Online Back-to-School Shopping Not Too Popular

It doesn't look like too many people plan to do their back-to-school shopping online. eMarketer looks at a combination of studies from BIGresearch and the National Retail Federation, Deloitte, and OfficeMax. These studies paint similar pictures, and they just don't show too many intentions from parents to turn to the web as the school year draws near.

Google Wants to Pay AdSense Publishers Faster

Google has taken an opportunity to remind North American AdSense publishers that the fastest way to receive payments is through Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). "We want to get you paid by the fastest means possible," says Elizabeth Ferdon of the AdSense Payments Team.

Google to Handle NewsGator RSS Products

Google Reader is becoming the online companion to and synchronization platform for NewsGator's RSS readers including FeedDemon and NetNewsWire. Users have until August 31 to migrate to Google Reader, when NewsGator will shut down NewsGator Online.

Social Media As Told By The Wall Street Journal

As I like to do when a post involves some ‘creative thinking’ I am warning you on this one. TechCrunch is ‘reporting’ the Wall Street Journal’s possible attempt at creating a social community (WSJ Connnect) that could compete with the LinkedIn set. I realize that outside of the Microsoft-Yahoo nuptials there has been little to discuss in the online marketing space as of late.

Gmail Takes Care of Common User Annoyance

MySpace may be launching a new email service, but Google never stops adding new features to Gmail, even since the service has finally left "beta" status. The most recent addition to Gmail is the ability to send mail from different addresses without the inclusion of "on behalf of" in the From line.