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Google+ Brings Story Suggestions to Mobile Web Publishers

Google announced Monday that publishers hooked into Google+ can use the social network to offer customized story recommendations via the mobile Web. The new product suggests stories to readers based on what’s relevant on a publisher’s site, or if a user is signed in to their Google account, a story on the site that’s currently popular on Google+. The idea, Google said, is to surface the most relevant content for users, while recirculating more traffic for publishers.

Time Inc. Keeps Shrinking

The good news: It’s the biggest magazine publisher in America. The bad news …
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Everybody’s a Curator: Flipboard’s Mike McCue Talks About New Version of Social Magazine (Video)

I made a magazine about Pop-Tarts. Anyone have a problem with that?
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Q&A: Atari Founder Nolan Bushnell on Innovation, the “Next Steve Jobs” and Why Mobile Games Are “Over”

Also, why Google Glass is the next big thing in gaming.
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Pushing Editorial Into World of Apps

The small startup 29th Street Publishing is quietly trying to revolutionize magazine publishing, one app at a time.

EMC Donates Big Storage to a Library Like No Other, the Vatican’s

Something new for something very old.
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Seven Questions for Gree’s SVP of Studio Operations, Anil Dharni

The Japanese-based mobile games company still has ambitious plans for the U.S., although they’ve changed.
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Time Inc. Layoffs Will Cost $60 Million

Firing 6 percent of your workforce isn’t cheap.
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Time Inc. Cuts Come Tomorrow

After a year on the job, CEO Laura Lang makes her first big move. It won’t be pleasant.
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Time Inc. Braces for Layoffs This Week

Zynga’s Next Gamble: An Ad Platform