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Transcontinental Inc. has acquired ThinData Inc., a Canadian online marketing services firm.

Google Inc. finalized a $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick, the online ad services firm, shortly after the acquisition was approved by the European Commission.

Searchme, Inc. has launched a beta version of a new search engine. The new service, also called Searchme, delivers results as a browsable stack of "pages" -- pictures of actual web pages that users can check out before visiting them.

Spirit Airlines has teamed up with Mall Networks, a loyalty shopping program provider, to create the Free Spirit Mall. The new online program provides a portal through which Spirit Airlines members can partake of promotions, discounts and mileage rewards at more than 450 merchants.

Are you shelling out big bucks to advertise your brand during March Madness? If you are, you better include an online element.

People spend the majority of their time online consuming content, according to a report recently published by the Direct Marketing Association.

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Search engine Ask.com will reduce its headcount by 40 workers, or about 8% of its workforce, according to Reuters.

With all the hype surrounding Web 2.0, skeptics might be quick to write it off. But I'm glad to report that some of these applications are already delivering real value for B-to-B marketers.

Not sure whether to put in-stream ads in your online video content? Consider this: A recent survey by Burst Media found that 50.7% of respondents stop