Travel back to Thursday, July 19, 2007. The Dow broke 14,000 for the first time ever, ending the day at 14000.71. On Friday, it retreated 150 points, though, and closed just above 13850. Days later on Monday, July 23…

Gift card processor Comdata Stored Value Solutions will ally with digital publisher Serious USA to produce interactive DVD gift cards, offering new options for retailers this season.

Expedia.com is kicking off a multi-year deal as the National Football League travel sponsor with an option play of prizes.

Blackhawk Network is teaming up with the National Football League as the group’s gift card partner.

People can buy gift cards emblazoned with the team logos of participating NFL teams, including the Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots, New York Giants, New York Jets, Oakland Raiders Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks.

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In a firm declaration, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer asserted that the company “didn’t make a mistake” when it invested $240 million in a 1.6% stake in Facebook

Apparently, Google’s minimalist approach to search does not pertain exclusively to its home page. In China, Google has slimmed down its Google.cn domain name to G.cn.

Recent figures released by Nielsen//NetRatings show a glimpse into the top U.S. local markets both in terms of total unique visitors and time spent online per visitor.

Personalization in e-mail marketing efforts is key. Though this is logical, it might behoove marketers to remind themselves of this fact and to check to see if their e-mails appear too shady for the typical consumer’s tastes.

Going forward our company will be known as IZEA, with PayPerPost as its flagship product and other properties including Blogger’s Choice Awards, RockStartup, Zookoda and BlogInSpace under the IZEA corporate umbrella.