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  • Refinance Dot Com Style

    Exclude if you will the whole subprime mortgage mess and think back to a more sane, structured, and controlled lending environment, one without the exuberance and lack of standards. It might be hard, especially if you…

  • Facebook, Slide Fail

    Last week, it was revealed that Facebook had encountered yet another pothole in their road to an enormous valuation. This time, Slide, Inc., the top Facebook application company in terms of installs and active users, and a computer technician in Vancouver had their hands in the matter.

  • Google + MacFarlane = Fear for TV?

    It is far too early to proclaim the death of traditional television as we know it, but Google’s recent partnership with Family Guy and American Dad creator Seth MacFarlane does nothing to comfort TV networks, or Hollywood movie studios for that matter.

  • LeBron James Plays in Nickelodeon Big Green Game

    NBA star LeBron James is giving an assist to Nickelodeon’s Big Green Help campaign, as a spokesperson and a character in an online mini-game.

  • Stacking Up

    When it comes to shoppers returning to the same store time and time again, Wal-Mart is a dominant force across all retail categories. But the discount

  • Beautiful Bovines

    The glorious cows of CowParade, those memorable herds of dozens of colorful and funky fiberglass bovines seen grazing along sidewalks and in plazas in

  • The Young Prefer Mail

    A decade ago, industry soothsayers broadcast grim predictions for the future of direct mail. The Web was booming and e-mail accounts were fast becoming

  • Dunkin Donuts Teams with Red Sox, Yankees in Instant-Win Game

    Dunkin’ Donuts hopes to score in-store traffic and boost sales with an instant-win game that gets some promotional support from two Major League Baseball pitchers.

  • Why People Hate Us

    A few years ago, I remember having a conversation with the folks at Reprise Media. It was at a trade show in New York, but a smaller one as opposed to the shoulder to shoulder affair of ad:tech. At this particular…

  • The New Arms Race

    Earlier this month, Apple’s iPhone, one of the most anticipated launches in recent memory, turned a year old. Watching the lines form and the micro-economies that formed around early procurement, looked…