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Microsoft Bails. World Yawns. Much Written.

The on again, off again drama of Microsoft's potential acquisition of Yahoo came to a close this past weekend, for now at least. This first chapter or perhaps conclusion of a story, took just north of three months to unfold.

Not So Long Tail

August of this year will mark the four year anniversary of Google going public, in many ways the tipping point for Internet advertising as we know it today. Four years ago, what existed? Internet life focused around...

Africa is Far Behind in Internet Progress

Pingdom, which monitors Web sites' uptime, recently posted figures shedding some light on the state of Internet connections in Africa on its blog. Traffic and penetration were focused on.

Beijing Olympics Sparks Online Attacks

Recent figures released by MessageLabs shows that spam (which turned 30 on May 3rd) was found in 1 of every 1.36 e-mails, or at a rate of 73.5% in April, a 0.3% decline from March.

Mobile Marketing Relatively Unexplored

A recent study conducted by JupiterResearch points to the relatively unexplored nature of mobile marketing. About 20% of online advertisers are testing the mobile marketing waters.