Panthers Cam Newton Targets Kids’ Market
Grown-up athletes typically endorse grown-up products. Peyton Manning pushes Nationwide insurance; Tom Brady plugs Movado fashion watches. Cam Newton? He’s 6-foot-5, 245 pounds, and all Nickelodeon. The Carolina Panthers’ 26-year-old quarterback is using his Super Bowl run to establish himself as a pitch-man to America’s youngest consumers. Unlike other professional athletes chasing moneyed older fans, Newton is wooing kids. “He’s...
Virtual Reality On Facebook’s Growth Radar
Los Angeles — Virtual reality won’t just be another technology for hard-core nerds, if Mark Zuckerberg gets his way. Facebook Inc.’s Oculus will sell movies, video games and streaming services via its virtual reality headsets, seeking to make the devices more appealing to average consumers, the company announced during a presentation in Hollywood on Thursday. Partners include 21st Century Fox Inc. and Lions Gate Entertainment, the...
TomTom Reportedly Weighs Options, Including Sale
TomTom, the Dutch maker of navigation software and devices, is exploring options that could lead to a sale as mapping technology draws growing interest from potential buyers, according to people familiar with the matter. TomTom, which operates an office in Lebanon’s Centerra Park, is attracting companies and investors who were looking at Nokia’s maps business, called HERE, which it agreed to sell to German carmakers on Monday, the...
Net Neutrality Rules Quietly Go Into Effect
Washington — With a simple declaration on its website, the Federal Communications Commission launched a new era of Internet oversight by touting that its tough regulations for online traffic were now in place. The so-called net neutrality rules, designed to ensure the free flow of Internet data, took effect Friday after federal judges declined for now to stop them. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said that, starting Friday, “there will be a...
Business Notes: May 31, 2015
Quechee — The Quechee office of Coldwell Banker Redpath has joined Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate/The Masiello Group, and the Masiello Group will move its operations to the former Redpath office at 1996 Quechee Main St. The combination of the two offices makes the Masiello Group one of the largest real estate offices in the Upper Valley, the company said in a news release. With headquarters in Keene, N.H., and 33 offices in New...
