Before we get started I need to tell you that I will need to fight a strong bias here to write about the issue of health records online. I have some background in the use, power and neglect of medical records from my days in the insurance business.
Seattle Paper Plans For Online Only Edition
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has informed some of its staff that they have been selected to work for an online only version of the newspaper, if publisher Hearst moves forward with plans to shutdown the print edition.
Two reporters said they received "provisional offers" from P-I New Media boss Michelle Nicolosi or Hearst executive Ken Riddick, according to the P-I Web site.
Generation Y At Higher Risk For Online Identity Theft
People in Generation Y tend to be at a higher risk for online identity theft, but are less concerned with the threat than those in Generation X and Baby Boomers, according to the J.D. Power and Associates Identity Theft Report.
Online conversations about identity theft indicate that 83 percent of the Baby Boomer generation (those between the ages of 45 and 63) say they have a high level of concern about identity theft, compared to 79 percent of those in Generation X (ages 31 to 44) and only 47 percent of those in generation Y (ages 19 to 30).
Online Advertising Heavyweights Agree To Good Practice Principles
AOL, Google, Microsoft, NebuAd, Phorm, and Yahoo promise to behave. All of these companies – along with a few others – have volunteered to honor the Internet Advertising Bureau’s just-announced set of Good Practice Principles.
A Lawsuit Featuring Dunkin’ Donuts, Online Anonymity, and Dirty Bathrooms
The Maryland Court of Appeals has overturned a previous ruling that would have required a website that was being charged with defamation due to comments from anonymous ‘users’ to turn over their identities immediately.
The True State Of Online Advertising, If There Is One
If you would just read the last post I did you would see a report that touted the continued growth of online marketing despite the economy as reported by CMO’s of 518 companies. That’s so yesterday though. As reported in the Wall Street Journal, Market Research Group IDC reports a different point of view. Or is it?
Taxing Online Gambling Could Bring The U.S. Billions
Online gambling could generate $52 billion in revenue in the U.S. over the next ten years if the three-year-old-ban on Internet gambling was repealed and the government taxed the industry, according to a new study.
The study by accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers could influence Congress to lift the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA).
Economy Shapes Online Search Behavior
Searches for a number of terms related to the economic downturn have shown significant gains in the past year, according to comScore.
The most notable increases were searches relating to the declining job market, including searches using the term "unemployment" (up 206 percent to 8.2 million searches) and "unemployment benefits" (up 247 percent to 748,000 searches).
Ticketmaster Agrees To Change Online Sales Policy
Ticketmaster has reached an agreement with the state of New Jersey about how it handles online ticket sales after complaints from users about how it redirected them to its reseller site TicketsNow and charged them up to 50 times the face value for Bruce Springsteen tickets.
Frank To Introduce Repeal Of Online Gambling Ban
Though Representative Barney Frank has gotten most of his attention due to his role in handling the economic crisis, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee is also known for his nearly lone opposition to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, almost unanimously passed in late 2006. Frank is holding steady on that opposition and, according to Reuters, will introduce legislation next month to repeal that law.