Twitter signs major advertising deal with Publicis Groupe
Twitter has signed its biggest advertising deal to date with an agreement with Starcom MediaVest Group, which is reported to be worth hundreds of million of dollars.
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Tourism Australia relaunches 'Best job in the world'
Tourism Australia has retuned one of the most successful campaigns in recent years and relaunched its 'Best Job In The World' campaign with six jobs up for grabs this time, each with a six-month contract and a A$100,000 package.
Apple unveils the iPad
GLOBAL - Apple yesterday unveiled its tablet computer, named the iPad, with an entry price of US$499.
Biz Stone says Twitter has 105 million registered users
GLOBAL - Twitter has racked up 105 million registered users, founder Biz Stone has told the audience at the microblogging service's first development conference, Chirp.
Paid for Twitter business accounts look set to launch
GLOBAL - Twitter is powering ahead with its money making plans and rolling out a beta programme called the "Twitter Business Center" which will offer business users additional features. The features are likely to come at a price as previously suggested by Twitter founder Biz Stone.
High number of Twitter followers does not equal influence
GLOBAL - Twitter users who amass high numbers of followers don't necessarily have large amounts of influence, according to an in-depth report.
Apple unveils the iPad
GLOBAL - Apple yesterday unveiled its tablet computer, named the iPad, with an entry price of US$499.
Twitter readies advertising platform as COO says no IP0 in 2010
GLOBAL - Dick Costolo, chief operating officer at Twitter, said the service is ready to begin testing a new advertising platform shortly as he ruled out a stockmarket launch this year.
Facebook targets Twitter with stripped-down mobile service
GLOBL - Facebook is moving further into Twitter territory with the development of Facebook Zero, a lightweight text-only service for mobile phones.
Facebook will hit 500 million users by June
GLOBAL - It was only in February that it was being reported that Facebook was closing in on the 400 million user mark. Now it will hit 500 million before the end of June.
Twitter hits 50 million tweets per day and passes MySpace
GLOBAL - Twitter has passed the landmark figure of 50 million tweets being sent each day - more than 20 times the traffic the microblogging service was experiencing a year ago.
GfK ends takeover talks with TNS
LONDON - WPP Group's prospects of winning the battle for market research firm TNS improved this morning as the German suitor GfK ended talks to buy the British firm.