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FCC to Clarify Rules on How Carriers Can Use Customer’s Call Data
In the wake of the Carrier IQ flap a couple years back, the Federal Communications Commission wants to be clear about the rules around how carriers collect and store call data.
Checking Into Foursquare? Yahoo’s CFO Talks About Next Mobile M&A — Including Importance of “Localization.”
Hey, Dennis Crowley, that sounds like you!
Dating Apps for the Already Attached
There are plenty of dating apps out there for singles. But what if you’re in a relationship? Here are date-booking apps worth trying.
Hearst Taps Demand Media’s Bradford and Yucaipa’s Johnson to “Redefine” the San Francisco Chronicle
Can the City by the Bay finally get the newspaper it deserves?
News Byte
Yahoo Snaps Up Mobile Gaming Company Loki Studios
Yahoo has acquired mobile gaming startup Loki Studios, the company announced on Friday. The staff will join Yahoo’s mobile team to work on unspecified projects — though Loki’s specialty seemed to be in location-based mobile products. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.CatLand Is the Foursquare-Tamagotchi Spawn That Apparently No One Invented Yet
“If you don’t back this Kickstarter project, we’ll kill this cat” is not the official tagline, but it should be.
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Online Ads Can Now Follow You Home
Advertisers already know what people are up to on their personal computers. But understanding their online whereabouts on smartphones or tablets has remained elusive.Twitter Testing New Local Discovery Features — And It’s About Time
A secret feature in development could bring nearby tweeters into your Twitter stream.
News Byte
Belly Now Aims Its Loyalty Platform at National Enterprise Businesses
Chicago-based Belly said it was rolling out its customer loyalty and marketing platform to larger national enterprise clients. The startup has been aimed at the consumer market and smaller businesses since its launch in 2011, focused on increasing customer engagement, driving repeat business and helping attract new customers. Belly said it has been working with 40 national chains representing more than 500 current locations, using a system that includes a tech platform, an in-store tablet, analytics and marketing, as well as helping clients do email campaigns, social media integration and other mobile marketing.Location App Quadstreaker Turns the World Into a Game Board
“We’re going streaking through the quad!”
