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Display Ads Remain Important To Marketers

According to new data from TNS Media Intelligence, Internet phone company Vonage spent over $185 million on display ads in 2006, outspending competitors Verizon Communications and display ad giant Netflix. The budget share for display and classified ads will remain unchanged through 2011, with paid search gaining ground and rich media along with video increasing according to eMarketer senior analyst David Hallerman.

Yahoo Brings Flickr To China

Internet companies are salivating at the moneymaking opportunities presented in the thus far untapped Chinese marketplace. The dilemma, however, still lies in the form of censorship practices enforced by the nation’s government. Will the country’s officials allow a Chinese version of the site to be accessed?

Google Phone Confirmed

Google is working on a mobile phone, a Google executive confirmed, but you may not see it in the States. It would, after all, steal some Apple thunder, and Schmidt and Jobs are billionaire buddies. Engadget reports that Isabel Aguilera, a Googler heading up things on the Iberian Peninsula, said there is a Google phone being developed, but are intended for the the markets in…

Skype, Vodafone Move Forward Together?

Vodafone’s getting deeper and deeper into this whole Internet thing - the latest reports indicate that the company is exploring options with MSN, Yahoo, and AOL.  It has also displayed several mobile phones designed to work with Skype, and has presented some VoIP technology.