Google CEO Eric Schmidt called the Internet a “Cesspool” Wednesday in reference to the quality of content and the amount of false information residing on it. This according to AdAge is a subject he spoke about with an audience of magazine executives at Google’s campus, where an annual industry conference was taking place. Schmidt stressed […]
Internet Ad Market A Bull or Bear?
Seems like it all just depends on how one spins it sometimes. The IAB and PricewaterhouseCoopers tout a bull market for online advertising in the first half of 2008. The Associated Press, though, describes a second quarter decline as the beginning of the end. Of course economic pessimism is sort of en vogue these days. IAB’s version goes this way:
Internet Radio Is Saved By Congress
There is new hope for Pandora and other webcasters, but any deal is far from done.
iMEGA Challenges U.S. Internet Gambling Law
The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) a nonprofit corporation, has filed a brief with the US Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, in the matter of iMEGA v. Keisler, et al.
Father of the Internet Talks About His Child’s Future
Vint Cerf, who is commonly known as the "father of the Internet", has posted an article on the Official Google Blog, as part of their series of experts predicting the future, such as Marissa Mayer did for search and
AT&T Pledges To Protect Internet Users Privacy
AT&T is calling on all companies that track and collect data on Internet users search and browsing activity to give consumers more control over how their online habits are collected and used.
Internet Ad Spending Up 8%
Total advertising spending in the first six months of 2008 decreased by 1.6 percent compared to the same period in 2007, according to a new report by TNS Media Intelligence.Ad spending in the second quarter of 2008 was off 3.7 percent compared to last year, the sharpest quarterly drop since 2001.
EFF Sues President Bush Over Internet Surveillance
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a lawsuit against President George W. Bush and others in his administration for the illegal surveillance of emails and telephone calls without a warrant.The suit also names the National Security Agency (NSA), Vice President Dick Cheney, Cheney’s chief of staff David Addington, and former Attorney General and White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales.
Japan Is Future Internet Ready
It’s time for our periodic We-Suck-At-Internet rant, which entails comparing and despairing (thanks, Stewart Smalley) over how slow the Internet is in the US. Once again, Japan has us beat and is ready for next-generation applications like high-quality video streaming. But Slovenia? Lithuania? Latvia? They’re faster than us, too?
Scientists Ponder Galactic Internet
If you believe aliens are using special types of stars to create a galactic internet and transfer data at about 180 bits per year then I have TONS of stuff I’d like you to consider for exclusive purchases: an invisible suit; a magic rock; a stick that will heal you.