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The social network is launching partner categories: some 500 "unique groups", with more to come, which are descriptors (one example: "buyers of children's cereals") that match up with relevant people among Facebook's 1 billion+ users. Facebook says that advertisers can "futher refine" the categories by using other targeting options it already offers.

The CW app will offer viewers the option of watching new episodes of its programs the day after they air on television. And unlike on other services such as Hulu, you don't have to authenticate with a cable or satellite TV subscription before gaining access to all those new shows, either.

Between 2011 and 2012, the number of "mobile point-of-sale" terminals registered by businesses worldwide more than doubled, according to U.K. industry research firm Timetric. The newly released report doesn't see such a dramatic rate of uptake to continue year after year. But researchers do project that the percentage of checkout counters using mobile point-of-sale systems such as those offered by Square, ShopKeep, Intuit and PayPal will jump from fewer than one-fifth last year to nearly half by 2017.

Sharethrough vendor offers mobile native ads

Is this really a thing?

VZW has been promoting it a lot lately...its only $3 a month or something.

"Google's search and map offerings are go-to products for many people, and now the company wants to be your tour guide, too, with a new Android app called Field Trip. In the vein of Google Now, the company's smart new virtual assistant software that aims to anticipate information you may want, Field Trip pings you every so often with notifications about your surroundings that range from historical data to special deals to cool sight seeing attractions."

"When three-week old Latin-American restaurant Comodo - located in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood - noticed guests were repeatedly snapping pictures of their entrees and uploading them to Instagram, it decided to capitalize on the trend. The restaurant has embraced the hashtag #ComodoMenu and added it to the bottom of its real-life menu, encouraging guests to add, share and check out photos of food offered at the establishment."

Uber Local Offers. The premise of the program is simple: Uber riders who've registered Visa cards to their Uber accounts can rack up rewards points by using that same Visa card at various local merchants. Uber users get one point for every dollar spent at a partner merchant and are notified via the Uber app when they spend money at those local merchants. Once users have racked up 100 points, they get a $10 ride credit on Uber.

you can scan QR codes to get the first chapter of books 

NimbleTV lets users watch TV anywhere there is internet connection -- offers unlimited recording and lets viewers record multiple shows at one time to save for later.   roughly $20/month