Match.com has announced an agreement by which Match.com will become the exclusive online dating site on Yahoo!. Yahoo! Personals users will have the opportunity to move to a new co-branded Match.com experience, “Match.com on Yahoo!” where they will combine with the greater Match.com community. The Match.com on Yahoo! service is available starting today. Yahoo! Personals […]
Scion has launched a new online competition, Unlock the tC Road Trip, an eight week, interactive and real-world competition that allows players a chance to win the all-new 2011 Scion tC. The competition is designed to launch the next-generation 2011 tC and give consumers a fun and engaging way to get to know the new […]
Google is marking the 30th anniversary of the 1980 arcade classic Pac-Man with a “doodle,” but its first-ever game. Google has transformed the home page of its search engine in to a game of Pac-Man. The letters in the word “Google” are the walls inside a mini version of Namco Bandai’s classic game Pac-Man. “Google […]
The number of online U.S. households using social networks such as Facebook and MySpace has nearly doubled in the past year expanding online opportunities for criminals. According to Consumer Reports latest State of the Net survey, in the past year, 52 percent of adult social network users have posted personal information such their full birth […]
IBM has announced CityOne, a new “serious game” that can help customers, business partners and students discover how to make cities and their industries smarter by solving real-world business, environmental and logistical problems. Based on decades of experience in solving business challenges in creative ways, IBM “serious” games are designed to train the workforce of […]
NBC San Diego and eVoter have announced a partnership that connects San Diego voters with polling place locations, election information, candidate profiles and endorsements prior to Election Day. eVoter is a non-partisan website that allows voters to access information to make informed decisions on Election Day via an interactive sample ballot. eVoter also allows […]
For moviegoers at Flixster, Iron Man 2 and Inception are the most highly anticipated movies of the summer -“ with the sci-fi thriller eliciting surprisingly strong buzz within the world’s biggest online movie communities. More than 1 million users have rated the summer’s biggest films, and based on their feedback, the five most-anticipated movies of […]
TripAdvisor has announced during Facebook’s f8 conference, the first implementation of the new Facebook “Like” plugin, on TripAdvisor.com. TripAdvisor is one of a select group of companies to launch this new Facebook Social Plugin. The Like button enables travelers to indicate their favorite hotels, cities, attractions and restaurants and share them with their network of […]
USA Network has announced that it will integrate Facebook’s newly launched Social Plugins, such as the Like button, which will give fans the power to drive approval, further engage with the network and interact with likeminded friends. Additionally, utilizing Facebook Connect, USA is announcing a new game challenge feature on its proprietary casual gaming destination, […]
Starting today in Southwestern Quebec and on May 1 in London, Ontario, consumers can drop off used computers for no-cost recycling at Renaissance, a Goodwill affiliate, and Goodwill Great Lakes as Dell and Goodwill Industries International extend their Reconnect partnership to Canada. The expansion adds to more than 1,900 Reconnect locations throughout the U.S. […]