VirBiz NEWS

Updated on - 25 Feb 2015

1.) Organizations that run the virtual world:- News updates

GOOGLE:

• Google acquire facebook marketing startup Toro

Toro, a startup that helps developers promote their apps on Facebook, just announcedthat it’s been acquired by Google. The company was originally known as Red Hot Labs, and it’s led by Amitt Mahajan and Joel Poloney. They previously co-founded MyMiniLife, which played a key role in the creation of FarmVille (and was acquired by Zynga)…Read More at:  http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/24/google-acquires-toro/#uwHNIH:3VM

• 11 great google apps you've probably never even heard of

To look at early versions of Android, when Google first began to truly embrace mobile, you would have never guessed that the company would eventually be responsible for some of the best and most beautiful apps on the planet. Today, however, apps like Gmail and Google Maps are the best and most widely used applications in their respective categories, and Google continues to wow us with its app quality each time new updates roll out or new apps are launched. Read More at: http://bgr.com/2015/02/24/best-google-apps-top-11-android-iphone/

YAHOO:

• Yahoo Has Officially Shut Down The Right Media Ad Exchange

Yahoo has called time on the Right Media ad exchange it bought in 2007 for $680 million and has folded it into the wider Yahoo Ad Exchange proposition.Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-shuts-down-right-media-exchange-2015-1#ixzz3OcpjzdoV

MICROSOFT:

• Microsoft kills off Google and Facebook chat for Outlook.com

Microsoft is revealing today that it plans to kill off Google and Facebook chat from itsOutlook.com email service "within the next couple of weeks." In an email to Outlook.comcustomers, Microsoft says it’s removing Google Talk integration "due to Google’s decision to discontinue the chat protocol used by the Google Talk platform." Read More at: http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/24/8104195/microsoft-outlook-google-chat-facebook-chat-killed-off

• Microsoft gives eligible students free Office 365 subscriptions

Turns out Microsoft had a surprise in store for students around the globe this February, and not just for those based in New York. The company's finally bringing free Office 365subscriptions to students outside the US, so long as they live in one of the countries (it's quite a lengthy list) where the product's available. Read more at: http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/24/microsoft-office-365-free-students-worldwide/

FACEBOOK:

• Facebook is starting to rival Google’s online ad dominance
  

The usual gauge to measure the reach of an online business is the number of monthly active users it boasts. But just as important is the number of active advertisers—the companies that write checks in return for reaching all of those users. Facebook announced this week that it now has 2 million active advertisers on its platform. Read More at: http://qz.com/350408/facebook-is-starting-to-rival-googles-online-ad-domiance/

TWITTER:

• Twitter is testing analytics on the Web for individual tweets
  

looks like Twitter is experimenting with a new analytics feature on the Web; some users can now see statistics for individual tweets on their timeline.... Read More at: http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/02/24/twitter-is-testing-analytics-on-the-web-for-individual-tweets/