Users Ok With Online Video Ads

A new survey by TNS, a market insight and information group, finds that online video has become a compelling medium for both broad viewer audiences as well as relevant advertiser messages.

Google Promotes Ads For Fast-Paced Auto Industry

If you’re trying to reach someone, you might write a letter or send an email.  But if you’re trying to reach someone quickly, you’ll type out an instant message or pick up the phone.  Now Google’s trying to convince marketers in the auto industry to adapt in a similar fashion.

Google Earth Could Go After Second Life

Google Earth is getting increasingly realistic, but it still lacks elements related to human movement and interaction.  Google may soon address this issue, however, as there’s word that Google Earth could become the basis for a Second Life competitor.

Microsoft Taps PR Firm To Thwart Google

Google's proposed purchase of DoubleClick earned it an invitation to a Senate subcommittee hearing this week. Microsoft's work with PR firm Burson-Marsteller could have helped print that invite.

Fox to Offer Free Shows via iTunes

Did NBC jump ship too soon? TechCrunch reports that now Fox will be offering their shows for free download via iTunes. The deal will feature season premiere episodes of Fox shows including Prison Break, Bones, American Dad and K-Ville—mostly returning shows. Fox hopes to expose more viewers to its shows.