Consumers Want Nothing to Do with Mobile Ads?

Just on the heels of survey results from Compete indicating that many smartphone owners are open to targeted ads, Chitika has shared some findings of a study that suggests mobile users are "extremely ad-wary."

Yahoo Will No Longer Support Old Versions of Messenger

A while back, Yahoo announced it would be retiring old versions of Yahoo Messenger - versions 6.0 through 7.5. They have now set a date for it at the end of the month - September, 30. Yahoo Messenger users who are using anything older than 8.0 will no longer be able to sign in and use the service. Obviously, that means it's time to upgrade,…

Survey Finds Many Smartphone Owners Open to Targeted Ads

Compete has shared some data from its Smartphone Intelligence survey. The findings indicate that smartphone owners prefer personal and social apps, and that they're open to targeted ads. According to Compete, entertainment, games, music, social networking, and weather are the most popular app categories across all platforms. Findings include:

An In Depth Look at Twitter’s New Terms of Service

I know it may appear I go looking for trouble, but I promise you I just like to share with you my concerns. In the case of Twitter’s update to its Terms of Service, I started thinking about what the changes could mean to us users.

Americans Turn To The Internet To Forget The Economy

Americans who go online for economic information are also using the Internet to take their minds off of the recession, according to a new report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Pew identified a group it calls "online economic users" which includes 69 percent of all American adults and 88 percent of all Internet users.