Archive for the ‘advertising’ Category
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
A couple of hours earlier, I had purchased tickets to see Dark Knight at the Fandango Web site - Fandango.com. Fandango - not associated with Facebook. Yet, Fandango shared the details of my credit card transaction with Facebook. They did this despite the fact that I gave Fandango my personal ...
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
The free alternative paper is calling the arrests an assault on the First Amendment — an argument that might not fly in court, given that investigators say they videotaped Weekly employees selling ad space to undercover officers who openly claimed to be prostitutes.Read the full story
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Facebook isn't just for people anymore. Facebook launched profile pages for businesses today:
Just like a Facebook user, businesses can start with a blank canvas and add all the information and content they want, including photos, videos, music and Facebook Platform applications. Outside developers have created a range of applications to ...
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
The organization claims that Bartle Bogle Hegarty's work on Axe "epitomizes the sexist and degrading marketing that can undermine girls' healthy development" while Ogilvy & Mather's "Real Beauty" ads for Dove promote healthy self-images for women.Read the full story
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
The ability of new media to monitor what consumers are doing — like keeping track of which Web sites they visit — is fueling the interest in behavioral targeting. Several speakers also described how they were using traditional media to more precisely aim advertising at consumers based on behavior, through ...
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Monday, September 3rd, 2007
Update: Facebook has reactivated the "Fuck Islam" group and Microsoft is continuing to place ads from major corporations such as Sprint, T-Mobile and Coca Cola through its digital advertising service on the group page.
Update: After I posted this to Slashdot's Firehose, the Fuck Islam group was deleted today. However, the ...
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Sunday, August 26th, 2007
What does it say about our infrastructure when we can't even afford to keep up landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge and instead plan to sell them in part through corporate sponsorships?Read the full story
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