Behavioral Targeting Hits Road Block

One New York assemblyman, Richard L. Brodsky, has drafted a bill that would make it a crime — punishable by a fine to be determined — for certain Web companies to use personal information about consumers for advertising without their consent. There are essentially two main things in this bill

Major Donors Generous Online

A new survey conducted by Convio, Sea Change Strategies and Edge Research found that major donors to nonprofits give generous amounts to various causes online.On average major donors give $11,000 each year to a variety of nonprofits and they spend an average of 18 hours a week online.

Google Is Lobbying To Offer Free National Wifi

Free, nationwide WiFi. Drooling yet, or do I need to say it again? Free, nationwide WiFi from Google. As we mentioned earlier, Google is lobbying the FCC for some of the wireless spectrum that will be freed next year when television will cease analog transmission. Google’s plan? “Wi-Fi on steroids.” (Without the ‘roid rage, I’m guessing.)