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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — In early 2008, in the early days of the era, engineers began noticing something unusual in the search engine’s logs. Owners of these new phones were doing a huge number of Web searches.
Internet Explorer 9, which was released Monday, was downloaded 2.35 million times in the first 24 hours it was available, according to Microsoft. The beta version of this iteration of the browser was downloaded only 1 million times during the first day of its availability.
Disney has just acquired Togetherville, a social network for kids 10 years of age or younger, we’ve confirmed with the company. Terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed at the moment.
by Spencer Ante WSJ
AT&T Inc. is taking aim at mobile advertising with a program that serves up special offers via text message when its wireless subscribers are near a retailer or brand participating in the program.