Patricia A. Ackerman - Executive Director of the Chalkdust Education Foundation "Can you hear me, now?" was a popular query in a cell phone ad a few years back. The caller was seeking confirmation that two-way communication was occurring. By inference, and assuming no language barrier or audi... Read more...
Revenue from online advertising spiked to a new high in the first quarter of 2011, according to data released today by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and Pricewaterhouse Coopers. Internet ads for the quarter brought in $7.3 billion, a 23% increase over the first quarter last year. The f... Read more...
Want to know why the newspaper business has collapsed? Look at this chart from Marc Cenedella, CEO of TheLadders.com. He shows ad revenue from help wanted classifieds dropping 92% in last 10 years, hitting $723 million last year, down from $8.7 billion in 2000. Once that easy money left the newsp... Read more...
Mozilla has proposed technology that would allow the user to implement so-called Do Not Track features to stymie behavioral advertising. The big question is whether these moves by Mozilla, Google and Microsoft will be enough to take Do Not Track features mainstream. Mozilla’s draft policyâ... Read more...
Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and kissy-face fealty. But the origins of this festival of candy and cupids are actually dark, bloody — and a bit muddled. Though no one has pinpointed the exact origin of the holiday, one good place to start is ancient Rome, where men hit... Read more...
IAmNotADictionary Phrase Of The Day - "This, That & The Third" - A popular way to describe things occuring or someone talking about things without actually saying what has happened. Usually because the person doesnt know and/or has forgotten what they were actually saying. Also used when a ... Read more...
The Atlanta Falcons were once home to maybe the least animal-friendly player in NFL history, and now they might be home to the most animal-friendly player in NFL history. Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez and his wife October are appearing nude in an anti-fur ad for PETA, People for the Ethical ... Read more...