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  • Cingular Rocks With Perks for Vans Warped Tour

    Cingular Wireless is using its sponsorship of the Vans Warped Tour 2006, a touring music festival, to provide its customers with cool perks including ring tones, VIP access, phone tattoos and more.

  • Garfield Web Site Operator Referred to FTC: CARU

    The Children’s Advertising Review Unit has referred advertising for Web sites operated by Paws, Inc., to the Federal Trade Commission after the company refused to participate in a self-regulatory process.

  • Valassis Buys Advo for $1.3 Billion

    Valassis Communications, Inc. has agreed to buy direct mail marketer Advo for $1.3 billion.

  • 3G: Behold the Next Generation

    Ten years from now you’ll reminisce about the days before wireless high-speed Internet, that dark era when you were tethered to a cabled modem and computer when checking messages. Like life before the cell phone, how did…

  • Microsoft, Poker Top Nielsen//NetRatings List

    After obtaining the results from the sampling activity through its MegaPanel of Web users at work and at home, Nielsen//NetRatings has released its findings for the top parent companies and stickiest brands in the U.S. for the…

  • Google Checkout, Concerns Unveiled

    After more than a year of anticipation, Google finally revealed Google Checkout late last week. Though the new Google product is not the rumored “GBuy” that was feared to directly compete with PayPal, it offers similar features and will…

  • World Cup Gaining Popularity Online

    America has always been reluctant to embrace the world of soccer, but recent findings by Nielsen//NetRatings seem to indicate a possible change in this trend. The official World Cup site, FIFAWorldcup.com, saw 149% growth in…

  • Image-Based Spam Makes a Comeback

    Up until recently, image-based spam was all-but defeated. Anti-spam filters figured out how to detect those messages by utilizing mathematical formulas and unique signatures that software used to flag them, but with new…

  • Leaders in Alternative Search

    There is a search engine based in Pasadena, California called Snap.com with a stated desire to become “The other way to Search”. All it takes is a click and a search or two to see how Snap.com is a true alternative to the norms of…

  • David Shteif Joins AdValiant As Director Of Business Development

    New York, NY – June 2006 – AdValiant, Inc, a leader in online interactive media, advertising and technology, today announced that Mr. David Shteif has joined as its Director of Business Development to oversee all development, service…