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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…

  • Neiman Marcus Offers First Crack at Lexus Hybrid

    Lexus is launching its new hybrid car with a special offer for Nieman Marcus’ inner circle

  • 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 Holiday Spending Jumped High in 2006

    For the 56 day period ending on December 26, holiday e-commerce sales reached $23.11 billion, a 26% jump from last year’s $18.28 billion figure. This is according to information released by comScore Networks.

  • ComScore to Revamp Metrics for Web 2.0

    Page views were once the standard by which the popularity and sway of Web sites was measured, but that is all changing now with the emergence of Web 2.0, and AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript) in particular. Many sites now contain…

  • 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…