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  • AOL and Userplane Have a Future Together

    On Monday AOL announced that it had acquired Userplane, a provider of private chat and instant messaging software for online communities.

  • Mobile Internet Population Swells to 34.6 Million

    Telephia released a report on Monday called the “U.S. Device Consensus Report for Q2 2006.” It indicates that in June of 2006 in excess of 34.6 million consumers browsed the Internet with their mobile devices.

  • Milk Mustache Adds ‘Body by Milk’ Auction

    The folks behind the Milk Mustache campaign break a campaign today that makes full-body contact with teens.

  • Mazda Drives into Cities with Zoom-Zoom Live Tour

    Nearly 50,000 car lovers are expected to take to the tracks in coming months in a Mazda vehicle as part of the automaker’s 10-city Zoom-Zoom Live Tour.

  • Information Security Bigger Threat than Terrorism

    A study titled “Secure the Trust of Your Brand: Assessing the Security Mindset of Consumers” was conducted by the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council and Opinion Research. The results were released on Monday, and reveal…

  • AOL Embarrasses Themselves and Their Users

    “This was a screw up, and we’re angry and upset about it,” said AOL spokesman Andrew Weinstein in a statement apologizing for the release of sensitive query logs earlier this week. What AOL needs to worry about now is…

  • MySpace and Google Make $900 Million Deal

    On Monday, Google garnered the favor of social networking behemoth MySpace.com by agreeing to make minimum payments of $900 million over the course of the deal that will last three years and nine months. This figure is…

  • AOL Jumps to the Front of the Online Storage Line

    Private search query data isn’t the only thing AOL plans on giving away for free. In September, AOL will offer 5GB of free online storage to any user with an AOL or AIM screen…

  • SPOTLIGHT ON: Drew Curtis of Fark.com

    * Lessons from a website with 1-2 million daily visitors
    * Learn how Fark established itself with no advertising
    * Find out how you can help them monetize their traffic properly

  • A Tale of Two Duplicities

    This had been a notable week in terms of the deluge of news articles regarding Internet fraud. Perhaps the summer heat and the forecast of temperatures rising into the 100s have an overall noxious effect on people’s…