e dot dot dot 03 2009

Disney/ABC Strikes Broadcast Deal With YouTube

YouTube's latest deal signals its desire to be seen as a viable format for professionally made content.

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Google Offers Free Music Downloads in China

Google wants a slice of the search engine pie on mainland China and is using a new music search service to do it.

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Smartphone App Use Set to Quadruple

The growth of app stores, and the devices that run them, signify a hot new platform for advertisers.

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Google Adds Three Insights for Search Features

Google upgrades search trend tool with features designed to help search engine marketing.

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Google Bets on Startup's 'Photo-Based AdSense'

Pixazza's new tool taps crowdsourcing to "do for images what Google's AdSense did for Web pages."

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Robots Text Generator

This generator creates the meta tag for robots. It also includes the code for the Googlebot.

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E-mail Address Protector

Protect your e-mail address from potential spammers.

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Google-WPP Alliance Funds Ad Research

The two titans team up to bestow millions in grant money aimed at figuring out how to maximize ad performance in the digital world.

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Web Ad Firms Bet on Phones Getting More PC-Like

Smartphones are becoming "smarter" all the time. But does that mean profits ahead for online ad sellers and content owners?

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Simple Date Format library

This library can help you format a date object to a string or vice versa by very simple functions.

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Will Ads Be Key to Free iPhone Apps?

Vdopia thinks its ad network can help keep the cost of iPhone apps low or free even as rumors of a 'Premium App Store' from Apple spread.

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Twitterers Get a New Video Channel

Twitmatic provides a real-time stream of videos from Twitter users.

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Microsoft's Mobile Storefront Has Familiar Terms

Developers for the next generation of Windows Mobile applications will find terms similar to what Apple charges.

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Google's New Ad Tech Raises Privacy Concerns

Behavioral targeting follows consumers around the Web in hopes of presenting relevant ads.

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Twitter Gets Brand-Tracking Tool

Omniture says its SiteCatalyst program provides analysis of what Twitterers are saying about brands.

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Craigslist Faces More Heat Over Sex Ads

Cook County sheriff says popular classified site has failed to police listings for illegal sex ads.

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Google CEO: Search Market Still Unsettled

Eric Schmidt waxes on Microsoft, the economy, and the inevitable rise of mobile computing.

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A Personalized "Thank You" Page With Any Form

This tutorial will show how to personalize the "thank you" page in your forms. The personalization uses information the visitor provides on the form.

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IBM Sows Seeds for a Future Cloud

Big Blue's university research efforts around cloud computing are advancing technology—and producing a crop of software engineers raised on IBM tools.

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