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Display Ads are as Compelling As TV Spots

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In the lobby of Google’s Building 900 at its Mountain View headquarters, there’s a display of Google-colored squares and rectangles that looks like a bland abstract-art piece. It turns out these are...

Bonanno Crime Family Indicted in 1978 Heist

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It’s been awhile since the JFK Airport heist aboard a Lufthansa airplane occurred. The aircraft was carrying money and jewelry worth $5 million and $1 million respectively. It got stolen and the case...

How the Duolingo Founders Offered Free Education To Millions

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As stars fill the night sky in Veracruz, Mexico, 23-year-old Uziel Alejandro López kicks back at home to play on his Android smartphone. His thumbs breeze over the brightly colored screen, but this...

Google Ad Chief Susan Wojcicki Talks about Next Big Battle

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Straightforward and unflashy, Susan Wojcicki doesn’t come off like the most powerful woman in advertising that Forbes and others have labeled her. When we meet outside her office at the Googleplex in...

Startup Silentium is on to a Billion Dollar Opportunity

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From the thrum of heating and ventilation units to the thump of home theaters, the noise of fellow humans at work and play is increasingly hard to escape. Even in remote areas, such as the wilderness...