Right now, social advertising is the talk of the town in New York because of the Web 2.0 Expo this week and the Interactive Advertising Bureau-sponsored Advertising Week next week. There’s still plenty of unproven idealism surrounding the niche, and deal-making like this doesn’t assuage occasional industry concerns about social advertising’s effectiveness. But analytics will [...]

Finally, as noted in CNET’s Quick Take, the GO 510 supports TomTom’s optional traffic and weather services. They’re subscription-based, but at least they’re available if you want them.
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This GPS sold for a whopping $700 when it debuted just a couple years ago, but now you can [...]

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Undergirding the move is the irony of Apple looking for ways to reduce proprietary lock-in…even while it locks its own customers into its platform. But that’s another post.
Apple has had serious spats with Adobe Systems over Flash, particularly on the iPhone. It will be interesting to see if this gamble on a relatively unknown open-source [...]

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Rain or shine, you’re given the option to sign up for an SMS alert service. It lets you know the next time you should bring an umbrella for that selected ZIP code whenever precipitation is in the forecast. You can also set what time of the day you want them delivered–like before you leave [...]

The launch of the advertising network comes at a time when the real-estate industry is facing a steep decline in home prices, driven by a tightening credit crunch.

“This partnership allows advertisers with our papers to reach not only local real-estate consumers who live in particular markets, but also consumers who may be moving to particular [...]

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You’ll find Anagran bandwidth fairness boxes (also called FR-1000s) in university settings now, where the P2P file transfer problem is most acute. Anagran doesn’t currently have any commercial ISP customers, but I’ll bet that they’re all looking at them.
Roberts was clear that he has no desire to punish [...]

The introduction of single-image purchasing is a major step forward for Jupiterimages. The company’s current monthly subscription rates start at $99.95 for one month and jump to $249.95 for those who want a one-month subscription encompassing images, audio, flash, and fonts. Single-year subscriptions range from $449.95 to $1,199.95.
Jupiterimages announced Thursday that it will now allow [...]