Seeking to keep the peace in its popular online hangout, Facebook has overhauled a new advertising system that sparked privacy complaints by turning its users into marketing tools for other companies. (more)
Sweetbay Supermarket is committed to growing its market share in Southwest Florida even in a slower economy. (more)
Emeril Live is dead. (more)
Consumer groups renewed their attack on the proposed merger of the nation’s two satellite radio companies, telling federal regulators the union would eliminate competition and hurt American consumers. (more)
The future of fashion - or at least fashion shows - recently debuted in New York City at Grand Central Station. (more)
Tattoos, once a symbol of rebellion, now advertising cars, tires, energy drinks. (more)
Now here’s an idea: a 60-minute TV show with 60 minutes’ worth of commercials. (more)
Pepsi, Gevalia and Coke lead the beverage industry in e-mail marketing. (more)
In a new documentary about his annual crusade, ‘Reverend’ Billy Talen preaches the gospel of his Church of Stop Shopping. (more)
A newspaper editor, whose family has dealt with deadly drunk driving accidents, is offering a coffin to the first person who dies this holiday season from a drunk driving accident. (more)
To generate Web hits, just string together ‘key’ words – like Britney Spears’s iPhone causes global warming. (more)
Software maker Adobe Systems and Yahoo say they will offer a service to let publishers run advertisements in Adobe’s popular document-reading format. (more)
A porn site threatens to disable visitors’ computers with relentless pop-up ads if they don’t pay for a subscription they were automatically signed up for after a free trial. (more)
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“Restaurantspeak is patronizing,” writes Frank Bruni in The New York Times. (more) |
Michael Dell may say retail strategy is reviving computer sales. (more)
Twinings launches its first TV ad campaign for coffee. (more)
Starbucks plans to open a farmer-support center in Ethiopia next year. (more)
Timothy Elliott - the lucky buyer of a $1 million scratch ticket in the $800 Million Spectacular game - is a two-time bank robber whose lottery ticket purchase last week violated the terms of his probation. (more)
N.Y. man’s story draws interest of Spielberg. (more)
For the next several years, NBC Universal will rely on TiVo to tell it how television viewers are using their digital video recorders and, presumably, to introduce interactive commercials to the masses. (more)
Led Zeppelin’s return is more than 1970s nostalgia. (more)
New movies remind us of the difference between Dylan and the Beatles. (more)
Rockers are tuning in to the Chinese market. (more)
Is there any point today in goosing an old shopping mall — the oldest, in fact, in America? (more)
A confluence of commerce and criminal activity may turn the next four weeks into the most dangerous period ever to surf the Internet. (more)
‘Teen Talk’ on cable channel AACPS-TV gives Arundel students control of their programming. (more)
Japanese scientists have developed a robot that can help people get out of bed and bring them their breakfast. (more)
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“The internet is at an interesting stage — it’s getting both more and less interactive,” says John Barrett in a New York Times article by Eric Pfanner. (more) |