Monday, August 17th, 2009. Open Bar @ Highbar 251 West 48th Street @ 8th Ave

A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project in April found that 56 percent of Americans said they had accessed the Internet with laptops, cell phones, game consoles and other wireless devices.

Do the Internet and mobile technologies enhance or hinder work productivity?

In some ways we lament the recent decision by Yahoo to ban all ads that either directly or indirectly point to non-branded diet and teeth continuity programs, which means this could be the beginning of the end for the various Rachel Ray’s diet blogs and Mom’s Teeth Journal.

If we step back and take a longer-term view of the world, the business landscape is dotted with companies and services that did well for a while but ultimately ceased without evolving.

In an ongoing effort to better protect financially distressed consumers, the Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on proposed rules to combat deceptive and abusive telemarketing of debt relief services – services that purportedly can reduce consumers’ credit card and other unsecured debt.

Performance Based Ad Network to Connect Global Advertisers and Publishers

Nine leading ad networks are coming together at Affiliate Summit East 2009 in New
York because they all agree – the grass is greener. All nine networks are powered by LinkTrust, the top
software solution for advanced affiliate tracking, ad network management and real‐time lead generation
services.

The National Retail Federation’s most recent back-to-school shopping survey, “2009 Back to School Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey,” shows that the economy will put some downward pressure on back-to-school and back-to-college spending this year.

According to a study conducted by Anderson Analytics, all age groups in the U.S. use social networking sites more to keep in touch with friends than anything else, while big portions of older age groups are using Facebook and MySpace.