When All Else Fails, Ask The Google

Internet obscenity trials are all the rage these days, what with the recent antics of a particular federal judge in the news. In another such case being tried in Florida, a defense attorney has turned to Google Trends to tell him whether a certain kind of content really "violates community standards."  

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…

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.