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Google Not Shy About Privacy
Last month I had reported that Ask.com had added a direct link to its privacy policy via a "Privacy" link conveniently placed…
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Selling Your Soul On The Internet Is Hell
Things aren't cool anymore once everybody starts doing them, that's the Law of Cool*. The same applies to selling one's immortal soul on the Internet, which has entered let's-throw-a-toga-party-like-they-did-on-Animal-House status**. Our latest soul peddler is from New Zealand, who learned like others before him that hosted auction websites don't want anywhere near his soul or lack thereof.
Hitwise Proves The Value Of Yahoo’s Non-Search Parts
Suppose that Steve Ballmer and Jerry Yang miraculously agreed on something: the sale of Yahoo's search department. A new Hitwise report sorts through the pile of properties that would remain, and as it turns out, the leftovers look pretty tasty.
More Than Half Of Americans Have Broadband Connections
Over half (55%) of all adult Americans now have a high-speed Internet connection at home, according to a new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.The percentage of Americans with broadband has increased from 47 percent in early 2007 and 42 percent in early 2005. Of those who access the Internet at home, 79 percent have a high-speed connection and 15 percent use…
Ball Girl
A video on YouTube depicting a ball girl at a minor league baseball game making an unbelievable catch is actually a shelved ad for Gatorade.The ball girls superhuman leap was actually done by a stuntwoman who was helped into the air by cables. The accidental viral video has received more than 3.5 million hits on a variety of Web sites within the last month.
Study: Online TV Content Ads Connect With Car Shoppers
Online television is nice for all sorts of reasons - the convenience, the selection, the lack of cost. And for advertisers, online content linked to television is nice because it's helpful in selling new cars.
