FirstMortgage optimizes online mortgage servicing app
September 23, 2013
FirstMortgage recently upgraded its website’s online mortgage servicing features, enabling customers to conduct a variety of transactions.
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Puerto Rico Tourism Co. bets on local tourists to promote island
June 28, 2013
The Puerto Rico Tourism Company unveiled Thursday its latest promotional campaign ¡Y nos fuimos! (“Here we go!”), an effort focused on promoting local tourism in Puerto Rico, while providing content for the rest of the world about the island’s beauty and current offers for international tourists.
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4K-plus enroll in Puerto Rico ‘TweetMyJobs’ platform in 12 days
June 27, 2013
Just 12 days after the Puerto Rico government implanted the TweetMyJobs platform, some 4,497 people have registered on the website to start their search for jobs, the Economic Development and Commerce Department said Wednesday.
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Puerto Rico gov’t launches ‘TweetMyJobs’ platform
June 14, 2013
As part of its job-promotion efforts, Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla announced Thursday the launch of "Tweet My Jobs," a technology that facilitates the recruiting process for open job positions.
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Convention Bureau launches ‘Puerto Rico Meeting University’
March 14, 2013
The Puerto Rico Convention Bureau has launched an exclusive online education program tailored to meeting planners, dubbed the “Puerto Rico Smooth Meeting University,” that includes courses on topics such as meeting hotels, the Puerto Rico Convention Center, history and culture, golf, shopping, dining and nightlife.
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Expedia: Travel to Puerto Rico up 40% in 3Q12
December 20, 2012
Online travel company Expedia Inc. revealed data Wednesday showing demand for travel to Puerto Rico on more than 140 of its sites worldwide grew 40 percent during the third quarter of 2012, compared to the previous year.
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‘Cyberlunes.com’ lists Puerto Rico, U.S. online deals
November 26, 2012
Cyber Monday, the Internet’s biggest shopping day of the year is here and, for the first time, local and national retailers catering to Puerto Rico consumers are posting their deals and offers on www.cyberlunes.com, the local version of the www.cybermonday.org site that started the online retail movement seven years ago.
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Google Engage launches in Puerto Rico
November 23, 2012
Google Engage, a program created by Google to teach the ‘ins-and-outs’ of online advertising, is now available in Puerto Rico to give users the chance to train, learn and become certified in free tools like “Apps,” “AdWords” and “Analytics,” the company announced.
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Gov’t expands services available via pr.gov
October 25, 2012
Looking to make it easier for citizens to interact with public agencies, government officials announced Wednesday the addition of six new services pr.gov, expanding the 280 already available through the website that has generated more than 10 million transactions since its launch in 2010.
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Caguas, TweetMyJobs launch online job-seeking solution
October 23, 2012
The Caguas municipal government announced Monday it has struck a partnership with the TweetMyJobs social recruiting platform to connect local businesses with town residents seeking jobs across all industries and all levels, city officials announced.
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Online ID theft costs Puerto Ricans $2.5M-$4M annually
October 18, 2012
Puerto Rican consumers lose between $2.5 million and $4 million as a result of online identity theft, and the problem is growing, representatives from the Consumer Credit Counseling Service said Wednesday.
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Businesses warming up to govt’s online bidders registry
September 21, 2012
More than 2,000 Puerto Rican companies have received their digital certifications through the government’s online bidders registry launched four months ago, General Services Administration Chief Olga M. de Cardona-Martínez told News is my Business.
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Evertec, Gustazos launch ‘Giftmall’ gift certificate site
June 1, 2012
Riding on the wave of the acceptance local consumers have given to group discount offers, online marketing company Gustazos has joined forces with payment processing company Evertec to launch “Giftmall,” a new service that offers online gift certificates redeemable at dozens of local businesses.
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SME study: P.R. Internet usage levels reach 50%
May 16, 2012
About half of Puerto Rico’s population — split almost evenly between men and women between 25 and 39 years old — uses the Internet to work or socialize, according to the 2012 edition of the Sales & Marketing Executives’ “Digital & Mobile Behavioral Study.”
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P.R. consumers click their way into saving millions with ‘group coupons’
March 12, 2012
It’s no big secret that Puerto Ricans have changed their shopping habits in the wake of the tough economic times experienced in the last six years. So much so that using what was once taboo, a discount coupon, is becoming a daily occurrence due in part to the proliferation of online companies dedicated to offering everything from a manicure to furniture cleaning services at a fraction of the cost.
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