A lot of things have prevented mobile advertising from becoming widespread; think phone tech, consumers’ reactions, and advertisers’ reluctance, to name a few. Now, it looks like the list has grown longer, as the Center for Digital Democracy and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group have sent the FTC a formal complaint.
Flickr Fans Protest MSFT’s Acquisition Attempt
Bashing Yahoo has become one of the easiest activities in the world. Flickr is still loved, however, and may, in fact, be one of the few things standing between Microsoft and its acquisition of Yahoo.
Scoble Returns Early From Blogging Protest
Last week, the blogosphere erupted with screams of protest and condemnation following the revelation of death threats and personal attacks against blogger Kathy Sierra. In a show of support for Sierra, and in protest of the threats, popular blogger Robert Scoble vowed to not write any posts for a solid week.
LiveJournal Protest Tops Nielsen List
The most popular blog post of 2006 landed on a LiveJournal blog, while missives from Michelle Malkin, Dave Sifry, and CrooksAndLiars.com ranked among the most linked 100 posts for the past year.
German Publisher Drops Google Protest
German publisher WGB dropped its petition for preliminary injunction against Google Books Library Project this week. Google says the Copyright Chamber of the Regional Court of Hamburg advised the company the petition would not succeed.