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Mobile & Web Plays Seek US Hispanics

A host of new mobile and online ad initiatives - including those from Yahoo and the Orange Advertising Network -  have just been launched with the intent of targeting the 46-million-strong US Hispanic market. In building off its already-strong mobile homepage, Yahoo is making its Spanish-language counterpart, Mobile en Español, available on more than 1,900 mobile device models. The site offe  [...]

U.S. Leads 'Dirty Dozen' Spam-Relaying Countries in Q3

Over the third quarter, the US (again) relayed more spam than any other nation, accounting for a massive 28.4 percent of all the world's spam emails sent through compromised computers, according to the latest Sophos study of the top 12 spam-relaying countries, reports MarketingCharts. Me  [...]

Music Industry Files 8,000 New Lawsuits Worldwide

A global music industry group has filed 8,000 lawsuits against alleged illegal file-sharers around the world in an effort to discourage online piracy. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) on Tuesday said it had filed suits in 17 countries, including the first such actions in Brazil, Mexico and Poland, Reuters   [...]

Google Concedes to Brazil's Demand for User Data

Google has agreed to turn over some user data demanded by Brazilian authorities in connection with criminal investigations. Google on Tuesday said it would comply with a Brazilian court order to turn over data that could identify users of its Orkut social networking site who are suspected of illegal activities, including racism and child pornography, reports TechNewsWorl  [...]

Brazil Judge: Google Must Disclose Orkut User Data

A judge in Brazil has ordered Google's local office to provide user data for Google's social networking site Orkut. Brazilian prosecutors have accused some Orkut users of crimes such as racism, homophobia and child pornography, and federal judge Jose Lunardelli ruled last week (late Thursday) that within 15 days Google disclose the requested information,   [...]

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Brazil Prosecutors Go after Google's Orkut

The Sao Paulo prosecutor's office is alleging that Orkut has been used for criminal activity and is seeking permission from a judge to file a civil suit against Google. The Brazilian prosecutors are alleging that Google is withholding user information required for a separate criminal investigation - and they want Google to pay a $61 million fine, reports Reuters. Moreover, if G  [...]

Orkut Used as Brazilian Drug Network

Brazilian police arrested 10 people yesterday, accusing them of selling drugs using Google's Orkut social networking site, which is highly popular in the country, reports Reuters. The police investigation included monitoring the suspects' activities on the web, according to an officer at the Drugs Enforcement Service in Niteroi, across the bay from Rio de Janeiro. More than 3.5 milli  [...]

New York & Nigeria #1 in Fraud

New York is the worst - but not far off from Miami - for fraudulent e-commerce transactions in the U.S. The international list of highest fraud origins includes Nigeria (of course), Indonesia, Russia, China and an ignoble tie between the U.K. and Afghanistan, according to e-Commerce Times.   [...]

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Most Top Brands Fail to Answer Email

Internet Retailer: Who’s not answering e-mail: you’d be surprised Most of the top 100 brands don't answer their consumer email, according to a study by Common Sense Advisory. The firm sent four different types of emails to each of the top 100, in both Spanish and English. Not surprisingly, the one asking where to buy their product got the most response, but even that garnered replies from only half the brands, the Spanish vers  [...]

'Buy-High' Terra Lycos to Sell Low

ZDNet: Web portal for sale, slightly used When a Spanish phone company bought Lycos for $12.5 billion, some in the U.S. snickered that the Europeans were jumping into the Internet bubble just after the popping sound was heard on this side of the Atlantic. After a few years of deflating, Terra Lycos is looking to compound its buy-high strategy with a switch to sell-low. Having hired Lehman Brothers to tout the portal to the market, anal  [...]