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Twitter's two new board members include one who actually tweets
This morning Twitter announced it's swapping out two board members for new faces. In the filing, it revealed that Peter Currie and Peter Chernin will step down after the annual meeting, to be replaced by Pepsi exec Hugh Johnston and UK entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox. Most notable about these additions is that in Fox, the board will have a director who is a prolific tweeter with over seventeen thousand posts on her account, while Hugh has... 2 (both posted today).
Google is adding a 'buy' button to its shopping ads
That rumor of Google adding a "buy" button to shopping ads? It's true. The company's Omid Kordestani has confirmed to Recode that this super-quick purchasing option is "imminent." He didn't describe how it would work in detail, but the leak described "Shop on Google" search ads that take you to a product page the moment you give in to that consumerist impulse. The real mystery may be who's onboard with the program. Google reportedly went the extra mile to court retailers worried that they'd be cut out of the loop, but there's no certainty that you'll see a lot of big-name stores signing on right away. [Image credit: Shutterstock]
