High Tech Sector Sees Strong Growth
New York City has the largest amount of technology workers in the U.S. according to a new study from the American Electronics Association (AeA)New York City led the nation with 316,500 technology jobs in 2006, according to the most current data available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The region added 6,400 tech jobs in 2006, the second fastest growing cybercity behind Seattle, which added 7,800 jobs. The average wage was $91,500, 46 percent higher than the average private sector wage in the area.
Amazon’s Bezos Throws Some Money At Twitter
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has thrown a little love (and presumably a lot of money) at Twitter. Twitter creator Biz Stone made the announcement via his blog that Bezos Expeditions, Bezos’s investment firm, joined Spark Capital’s Bijan Sabet on the Twitter investment team.
JC Penney Bangs Out Ad Controversy
It’s not true there’s no such thing as bad publicity, but it is true that not all "bad" publicity is bad; sometimes bad (better, controversial) publicity plus free plus plausible deniability is a winner. Also true: teenagers have sex, always have, and parents aren’t thrilled about that.
For Google, Every Day Could Be Super Bowl Sunday
Now that Google is a publicly traded company, traditions and advertiser friendly philosophies seem destined to clash with fiduciary responsibility. Imagine this scenario: Everybody uses Google, so every advertiser needs a presence there, and the law of supply and demand makes Google one expensive place to be.
New Initiative To Push Internet For Everyone
Some pretty big names will be in one place tomorrow to unveil a new initiative called InternetforEveryone.org, which aims to make access to a fast, open and affordable Internet a basic right for all Americans.
Close To Half Of Americans Favor Internet Regulation
Close to half (49%) of all Americans think the federal government should regulate the Internet the same way it does radio and television according to a new Rasmussen Reports survey.Thirty-five percent are opposed to having the Internet regulated by the federal government and 16 percent are undecided.The majority (73%) of Americans believe that it should be a crime to harass someone on the Internet and 13 percent disagree.
Judge Closes Facebook-ConnectU Proceedings
Anybody not wanting to hear the details of the Facebook-ConnectU case may be able to sigh with relief. Everyone else might be out of luck. Judge James Ware has closed the first part of the proceedings to both the public and the press.
eBay Challenges EU Trading Laws
eBay is lobbying the European Parliament over trading laws it calls "last century" that are preventing its customers from potential savings.The online auction company said that traditional manufacturers are using outdated regulatory laws to restrict the impact of online trading.
By George (Carlin), The Internet Has Tourette’s
WARNING: This is the Internet, not TV, where seven words people aren’t allowed to say on TV are permitted. In honor of that, and of recently, well, dead1 "counter-culture" comedian George Carlin, the seven words you can’t say on TV will be said because mincing words would be anathema to Carlin’s life. Plus it gives us an excuse. If dirty words in general offend you, better click out now, because these seven are top shelf, man.
Big Money Visitors May Boost IAC Ads
An ad network across the various properties operated by IAC sets its sights on advertisers willing to pay well to reach affluent consumers.