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  • Topix, ShopLocal Offer Local Online Ads

    Local news aggregator, Topix.net, and ShopLocal.com have teamed up to offer a way for big and small brands to advertise to specific localities online using a ZIP code-based system…

  • Health Search Engines Wanted

    According to JupiterResearch, 71% of online consumers run queries through search engines in order to find answers to health-related questions, but only 16% of them find the information they want. This seems to indicate that there…

  • Microsoft and Yahoo Open Up to Each Other

    Numbers two and three in the instant messaging realm have finally made visible steps towards an alliance that they announced back in October. In what would appear to be a viable threat to AOL’s number one AIM, Microsoft’s…

  • Mozilla Will Immortalize Evangelical Users

    Dedicated users of the Firefox Web browser will have a shot at being written into the very source code of the next version of the browser, Firefox 2.0. In observance of the Mozilla Foundation’s three-year anniversary, on July 15 the…

  • It’s PhatGuru.com, New York City’s Hippest Website

    New York, NY – July 19th, 2006 -What do you get when New York City’s coolest go online to dish on what’s trendy and what’s yesterday’s news? You get PhatGuru.com, a content rich website that launches today with enough flair…

  • ItsPerformance.com Launches Superior Advertising Platform Today

    Gaithersburg, MD July 17th, 2006 – Today ItsPerformance.com launches the most innovative and effective advertising platform found on the Internet. The continued growth and confidence shown in online advertising suggests that…

  • Bet On Conviction

    Another trusted officer of a publicly traded company was arrested this week, nabbed in Texas while changing planes. No, he isn’t from Enron or WorldCom and is not accused of cooking the books or embezzlement. In fact, until his…

  • ‘Scene’ Tour Launches Back-to-School Season

    An annual mall tour targeting teens kicked off this weekend with sponsors CosmoGIRL!, Mountain Dew, Sprint, AmEx and Tweety Bird.

  • Gmail Slightly Enhanced

    Deleting all of the spam that accumulates in your Gmail “Spam” folder has always been a bit of a hassle. Users of the Google e-mail service would have to “Select All,” and then click the “Delete Forever” button. Just recently, Google…

  • Publishers Clearing House Obtains Blingo

    In a logical marriage of complements, sweepstakes and direct marketing giant Publishers Clearing House (PCH) announced its acquisition of Blingo, Inc., the hybrid offspring of a Google-powered search engine…