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Companies are not following their own Do-Not-Track policies

Jul 13, 2011
That's according to a recent study from Stanford's Center for Internet and Society. While Congress wrestles with online privacy legislation, the...

Twitter to suck more

Jun 24, 2011
That's because sponsored tweets are about to find their way into your tweet stream. Twitter has had things like sponsored trends and sponsored...

"Kinect is amazing and everyone loves it. Let's put ads all over it!" - Microsoft

Jun 21, 2011
Okay, that's a bit of a paraphrase. Today Microsoft will announce NUads (short for natural user-interface ads) for the Xbox Kinect system. It lets...

Facebook paying you to watch ads

May 6, 2011
This is a new program that Facebook is trying out where you get Facebook Credits in exchange for watching some ads. It's an expansion of an earlier...

Groupon gets rid of Trump ads

Apr 29, 2011
Groupon has announced "The Apprentice" ads won't be allowed on its site after someone posted an online petition to boycott Groupon on the belief...

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Kids don't realize ads are ads

Apr 22, 2011
The Journal of Advertising has published a study about how kids perceive online advertising. Short answer: they don't. Kids were found not to make...

Billboard of tomorrow will recognize you, target you

Apr 18, 2011
A New York company is raising money with the intent of building smart billboards. The company, Immersive, is working on a system where a camera...

Online advertising passes print

Apr 14, 2011
Not that we needed many more indicators of the trend in print but pixels are raking in more money than ink, according to a new report by the...