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U.S. Teens Like Social Networking

New numbers from the Pew Internet & American Life Project confirm the obvious: teenagers in the U.S. love their social networking sites. And, as expected, MySpace is the overwhelmingly favored site for teens when it comes...

The Next Silicon Valley – Part 1

Close your eyes for a second and think about what you will be doing at the age of 65. If you are Dr. Leonard Liu whose career included helping create and implement SQL, serving as a C-level executive at more than one multi-billion...

The Next Silicon Valley – Part 2

China has changed the face of manufacturing worldwide, and if Dr. Leonard Liu, one of the best CEO’s according to Japan’s Joichi Ito and leader of several multi-billion dollar companies has his way, China will change the face of...

Marriott Sells Loyalty Points Online

Marriott International Inc. is giving members of its loyalty program the chance to buy additional points online to earn rewards.

Pop-Tarts Play Trivial Pursuits

Kellogg and Hasbro have served up a playful version of Pop-Tarts, with Trivial Pursuit questions printed right on the pastries

Online Shoppers Were Happy This Holiday Season

A consumer survey conducted by ForeSee Results and FGI Research indicates that overall, consumers who shopped online this holiday season were happy with the top 40 retailers on the Internet.

Evil Google in 2007?

“Don’t be evil.” This has been Google’s long-standing motto, and is supposed to embody what the search giant is, but with a recent blog post by Firefox co-founder Blake Ross, there is more than a subtle indication that Google...

Year of New Lead Generation Verticals

When those of us in the online advertising world think of lead generation, we often think of the volume leaders - mortgage and education. It's hard not to, as they, for the most part, dominate our advertising consciousness, especially...

Chinese Chicken and the Egg

Last year, one of the predictions we made was that someone would create the X10 equivalent for Chinese traffic. Someone would create the ad that would not only monetize any remnant but signal a new dawn of advertising. With so much...