Companies who have been assessing Google's planned remedies to anti-competitive practices called on the European Commission on Tuesday to reject them and to consider regulating Internet search. Google has been under investigation by the ...
Tags: Google, Utilities, Internet search, complainants
IDG News Service-Searching online for something like"diet plans,"or"Caribbean vacation,"or of course"iPhone,"is bound to present a slew of results,including ads.Now,the U.S.Federal Trade Commission wants search engines to display those ads ...
Tags: FTC, Search Results, search engines, ads
Facebook has admitted that it exposed six million users' private phone numbers and email addresses to unauthorised viewers over the last year. The social media network blamed a technical bug for the data breach, which has resulted in ...
Tags: Facebook, Private Data, Social Media Network
Mozilla has effectively postponed Firefox's controversial third-party cookie-blocking policy for several months. Yesterday, the open-source developer announced it was collaborating with a new initiative, dubbed "Cookie Clearinghouse," or ...
The attorneys general of several states are turning up the heat on Google, concerned that the search engine giant makes it easier for criminals to sell illegal drugs online, engage in human trafficking and peddle pirated intellectual ...
Tags: Google, Human Trafficking, Drugs
Facebook is gearing up for a new project to simplify its advertising platform, making it easier for marketers to decide how to place ads across the site. One of the plan's major goals is to reduce redundancies in the 27 different types of ...
Tags: Facebook, Advertising, Marketers
This May the WFCA has again been honored and awarded the distinguished Golden Thinker Award from North American Precis Syndicate, Inc. (NAPS.) The award recognizes exceptional editorial placement and is only awarded to a fractional number ...
Tags: WFCA, Consumer Relations Program
Mobile advertising platform Medialets' founder Eric Litman has advised start-ups seeking to monetise mobile applications and services to "follow where the dollars are, not where you think they might be". Speaking at DEMO Europe in Moscow ...
Tags: Mobile Advertising, Medialets
People connect with their social networks via their smartphones, but when it comes time to buy, they turn to their tablets, according to a new analysis by Flash Networks, a provider of mobile Internet optimization and monetization ...
Tags: Smartphones, Tablets
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reportedly launched an investigation into Google's display ad business amid complaints from rivals that the company is abusing its power in how it sells online-graphical and video ads. The ...
Tags: FTC, Google, Display Ads
Yahoo has bid between $600m (£397m) and $800m (£530m) for premium on-demand streaming video site Hulu, according to reports. There is a $200m range in the bid because Yahoo has proposed a number of different prices based on ...
Tags: Yahoo, Hulu, Computer Products
According to a report by market research firm YouGov, the use of Facebook in the UK has declined by nine per cent year-on-year. This fall coincides with the social media site's advertising push, which has seen promotions jump over the ...
Tags: Facebook, Computer Products
Some teens are growing tired of the excessive sharing and "drama" on Facebook and more are turning to sites like Twitter and Instagram to express themselves, according to a new study. "Many teens expressed waning enthusiasm for Facebook," ...
OneBeat today released its electronic dance music entertainment app exclusively on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. The app is a one-stop portal for EDM lovers and launches with an array of never-before-seen ...
GrindMedia, which owns Bike and Paved magazines, among others, has purchased TransWorld's action sports brands, which include TransWorld RideBMX as well as its surf, snow and moto titles. The companies did not release the purchase price. ...
Tags: Bike, Transportation