Why Some People Are Shunning Facebook

Tyson Balcomb quit Facebook after a chance encounter on an elevator.

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Big browsers hop aboard the 'Do Not Track' train

Mozilla and Google, reacting to US government pressure, will add Do Not Track tools to their popular web browsers Firefox and Chrome to make it more difficult for advertisers to collect data on users and to personalize ads.

Russians Worried that Cyrillic Web Domains Could Introduce Cencorship

The Kremlin has long been irritated by the way the United States dominates the Internet, all the way down to the ban on using Cyrillic for Web addresses — even kremlin.ru has to be demeaningly rendered in English.

Poll: How Often do You Click Online Ads? In Which Media do You Invest Most of Your Adversting Dollars?

As I observe the fragmentation of traditional media and, in particular, see many print media outlets losing subscribers and going down the tubes because of lost advertising revenues, I know the Internet is playing a role.

The World Wide Web was Born 20 Years Ago

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FTC Staff Revises Online Behavioral Advertising Principles

Federal Trade Commission staff issued a report on February 12th, describing its ongoing examination of online behavioral advertising and setting forth revisions to proposed principles to govern self-regulatory efforts in this area.

Why Big Brands Struggle With Social Media

Social media continues to grow globally in terms of adoption, usage, interest and impact in a massive way. However, we still operate in a system defined by the old media world and consequently big brand involvement is still in the main tentative and sporadic.

Google Is Far From Safe

When it comes to this mobile ad market, Microsoft actually enjoys a number of advantages over Google: :: Being a distant third in online search is actually a benefit, because any increase starts looking like a big improvement and helps capture momentum.

Making Connections, Gadget to Gadget

Nearly everything is a little computer that wants to seek out and connect to other computerized devices, no matter who makes them. Then they will send your music, photos and video around your home, and get even more from the Internet.

Yahoo Limits Retention of Personal Data to 90 Days

Yahoo's new data retention policy is the most restrictive among major search engines in the United States and will most likely put pressure on rivals like Google and Microsoft to shorten the time they keep information about their users.

Apple iPhone ad banned over misleading internet speed claims

A TV ad for Apple's 3G iPhone has been banned by the advertising regulator for misleading consumers over the internet capabilities of the smartphone.

How Newspapers Can Increase Their Google Juice

There isn't much difference between what appears in a small newspaper's print edition and online. Many photographs make it online that don't make it to print, and the AP stories are usually a widget feed from the AP.

Domino's Lets TiVo Users Order Pizza Via TV

Why get up? Now, couch potatoes who subscribe to TiVo can order a Domino's Pizza through the service, thanks to an agreement between the two companies.

Google Tops Brand Loyalty List

26,000 Consumers have voted. The 2008 Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Leaders List study (September) is complete. Google wins for a second year. Friendly, engaging innovations appear to be key for Google. Avis was No 2.