Google Users Inclined To Spend Cash Online

The government's plan to stimulate spending by sending out checks may or may not have worked - new Hitwise data doesn't help a lot there.  But other stats indicate that Google fans are a little more prone than Yahoo users to pump money into the online economy.

9 Million People Have Made Purchases On Mobiles

Making purchases using mobile devices such as cell phones is increasing in the U.S. with 9 million mobile subscribers saying they have used their mobile to pay for goods or services and nearly half (49%) saying they plan to try mobile commerce in the future according to a new report from Nielsen.Men were found to be more likely then women to use their mobile phone…

Microsoft Sets Up Digital Manners Police

If at first it seems creepy, go with that gut instinct. You're probably right. Microsoft's patent application for "digital manners policy" (DMP) technology is part iRobot, part destined-to-be-used-for-nefarious-purposes. Here's how it is supposed to work: You walk into a movie theater, the movie theater sets your mobile phone to vibrate for you. You stroll into a museum, the museum disables the flash on your camera…

Manners For Social Networking

UK etiquette experts, Debrett's, have created a new set of rules for how to behave on social networks.The rules were created after research by telecoms company Orange found that 62 percent of social networking users are confused or frustrated by online etiquette. It found that 26 percent were unsure about how to respond to unwanted pokes or messages.Eighteen percent said they were confused on "how…

Cable Ad Sales Fail At eBay

After a year, eBay closed down its Internet-based TV and radio ad selling platform, as cable channels avoided it due to fears of commoditizing ads.