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Mobile Trends: Integrated Ads

Rhythm NewMedia is a fairly new mobile video ad network that has introducing a “developers kit”  to allow media partners monetize their own iPhone apps by adding integrated ad units into their video. The  site's  "Application Launch" ad unit provides brand messaging via a full screen video ad presented to the user during those few seconds while a new app loads. (more…)
March 2, 2010
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Ashworth Golf Company

I realized today that we neglected to document (blog-ument?) the launch of another site a week or two ago : the redesign of the Ashworth Golf Company. Using WordPress at its Content Management System potential, the site showcases the Ashworth legacy, latest Apparel, Golfers, and then some. (more…)
March 1, 2010
DevelopmentMarketing

Censoring the Yelp?

Yelp.com is being dragged into Los Angeles federal court in a class-action lawsuit for unfair business practices, initiated by a Long Beach-based veterinary hospital. The plaintiff, Cats and Dogs Hospital, requested Yelp to remove a negative review from its site, and says Yelp not only refused to remove it, but demanded payments of $300 a month to obscure or remove the bad review.  The negative reviews allegedly stateL "Dr. Perrault is the rudest vet I've ever been to" and "my…
February 25, 2010
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Legal Woes for Google in Europe

In the afterglow of Google’s legal and social moral issues with China came a surprise for many: on February 23, an Italian court convicted three Google executives -- Chief Legal Officer David Drummond, Global Privacy Counsel Peter Fleischer and former CFO George Reyes -- of privacy violations for not acting quickly enough to remove a video of teen youth bullying an autistic boy. (more…)
February 23, 2010
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Privacy and Monetization Trends in Social Networking

Tired of getting all those updates on Facebook about people’s Mafia Wars status or what kind of new digital farmland they’re acquired at Farmville? Facebook hears ya, baby. After growing privacy concerns and complaints, the social networking site has finally extended privacy controls to enable members to assign different levels of access to individual applications. Users now have the option to limit distribution of nearly everything they share, including cause posts, photos, greeting cards and videos. (more…)
February 22, 2010