March 11, 2009
Coding Horror: Why Can't Error Messages Be Fun? - Chrome is a joy to use, and in my opinion at least, it's the first true advance in web browser technology since the heady days of Internet Explorer 4.0. Chrome is filled with so many thoughtful details, so many reimaginings of web browser functio...
Vinny Carpenter's blog
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Vinny Carpenter
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Google has long claimed that its motto is "Don't be evil". But with its latest development, I can't help feeling that it's sliding quickly down a very slippery slope. That's because Google now allows advertisers to target their ads according to visitors' web histories, or what it calls "interest-bas...
Yuhui's LiveJournal
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Filed under: Health & safety, Medical conditions My six-year-old had a high fever on Thursday, no other symptoms ... the kind of bug I hate. When it's a cold or a stomach flu, at least I know what we're getting into. Fever with no symptoms is a troubling mystery. Two days after her fever broke, ...
ParentDish
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Bethany Sanders
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, artists are getting nervous about the PRS-Google dispute. Beth Orton has come out in favour of royalties: "Certain people can’t just make money from gigs, can they?" she told BBC 6music. She added: "You should get money from recording, because record deals are different now...
No Rock And Roll Fun
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simon h b
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The geniuses at Google, the world's most arrogantly clever ad sellers, have announced plans to target ads to Internet users based on their "interests." You can opt out — but there's a catch. Susan Wojcicki, the Google vice president who's also the sister-in-law of cofounder Sergey Brin, announ...
Gawker
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Owen Thomas
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With the economy in upheaval, it’s getting more and more difficult to establish a reliable investment, or indicator for that matter. To illustrate, two longtime blue chips are currently teetering on the Dow Jones industrial average fence. With stocks dropping below the $2 mark, GM and Citigr...
The Mens Buying Guide for Gadgets - GearCrave
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Carl Weiss
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My, how well organized Google was to announce their new behavioral ads in content targeting offering. To the public at large, VP Product Management Susan Wojcicki provides the official explanation of why digital advertising is good, how Google tries to make the ads relevant, and what behavioral targ...
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Andrew Goodman
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Imagine that a search for "Gentlemen's Club" and your zip code in Google returns your business in the top result set. Now, imagine if you are not a Gentlemen's Club and you get all these men coming to your office......
Search Engine Roundtable
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barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)
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Google said Wednesday that it will show ads to people based on their habits. This behavioral targeting is designed to make ads more “interesting” according to Google. In a blog post, Google said (Techmeme): Google has worked hard to create technology that makes the advertising on our own...
Between the Lines
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podcast@zdnet.com (Dan Farber, Larry Dignan and David Berlind)
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March 10, 2009
The last month has been interesting for the Google Earth-is-a-national-security-threat set: First, the DC Naval Observatory--home to the Vice President--emerged from several years of obscurity to appear in high-res glory the week of the inauguration, arousing suspicion that Dick Cheney was behind th...
Personal Democracy Forum
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Matthew Burton
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