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Login - Advertising Age

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:02:01 -0800

From the page: "The world's most powerful marketing executive is now the car czar. "

Analyst says Google, search ads face tough quarter - MarketWatch

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:45:26 -0800

From the page: "Internet search, which has so far served as a dependable source of growth for online advertising, could possibly see its first-ever sequential decline in the first quarter of next year, according to a Wall Street analyst. "

Jones Big Ass Truck Rental And Storage

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:08:32 -0800

From the page: "Meet Toby R Jones, entrepreneur and owner of Jones Big Ass Truck Rental and Storage. Mr Jones claim to fame is that he will store anything - �oegot weed? I don�t care” for the ridiculously low price of $10.99 (US) per month."

Facebook Introduces Embeddable Videos Only Your Friends Can See

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:26:35 -0800

From the page: "Facebook is adding a privacy twist. Just as on Facebook, you can determine exactly who can see any video you upload. Those privacy settings will be maintained across the Web. Anyone will be able to see public videos. But if you set it so that only your friends can see it, the video won�t play unless those friends are currently logged into Facebook. "

Online Sites Are Waging Preholiday Price Wars - NYTimes.com

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:31:35 -0800

From the page: "Internet retailers, trying to navigate what is shaping up to be the first truly dreary holiday shopping season ever on the Web, are engaging in price-cutting and discounting so aggressive that it threatens their profit margins and, in some cases, their very survival."

Crisis Hits Tech Sector With Layoffs as Sales Slump - NYTimes.com

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:05:35 -0800

From the page: "Joining a rapidly growing list of technology companies reeling from the financial turmoil, Sun Microsystems, which sells server computers, has started a broad overhaul in which up to 6,000 employees could lose their jobs."

Mary Meeker's View Of The World In 50 Slides

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:34:46 -0800

From the page: "Every year at the Web 2.0 Summit, Morgan Stanley Internet analyst Mary Meeker gives her view of the world, the Web, and the technology industry by quickly going through about 50 slides that illustrate the major trends she is tracking. Last year, she zeroed in on the China Bubble. This year, she talks about the root causes of the current economic downturn, the outlook for Web businesses, and where she still sees major growth (mobile and emerging markets). "

Online retail websites feel economic crisis

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:12:37 -0700

From the page: "�oeThese declines have strong implications for the upcoming online holiday season as well as offline sales. Everyone is aware of the role that the Internet plays to influence offline sales through research, so this slowdown may indicate a further ripple effect in sales in retail locations.”"

Update: HP announces 24,600 layoffs in wake of EDS acquisition

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:20:40 -0700

From the page: "On the same day the stock market nose-dived, a major investment bank failed and the financial services industry appeared set to shed jobs by the tens of thousands, Hewlett-Packard Co. contributed to the gloom, saying it would add 24,600 people to the unemployment lines as part of a restructuring in the wake of its acquisition of EDS. "

Google Analyzes Brain Waves and More to Measure Ad Effects

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:20:02 -0700

From the page: "Google, along with MediaVest are releasing information about ad quality determined by reading brain waves and psychological responses to ads on video content. (...)

The goal was to measure the impact of YouTube overlay advertisements on attention levels, emotional engagement, and other psychological metrics.

Google, with the help of NeuroFocus, used a sample group of participants, and measured things likes skin responses, eye movement and an EEG brain scan."