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Social Media: Facebook takes photos high-def and full screen. Facebook is said to buy 750 IBM patents to boost defenses. Yahoo reportedly has a license to patents Facebook just bought from IBM. TweetDeck updated with lists, activity, media. For Pinterest, revenue will turn copyright questions... continue reading »

FTC Continues Crackdown on Sites that Sell Bogus Health Product; Legitimate Pharma Companies Still Floundering

Two more online marketers — Intermark Communications doing business as Copeac, and and Coulomb Media, Inc., and Cody Low — have agreed to million dollar settlements with the Federal Trade Commission. They will also permanently cease their allegedly deceptive practice... continue reading »

6,000 Pages of GE Annual Reports in One Visualization

As the story format becomes a popular digital marketing technique, one tool to complement it will be data visualization–as can be seen by General Electric and Visualizing.org's recent project in which they scanned in 6,000 pages of GE’s annual reports... continue reading »

Google Tweaks AdWords; "Revs Up" Contextual Engine

Google has made some changes to AdWords that will make it easier for marketers to create and publish display ads. One addition, a new Display Network Tab, will be introduced over the next few weeks. It is an interface built to... continue reading »

Zynga Targets a Different Type of User with OMGPOP

There has been much speculation on the direction of Zynga since its IPO. Clearly it wants to carve out a separate identity from Facebook, but it is not willing to loosen the ties too much.  However, its just-announced acquisition... continue reading »