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Modeled after the "Do Not Call" registry that keeps telemarketers from pestering consumers at all hours of the day and night, the FTC is looking for an online equivalent to protect Internet users' privacy and sanity.
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Wall Street expected better results, but Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos touted sales from a growing number of mobile devices including tablets and smartphones.
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The turnaround continues at eBay, which is seeing solid growth in several key areas.
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The search giant unveils a new user interface for its image search page with new features and a new ad format.
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New report suggests that rival mobile app stores -- led by Android -- could take the lead in coming years, shifting developer priorities.
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The blockbuster purchase of ITA Software is likely to be challenged by big airline flight aggregators like Expedia. What does Google have in mind?
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Display advertising, one of the softest sectors of the digital marketplace buffeted by the economic meltdown, is enjoying a resurgence thanks to more engaging creative formats.
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Search giant refreshes search optimization offering for online retailers with a host of new features to drive e-commerce and compete with heavyweights like Amazon.
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The latest market share figures from Netcraft show VeriSign's made significant gains. But the report also shows why the SSL market is hard to quantify.
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SaaS-based Coremetrics ties into IBM's larger strategy of beefing up its cloud-based, on-demand offerings for enterprises.
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When many individuals attempted to watch the recent World Cup games online, depending on where they were located and from which website they tried to view them, they may have found the following statement on their screen: "The requested video cannot be displayed in your region" rather than the game itself. That pop-up message was due to "geo-blocking" or "geo-fencing."
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Personal data about millions of Android users could be sent to a mysterious Chinese website thanks to a set of wallpaper apps in the Android Market. That's according to mobile security firm Lookout, which discovered the questionable apps as part of its new App Genome Project.
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As companies continue their search for the elusive "360-degree view" of their prospective clients, harvesting all the scattered information from social networks and other content providers about these prospects can potentially be beneficial for the purposes of deploying more finely targeted sales and marketing campaigns.
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It's likely not illegal, and it may not even be improper, but the fact that security consultant Ron Bowes gathered and aggregated the information from about 100 million Facebook profiles has created quite a stir. Bowes created his data torrent to aid the development of a password-cracking-protection tool, he has said.
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At face value, Motorola turned in respectable second quarter earnings: It posted revenue of $5.414 billion, which, although down slightly from the $5.497 billion realized the same period a year earlier, nonetheless beat analyst expectations of approximately $5.19 billion. The company also posted mobile smartphone shipments of 2.7 million units in Q2, up from 2.3 million in the first quarter. Here, doubts begin to set in.
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AT&T Mobility and Apple iPhone have been successful together, but every coin has two sides. The other side has been a wireless data logjam. Could that problem finally be getting under control? AT&T has been working very hard to do just that, said Ralph de la Vega, AT&T mobility and consumer markets president and CEO, at last week's Fortune Brainstorm Tech Conference in Aspen, Colo.
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There's no denying that everyone needs a little love from time to time, but for those of us in the FOSS community, that need can be particularly acute. After all, rarely a week goes by without some affront from those we had hoped were our friends. Case in point? Dell. Imagine our surprise, then -- nay, outright joy! -- when none other than Neelie Kroes lavished a heaping helping of love upon the FOSS community.
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CRM is a complex thing. It involves understanding your customers and your own business -- two difficult things to fully grasp under any circumstances -- and then using technology to convert that understanding into a positive impact on your business. Customers, and to a lesser extent your business, are always changing.
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The pressure on major Web site operators and online advertisers to do a better job of protecting consumers' privacy continues to mount. On Tuesday, Senator John Kerry, D-Mass., said he plans to introduce legislation that would "give people more control over how their personal information is collected and distributed online."
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In the struggle to grow revenues in tighter markets, most companies are pushing their marketing departments to provide greater market coverage and deliver more sales opportunities. Yet statistics reveal that an astonishing 79 percent of leads generated by corporate marketing departments are never contacted by corporate sales groups.
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