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Chicago Launches an Effort to Offer Wireless Broadband
Chicago is launching an effort to offer wireless broadband throughout the city. Chicago has hundreds of Wi-Fi hotspots in places and to extend that wireless blanket to all 228 square miles, the city plans to ask technology companies to submit proposals for the project. [Read more] [Read more]
Miva Launches Agency Center 1.0
Online marketing firm MIVA has launched Agency Center 1.0, a single interface for agency marketers to manage their multiple SEM accounts. Miva is also broadening the free access of its API so as to allow enterprises to fully automate ad campaign management programs from account set-ups to reporting. [Read more] [Read more]
Do-Not-eMail Registeries Advance in 5 States
‘Do-not-email’ child protection registries have advanced in 5 states. Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, and Iowa are now considering legislation related to not sending marketing emails to minors. [Read more] [Read more]
Online Retail Spending Reaches $1.81 Billion
Online retail sales for the week ending Jan. 29 have reached $1.81 billion. Last year for the same period it was $1.47 billion. Online sales have grown 30% or more year-over-year, according to comScore figures. [Read more] [Read more]
AOL Super Sunday Ad Poll Generates 42 Million Video Streams
AOL has announced that its 2006 Super Sunday Ad Poll generated almost 42 million video streams.Videos of each commercial were available for free and users viewed and cast 895,000 votes for their favorite 2006 Super Bowl Ad. [Read more] [Read more]
Vinay Pawar Launches MakeBillionDollarHomepage Pixel Advertising Site
Vinay Pawar has launched the MakeBillionDollarHomepage pixel advertising website. Advertisers who buy pixels at $1 each can resell pixels at a higher price later on. [Read more] [Read more]
Google Opens Office in Israel
Google has opened an office in Israel. The official announcement was made at a conference, according to the United Press International. [Read more] [Read more]
Microsoft to Provide $1 Million to Advance Virtual Earth Research
Microsoft has provided $1 million to advance research related to Virtual Earth. The Virtual Earth is designed to encourage university research in areas relevant to digital geography, including spatio-temporal databases, routing, computer vision, ontologies, map user interfaces and visualization. [Read more] [Read more]
Ask Search Engine to Say Goodbye to Jeeves
Ask search engine will say goodbye to its corporate icon, a butlerish figure it has used for 10 years. Ask Jeeves has made a number of changes to its search engine and now it has Zoom related search, Binoculars, MyJeeves, and Smart Answers all integrated into the search results pages. [Read more] [Read more]
Google Releases 10 New Google Desktop Plug-ins
Google has released 10 new Goolge desktop plug-ins. The new plug-ins include AuctionWatch that tracks multiple eBay auctions and IntegrateIE that integrates Google Desktop into IE 7. [Read more] [Read more]
Daily Candy Auction to Reach more than $100 Million
Ex AOL official Robert Pittman has put Daily Candy up for auction. He is expected to sell it for more than $100 million. Daily Candy’s email newsletters make daily recommendations on shopping, entertainment, food and media. [Read more] [Read more]
Google Maps to Promote HBO Sopranos
Google Maps has been used to promote HBO Sopranos. The maps go live February 27 and HBO has bought search terms such as “Sopranos Map” to push viewers to the site. [Read more] [Read more]
