees its 20 billionth message sent.


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Murray battles into final in LA

BBC UK > News Headlines - 1 hour 29 min ago
Andy Murray reaches the Farmers Classic final in LA after coming through a topsy-turvy semi-final against Feliciano Lopez in Los Angeles.
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Firefighter saves same cat twice

Digg > Popular - 1 hour 34 min ago
A firefighter who rescued a cat from a well in west Coweta on June 29 stepped up to rescue the cat a second time on Tuesday.


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Afghan roadside bomb kills six

BBC UK > News Headlines - 1 hour 44 min ago
Six civilians die after their minibus strikes a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar.
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Church plans Quran-burning event

Digg > Popular - 2 hours 4 min ago
In protest of what it calls a religion "of the devil," a nondenominational church in Gainesville, Florida, plans to host an "International Burn a Quran Day" on the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks.


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Newspaper review

BBC UK > News Headlines - 2 hours 16 min ago
The row over Cameron's remarks on Pakistan goes on
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Richard Dreyfuss: Technology Has 'Killed Time'

Digg > Popular - 2 hours 24 min ago
Recognized for his roles in Jaws, American Graffiti, and Mr. Holland's Opus, Richard Dreyfuss has issued a call to action in our classrooms. Dreyfuss believes civic education is the foundation of public education; yet over the years, it has become more about memorizing facts and dates than understanding context and history.


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Get Ready For a Helen Thomas Statue

Digg > Popular - 2 hours 34 min ago
Thomas will be best remembered for demanding (at a Jewish heritage celebration) that Jews "get the hell out" of their homeland and relocate to Germany and Poland, where not long ago they were butchered by the millions. Maybe they can carve Thomas’ own words at the base of the statue?


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Warning of tanker drivers' action

BBC UK > News Headlines - 2 hours 36 min ago
Fuel tanker drivers could take industrial action later this year over job and pay cuts, a union has warned.
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Recession was worse, deeper than previously thought

Digg > Popular - 2 hours 44 min ago
The recession was deeper than the government previously thought. The economy's plunge underscores why the unemployment rate surged to 10.1 percent in October, a 26-year high.


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Don't Try To Make Them Scrambled (PIC)

Digg > Popular - 3 hours 4 min ago
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Stem cells grow replacement joints in rabbits

Digg > Popular - 3 hours 14 min ago
Rabbits were able to regrow a leg joint using their own stem cells, say scientists exploring the cells' potential to replace artificial joints in human patients.


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Cluster bomb ban comes into force

BBC UK > News Headlines - 3 hours 27 min ago
A new global treaty banning cluster munitions enters into force, hailed by campaigners as the most important treaty in 10 years.
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Study Says Junk FoodDoubles the Risk of ADHD in Kids

Digg > Popular - 3 hours 34 min ago
Researchers, who examined the diets of 1,800 teens, found that “western-style” diets more than doubled the risk of an ADHD diagnosis, compared with a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, even after adjusting for social and family factors.


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In pictures

BBC UK > News Headlines - 3 hours 36 min ago
Chelsea Clinton marries at lavish New York ceremony
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Telemarketers Ignore Do Not Call List - Surprise? No.

Digg > Popular - 3 hours 44 min ago
The Federal Trade Commission announced a milestone this week: its Do Not Call registry has just passed 200 million numbers.


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More forces adopt 'Sarah's Law'

BBC UK > News Headlines - 3 hours 48 min ago
A scheme which allows parents to check if someone has a history of child sex offences is to be extended to eight more police forces in England.
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