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The market for mobile device advertising doubled in 2013 to $17.9 billion and is on pace for strong gains this year, led by Facebook and Google, a market tracker said Wednesday. The research firm eMarketer said mobile ad spending increased 105 percent…
Mick Jagger’s long-term girlfriend L’Wren Scott committed suicide by hanging, New York coroners confirmed on Wednesday. Scott, 49, a former model turned fashion designer, was found dead in her luxury apartment in Manhattan on Monday. Following an autopsy…
Robin van Persie scored a hat-trick as Manchester United kept their season alive by storming back to beat Olympiakos 3-0 and reach the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday. United were left on the brink of elimination after losing the first…
Hull winger George Boyd is to appeal against a Football Association (FA) misconduct charge arising from his clash with Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart, it was announced on Wednesday. Scotland international Boyd was alleged to have spat at Hart as…
Yesterday, National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice welcomed 12 governors and one deputy-governor from Nigeria to the White House to discuss areas of strategic importance to both the United States and Nigeria. Ambassador Rice and the governors discussed…
Nigeria’s new broader approach to tackling the Boko Haram insurgency won plaudits on Wednesday, with the plan seen as recognition that military might alone would not end the bloodshed. National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki unveiled the new measures…
It has been a tough week for the self proclaimed “Biggest team in the world.” One week after winning the Capital One Cup — the first leg of the so called quadruple it was chasing — Manchester City has seen the wheels fall off the wagon. And…
Google announced Tuesday it was bringing Android, the dominant platform for smartphones, to wearable devices. The move allows developers to create apps for smartwatches, the first phase of the Android Wear platform. “We’ve barely scratched the surface…
I recently sat down with Michael Chasen, former co-founder/CEO of BlackBoard, at SXSW to discuss his brand new app called SocialRadar. As may have guessed by the name of the app, SocialRadar is a social discovery app, but instead of using location…
Canada’s long-time finance minister announced his resignation Tuesday, after steering the G7 nation through the Great Recession and back to a balanced budget forecast for next year. Jim Flaherty, 64, said he informed Prime Minister Stephen Harper on…
Moments ago, Google announced that its popular mobile operating system, Android, is coming to your wrist in the form of wearables. Yes, Google is now officially getting into the smart watch race, and its doing it through a program they’re calling…
A post on TechCrunch today adds fuel to the Amazon console fire, citing sources who say that the console will be a Chromecast-style HDMI dongle, and that it will even stream PC games over the Internet. According to the post, an unnamed source says that…
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid cruised into the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a 9-2 aggregate victory over Schalke thanks to a 3-1 win at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday. However, victory came at a cost for Los Blancos…
Chelsea ruined Didier Drogba’s return to Stamford Bridge as the Blues swept into the Champions League quarter-finals with a 2-0 victory over Galatasaray on Tuesday. Jose Mourinho’s side refused to be distracted by Galatasaray striker Drogba’s emotional…
Video News by NewsLook Chris Brown was kicked out of a rehab facility and spent a few days in jail. And now, it looks like he’ll be staying there for a while.
Trophy-holders Guangzhou Evergrande seized control of their AFC Champions League group with a 3-1 win over Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Tuesday, as Uruguay star Diego Forlan scored his first goal for Cerezo Osaka. A first-half double from Guangzhou striker…
SAN RAMON, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar. 18, 2014– Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) announced today that it is increasing its support to programs in Nigeria that prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PROMOT), building on initial success in the heart of the Niger Delta. Chevron is committing an additional $1.7 million to the PROMOT Project- sponsored by the nonprofit Pact- to extend the program throughout Bayelsa, the Nigerian state with the third-highest HIV prevalence rate in the country, with the goal of increasing awareness and services that support pregnant women who are HIV positive. Chevron’s additional commitment raises its 5-year investment in the PROMOT Project…
At least 100 people were killed in the religiously divided centre of Nigeria this weekend, local officials said on Sunday, as tensions between Muslim-dominated herdsmen and mostly Christian farmers again turned deadly. About 40 assailants armed with…
Kevin Anderson handed Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka his first defeat of 2014 to reach the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells ATP Masters. South Africa’s Anderson beat Wawrinka 7-6 (7/1), 4-6, 6-1 to end Wawrinka’s run of 13 straight match…