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  • 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…

  • Red Ventures Acquires Modern Consumer

    High-growth customer acquisition marketer acquires leading provider of consumer auto finance leads

  • Top Facebook Applications

    According to recent figures noted by Justin Smith at Inside Facebook (and supported by very similar figures posted at Adonomics), Slide, RockYou, and LinkedIn own the top four Facebook applications.

  • MySpace Still Ahead of Facebook?

    While Facebook seems to get more buzzworthy coverage, MySpace has managed to maintain its strong leadership position in the social networking realm.

  • Google Continues Lead in Search

    According to both comScore qSearch and Nielsen Online, Google has maintained its lead in the U.S. search market in May 2008.

  • Firefox 3 Has a Huge Week

    Mozilla promoted June 17th as “Download Day 2008,” asking supporters to help them set a new Guinness World Record by downloading its new Firefox 3.0 Web browser.

  • Google and Yahoo: IM Partners in the Making?

    Tucked away under the “Terms of the Agreement” section of Yahoo! press release, announcing its search advertising partnership with Google, is this little gem: “In addition, Yahoo! and Google agreed to enable interoperability between their respective instant messaging services, bringing easier and broader communication to users.”