Is It Time For Facebook To Sell Out?

Methinks the Telegraph was hoping to spark controversy when they published this article yesterday: Facebook is planning to exploit the vast amount of personal information it holds on its 150m members by creating one of the world’s largest market research databases.

PETA

Say what you want about PETA’s vego-fascist ways and loony breast milk Ben & Jerry’s proposals, whoever does their marketing had a stroke of genius by getting an ad banned by the network broadcasting the Super Bowl—a method we shall forthwith describe as “The GoDaddy Method” of viral marketing. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ “Veggie Love” commercial was deemed too hot for NBC…

AOL Names Former Yahoo Exec To Run Its Ad Business

AOL has named former Yahoo sales executive, Greg Coleman President of its advertising business Platform- A. "Greg Coleman is perfectly suited to build on the foundation we created at Platform-A and drive branded display sales across our fast-growing MediaGlow programming network," said Randy Falco, AOL Chairman and CEO.

Dell Ramps Up Twitter Advertising Efforts

Twitter fans, advertisers, and people who are in the market for a refurbished computer should take note: in what represents a potential win for all of you, Dell has decided to offer certain deals exclusively through one of its 80 Twitter properties.

Google Rides the Internet Bus to India

Today, Google launched an initiative called the Internet Bus Project, designed to show off  all the Internet has to offer to cities in Tamil Nadu, India. The purpose is to introduce people that are not familiar with the Internet to the education, information, communication, and entertainment it has to offer.