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“Local businesses are growing. Were helping. Google’s not just a search engine. We’ve also helped hundreds of businesses in every U.S. state to grow. Across the U.S., Google’s search and advertising tools provided $64 billion of economic activity in 2010. Click the map to see Googles economic impact in your state. The state-by-state advertiser, publisher, …
“The FSA’s Consultation paper CP11/08 is entitled ‘Data Collection: Retail Mediation Activities Return and complaints data‘. It was published in May 2011. Comments should reach us by July 8 2011. The changes we are proposing to the Retail Mediation Activities Return (RMAR) and complaints data will be of interest to both advisers and providers active …
Google Announces First Quarter 2011 Results: “In May 2011, in connection with a potential resolution of an investigation by the United States Department of Justice into the use of Google advertising by certain advertisers, we accrued $500 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2011. Although we cannot predict the ultimate outcome of …
Better Choices: Better Deals – Consumers Powering Growth. UK Department for Business, Innovations and Skills, April 2011 “This document aims to show how consumers can become empowered to make better choices and get better deals. It is about helping consumers to get better value, better customer service and better support when making choices or seeking …
Google Business Photos – See also the FAQ: “Do you own a business? Apply today for a Google photo shoot of your business. Millions of potential customers visit Google every day to learn about places and businesses. Through scheduled photo shoots, Google is introducing a new way for you to showcase your business to the …
The big four phone carriers spill on their location and customer data collection policies: “The recent uproar over location tracking in smartphones has gotten ugly and fingers are bound to be pointed. But in the spirit of transparency, the four major carriers have outlined and detailed their location tracking applications s well as what exactly …
A trade group raises concerns about the FTC settlement with Google over Buzz, by Grant Gross “The U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s proposed settlement with Google over its bungled launch of the Buzz social-networking service could have disastrous effects on the rest of the e-commerce industry, the head of a trade group said. Privacy groups and …
News release: “It’s been almost a year since Mozilla, Opera, Xiph.Org, Matroska, Google and over 40 other partners launched the WebM Project with the goal of developing a world-class, open source media format for the web. The open development model has led to rapid quality improvements in WebM, and the format is now supported in …
Welcome to the age of data: Watch your back! by Molly Wood “This week’s iPhone location tracking scandal is just the latest glaring spotlight on how much of your personal information is gushing out the door, whether unprotected on your own devices and ripe for the picking, or into corporate and botnet servers worldwide. Personal …
NYT: “As technical problems interrupted computer services provided by Amazon for a second day on Friday, industry analysts said the troubles would prompt many companies to reconsider relying on remote computers beyond their control…Amazon set up a side business five years ago offering computing resources to businesses from its network of sophisticated data centers. Today, …
Declan McCullagh,Chief political correspondent, CNET: How police have obtained iPhone, iPad tracking logs “Law enforcement agencies have known since at least last year that an iPhone or iPad surreptitiously records its owner’s approximate location, and have used that geolocation data to aid criminal investigations. Apple has never publicized the undocumented feature buried deep within the …
Interview with Jim Jansen, Senior Fellow, Pew Internet & American Life Project, Recorded at Buying & Selling EContent Conference, For podcast release Tuesday, April 5, 2011 “..the ability to buy digital content online is critically important to a lot of people, a lot of businesses, a lot of artists, photographers, a whole gamut of people. …
