In the self-involved world of Silicon Valley, finding a suitable mate outside the industry is inconceivable. Dating at work is par for the course. So congratulations are due to Philip Kaplan and his new fiancée for defying local convention. Kaplan, best known for founding FuckedCompany, the scathin...

Display ads are on a decline, and with the U.S. economy struggling to make a comeback it seems the advertising business will have a hard time. Though AdBrite, an online display business with an ad network that reaches 85,000 sites has come out with a different strategy to combat this decline. The id...

While these days everyone is obsessed with online video and video monetization, text remains the most common form of content on the web and still represents the largest avdertising opportunity. When it comes to monetization of text, we have experienced a slow evolution: at first there were banners -...

Why did FuckedCompany creator Philip "Pud" Kaplan record a profane song, "Fuck," in August under the name "Farty McPoopants"? The pseudonym is easy enough to explain: His current venture is AdBrite, an online-advertising network. And selling ads is a business that's all about keeping up appearances....