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Google Eyes Digital Music Biz

Google appears to be prepping for a push into the digital music business, despite previous denials by the company. According to an article in the Financial Times, the search giant is readying plans to launch a music search service with two online music platforms - News Corp's MySpace, and Lala. The new service will be part of Google's On  [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 10/23/09

Web 2.0 Trends: Amazon: Earnings are up; Kindle is best seller. It's official – Facebook is king of the social networking scene: MySpace has conceded defeat in contest to become the largest online social network. Dailymotion, Europe’s biggest online video challenger to YouTube  [...]

Talbots Restyles Online Customer Experience

Specialty women's apparel retailer The Talbots, Inc. is relaunching its e-commerce site with new functionality, features and personalization. The updates are designed to align its online shopping experience with in-store product offerings and catalog customer service, Retailer Daily reports  [...]

1-800-Flowers Pings Facebook for eCommerce

1-800-Flowers.com has enabled registered fans of its Facebook page to order floral arrangements right on Facebook. Customers can shop 1-800-Flowers.com and execute transactions without leaving Facebook. Using technology from online ad network Alvenda, the site also lets users gain access to an online product assortment by clicking on a "shop" button. They can browse items, place them in a cart, select a delivery date, and send. Planned upgrades include birthday calendars and group gifting  [...]

Netflix Connects Users with Facebook

Online consumer entertainment retailer Netflix, which publicized intentions to focus more on its online content streaming service, is expanding its internet presence through a partnership with social networking site Facebook. Using the Facebook Connect extension of the social networking platform, Netflix customers who are Facebook members can seamlessly link both accounts, the company explains. This will allow Netflix customer  [...]

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Lucky's iPhone App Steers Ladies into Local Stores

Lucky, the Condé Nast publication about "shopping and style," released an iPhone application that lets shoppers locate a particular brand, color, and size of shoe in nearby stores. The Lucky at Your Service app taps into inventories of stores carrying the 70+ types of shoes listed in the magazine's March shoe guide, then narrows the search down to those with the model in stock. It then uses iPhone's GPS capability -- or an entered ZIP code -- to zero in on stores closest to the user,   [...]

'Google Holiday Shopping' Leverages Top Product Searches

Google has launched Google Holiday Shopping, which aggregates top product searches for certain categories. "To find the season's most wanted gifts, Santa's elves mined millions of recent Google Product Search queries to put together some of the most popular products people are searching for," the site reads. Categories include Video Games & Toys, Cold Weather and Specialty Foods. "Bakugan," "peacoat" and "chocolate fount  [...]

Record Labels Go 'All In' on MySpace Music

In the fast-paced world of social media, it seems a lifetime ago that MySpace announced the impending debut of MySpace Music -- but it was actually only last April. While it isn't clear what called for the big delay, the social network is now ready to launch the music site -- which could debut in mere days, Ars Technica   [...]

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Image Search Draws Impulse Buyers to Online Pubs, E-tail Brands

PIXSTA, a United Kingdom-based search firm that lets users search for images with other images, then purchase items they like without excess verbage, added eight media brands to its content network. Names were not disclosed, but a list of companies that implement PIXSTA are available in the press release. "PIXSTA is alrea  [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 7/1/08

Ad Networks and Analytics: Lyris has upgraded its HQ product for the marketing and ad industry. HQ for Agencies enables users to manage online marketing campaigns.Google Ad Planner was playfully blamed for yesterday's Google Analytics crash.Italian motorcycle vendor Duc  [...]

Online Entertainment Recommendation System Goes Live

Personalized content filtering system The Filter has finally gone live. The Filter has been in beta since 2006. Originally a playlist creation tool for iTunes, the recommendation system now includes internet videos, movies and TV, tailored to users' personal tastes -- a glorified Pandora.com for all facets of online entertainment. Read Write Web has more on The Filter, inc  [...]

Parenting Magazine Gives Cash Away for Online Purchases

Bonnier's Parenting magazine is offering readers cash back for purchasing products from certain online retailers, reports MediaBuyerPlanner. The program, called Parenting Privileges, lets magazine subscribers get cash back -- via a Visa Prepaid Card -- when they spend with online retailers like ToysRUs.com, Target.com and Diapers.com,   [...]

EA to Disseminate Popular (Ad-Supported!) Games Online

Later this year, Electronic Arts (EA) plans to release a PC-ready online version of Battlefield Heroes, supported by ads and micro payments. The BBC calls the action "EA's first major attempt to tap into new sources of ad-driven revenue in Western markets." The game will appear in North America and Europe. The online-ready version of Battlefield Heroes was simplified to emphasize fun over strategy, thereby lowe  [...]

Virgin/EMI to Hold Virtual Concert in Whyville.com

Virgin/EMI is promoting a concert this weekend for one of its young recording artists, pop/R&B singer Stacie Orrico, but don't look for it in a stadium or theater - it will be presented on the virtual world of Whyville.com. Whyville.com, described as an edu-tainment virtual world for the tween-age generation, is creating the concert for Orrico, whose target audience is 8-15-year-old kid  [...]

Xbox Live Brings Video Downloads to Xbox 360

Starting on Nov. 22, Xbox Live will begin making movie and television episodes available for download to Xbox 360 owners. Making downloads available via the Xbox 360 removes the one restraint - the computer monitor - that has turned most users off to downloading movies, the New York Times explains. With the XBox 360, users can download to the console via Xbox Live, which requires a broadband internet connection, a  [...]

YouTube + Family Vacations = Travelistic.com

Hoping user-generated videos will do for online travel what Saturday Night Live skits did for YouTube, Travelistic.com has launched, encouraging travelers to post their travel videos and commentary. Travelistic will feature videos created by users and local tourism bureaus, among others, and has incorporated social-networking features, MediaPost   [...]

Social Network Users Becoming Immune to Ads

At least to members of social-networking sites, recommendations from friends and fellow users of social-networking sites now carry more sway than traditional media, a new study finds. Peer recommendations now hold more influence over social-networking users than any other form of information. Moreover, as users of social-networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook spend more time there, they become resistant to traditional advertising, Internet Retailer   [...]

Wal-Mart, Apple Considering Digital Download Deal

After months of pressuring movie studios not to partner with Apple to make movies available for download via iTunes, Wal-Mart itself may be ready to partner with Apple over movie, music, and TV show downloads. Apple and Wal-Mart are considering an alliance that would allow consumers to purchase a digital download "coupon" that would let consumers download movies, music, and TV shows, with Apple paying Wal-Mart a portion of the proceeds, Variety   [...]

Online 'Bud TV' Channel to Bypass Networks

Anheuser-Busch is expected to use its Super Bowl ad buy to launch a direct-to-consumer network, code-named "The Bud Screen," during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XL, writes MediaPost. Bud will allow users to download advertising, programming and branded entertainment content directly to their computers, iPods and other devices. Anheuser-Busch will encourage viewers to sign up for a "season pass" to the c  [...]

S.F. Chronicle Launches 'Chronicle Jobs TV'

The San Francisco Chronicle is launching a 30-minute television program called Chronicle Jobs TV, which will run three times a week on UPN Bay Area Channel 44 at 5:30 a.m., Monday through Wednesday, MediaPost reports (via MediaBuyerPlanner). The intent, at least in part, is to gain back classified  [...]