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  • Live From the Mobile & Digital Licensing Summit: Mobile Gaming Gains Momentum

    Last year, consumers paid for 382 million downloads of mobile games, and that number is expected to soar to 1.7 billion by 2010, representing a $5.9 billion industry and signaling the industry’s rapid growth.

  • Gmail is Still Beta for a Reason

    I think it was the threat of a Gmail revolution that prompted Yahoo to increase the storage space parceled to its free email accounts last year. (Yahoo’s paid email at the time, of course, gave storage to spare. It’s an example of how the…

  • Eyes Wide on the Internet

    How could I get tired of advertising seminars or conferences? Not only can I count on scoring enough pens, pads, and doo-dads to last me until the next one, but I usually end up learning my field of work, too. The Eyes on the…

  • Shout it: Save Our Net Neutrality!

    Working in online advertising has familiarized me with some of the larger issues that affect our industry and, ultimately, the way we use the Internet. Not the least of which is the subject of net neutrality that’s been in the news…

  • VendareNetblue – Before they were one, Part 1

    Almost reminiscent of movie releases where studios carefully plan out their launch dates to maximize their exposure, you can almost imagine the behind the scenes dialogue of this week’s Internet studio blockbuster. Last week…

  • VendareNetblue – Before they were one, Part 2

    In Part 1 of this week’s Digital Trends we cover the history of Vendare, a company that went from tens of millions of dollars annually to breaking one-hundred million dollars four years later. The company grew through smart…

  • LowerMyBills.com Continues to Protect Distinctive Online Advertisements

    LowerMyBills.com Continues to Protect Distinctive Online Advertisements With Second Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
    Company obtains judgment against SPENDonLIFE.com,
    underscoring company’s commitment to its intellectual property

  • Motive Advertising Makes Entrepreneur Magazine’s Hot 100 List

    Entrepreneur recognizes Motive Advertising as a company that understands the true, measurable potential of the Internet in the global marketplace, and sees them emerging as front runners in this competitive market.

  • EBay Testing Contextual Ads

    At its annual Developers Conference in Las Vegas eBay announced that it will begin beta testing a new contextual advertisement system that will place contextual ads for eBay auctions on their affiliates’ sites in exchange for a…

  • Google Users in China Must Choose Between .Com or .Cn

    Google has fallen in with the ranks of other Western companies that have bent their knee to China’s censorship requirements. Google’s main site, Google.com, is still accessible in China, but at a much slower speed than the…