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Apple’s iPad marketing sparks complaint to FTC
Apple’s iPad, announced Wednesday, has already led to one complaint to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in which a consumer charged Apple with...
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Expert: Fraudsters pull tricks with Google ads
Companies such as Continental Airlines rely on Internet advertising from Google to deliver customers to their Web site. It constitutes essential...
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Google to buy AdMob mobile ad company
Google plans to buy mobile advertising provider AdMob for $US750 million ($A825m) in stock, the search giant said on Monday.
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Survey: U.S. residents don’t want targeted ads
Contrary to the claims of online marketers, most U.S. residents do not want to receive Web advertising tailored to their interests, according to...
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Using Flickr to promote your photos
If you’re a photographer, the photo-sharing site Flickr offers a great way to get your work seen and to elicit feedback. But it's unlikely that...
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Reports: Microsoft and Yahoo close to search ad deal
In less than a week, Microsoft could reach an alliance with Yahoo that could compete better with Google in online search advertising, according...
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MS Exec: Apple complained about Laptop Hunters ads
A funny thing happened at Microsoft's 2009 Worldwide Partner Conference on Wednesday. In a presentation with various company executives, Microsoft...
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Hacker cracks TinyURL rival, redirects millions of Twitter users
A URL-shortening service that condenses long Web addresses for use on micro-blogging sites like Twitter was hacked over the weekend, sending millions...
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It’s time for the FTC to investigate Mac security
When I read the headline about a security researcher who had published proof-of-concept code for a vulnerability, I was upset. To disseminate proof-of-concept...
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Paid Twitter services coming by year’s end
Twitter is steering clear of advertising as it prepares to launch new tools and services for businesses by the end of this year, company cofounder...
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Japanese billboards are watching back
Don't look now, but the advertisements are watching you. No, it's not a scene from the movie "Minority Report" where digital signboards served up...
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Microsoft to release ‘Softwear’ retro clothing line
Watch out, Apple shareholders: Microsoft has just upped their hip factor by like, eleventy percent. Struggling with the task of reinventing their...
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U.K. advertising watchdog bans ‘misleading’ iPhone ad
How fast is “really fast”? Well, according the United Kingdom’s Advertising Standards Agency, it’s not nearly fast enough. At question is...
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Yahoo’s Yang to step down as CEO
After a bungled buyout offer from Microsoft, a deal with Google that fell apart and two rounds of layoffs, Jerry Yang is calling it quits and stepping...
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Dear Steve: Y! not?
Last week, I suggested that struggling computer giant Sun Microsystems would make a great takeover target for Apple, which could buy its way into...
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Apple ads blunt Microsoft’s ‘I’m a PC’ campaign
Apple’s anti-Vista response last week to its rival’s “I’m a PC” marketing campaign blunted the impact of Microsoft’s efforts, an Internet...
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Google ramps up defense of Yahoo deal
Google has stepped up its defense of its proposed search advertising deal with Yahoo as criticism mounts that it will give the search giant a monopolistic...
