One person's junk mail is another person's discount offer. Boston-based Compete this week launched software that allows consumers to give permission to marketers to target them in exchange for special offers and other information.
Compete is marketing to advertisers the Voicebox desktop application that tracks a user's online behavior and feeds up surveys, offers and targeted ads. The ads are optional. Upromise, a provider of low-cost college savings accounts, is offering Voicebox to its members to allow them to save money for college tuition while shopping at specified online merchants.
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Web giant is spending $120 million to beef up its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters, according to filings with the city reviewed by the San Jose Mercury News.
The Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 S6500 could make its debut at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month, according to a leaked promotional image.
MIT creates a simulation to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Spacewar. A relic of the early days of minicomputers, it was one of the first computer video games and set the stage for many others, including Asteroids.
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