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Consumers can proceed with a lawsuit against Coca-Cola for allegedly sending them unwanted SMS messages, a federal judge has ruled. The court rejected Coca-Cola's argument that the consumer's allegations were too vague to warrant further proceedings.

The four-lane bridge in Washington state that partially collapsed Thursday into the Skagit River was removed from Google Maps within a half day, according to reports, but it's the contributions and feedback from thousands of Map Maker users that allows Google to quickly confirm changes and update the online content.

Yahoo has reportedly submitted a formal bid to acquire Hulu. If so, the Web portal joins other companies reportedly bidding for the premium video service, including Time Warner Cable, DirecTV, Peter Chernnin and Guggenheim Digital Media.

Online radio service Pandora on Thursday reported revenue rose 55% in the first quarter to $126 million, topping analysts' expectations. Pandora's quarterly revenue -- which had been projected to reach $124 million -- was bolstered by the addition of 700,00 net new paid subscribers, bringing the total to more than 2.5 million

Video, mobile, social, and better search capabilities continue to make it easy for consumers to buy online -- not just kids, but also older adults. In fact, 65% of girls ages 6 to 16 are more likely to buy straight from a mobile ad if there is a means to do so.

Eric Mugnier, senior vice president, at M&C Saatchi Mobile sounds off on the agency's approach to mobile and broader topics - from Facebook to programmatic buying to tablets.

A New York court has dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought against WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell. Sorrell was slapped with the suit last August by the law firm then representing New Delhi Television, Sabharwal & Finkel, and its principals, Adam Finkel and Rohit Sabharwal.

Tremor Video, Inc., a tech-driven video advertising solutions company, has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed IPO of its common stock.

U.S. Cellular is helping employees losing jobs in the sale of some segments of its business to Sprint by setting up a transition portal.

A recruitment advertising/communications agency called Shaker helped develop the portal, aimed at 765 “associates” impacted; Kensington International, an outplacement firm, also partnered.

U.S. Cellular is also working with a group called Skills for Chicagoland’s Future. It’s a non-profit that provides placement and training services.

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Remember George Costanza from the old Seinfeld show? He had problems with jobs and women, which makes sense to anyone who believes job seeking is like dating, which is pretty much most everyone who has done both.

For you doubters and naysayers, proof is on the way from none other than eHarmony. Late next year, the company, which insists it takes a “scientific approach to matching,” will launch a career site employing the same principles as its dating site.

A company executive told The Washington Post, “We have 29 dimensions that we match on for marriage. It would not surprise me if we have even more for a worker relationship.” Relationship-seekers answer about 200 questions before eHarmony computes a profile and does its magic. Not coincidentally, among the questions are a number related to work and career. (more…)

The Financial Times is being subsumed into a new division by its parent company, Pearson. As part of the organisation's restructure, the FT Group will disappear and the newspaper will become part of a unit called "professional". Its chief ...

In the three years since Steve Jobs introduced the Apple iPad, at least one-third of U.S. adults has acquired media tablets, according to the results of our 2013 survey. The original large-format media tablets remain the most popular, but the new sma ...

The Guardian is to launch a new global web presence, theguardian.com, in recognition of the newspaper's increasingly international digital appeal. The move will streamline access to Guardian content – amalgamating the main entry poi ...

Media giant Hearst has hired two senior execs — Demand Media’s Joanne Bradford and former Los Angeles Times CEO Jeffrey Johnson — in a significant move to digitally turbocharge and jumpstart its flagship but long-sufferi ...

The radio stations were on early this morning - was it right and proper for newspapers to publish front pages pictures of a man they called a terrorist brandishing a meat cleaver? Answer: yes. There are all sorts of arguments in favour. Practical ...

The New Voices of Philly.com include a gay leader, a stoner, a sexologist, a libertarian-leaning Realtor - even the legendary Flyers goalie Bernie Parent, dispensing advice on relationships. Now add to that roster of columnists the governor of Pe ...

A year ago today, news leaked that The Times-Picayune would cease daily publication, cut staff and focus on its website, NOLA.com. The paper and ink edition now hits doorsteps and newsstands just three days a week: Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. H ...

The BBC has scrapped a £98m digital production system, which its director general said had "wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money". The Digital Media Initiative was set up in 2008 but was halted last autumn havin ...

Oosterhout, May 2013 - Never change a winning team: in the framework of an extensive modernization project centered around its coldset web offset press, Pressehaus Stade Zeitungsdruck-GmbH is renewing its trust in automatic in-line press control syst ...

May 24th, 2013 – Following installation of a 64-page Sunday 4000 web press in 2011, Litografia Magno Graf will add a Sunday 3000 system at its facility in Puebla, Mexico, later this year.   The new four-unit press with a 2x8 c ...