FLDS fashion for sale

Ad Networks and Analytics:

• Omniture unveiled Survey, an online survey tool.

Agencies and Marketing Execs:

• Publicis Groupe acquired Kekst, a corporate and financial PR firm.
• Ad-supported mobile game firm Cellufun adds two: Keith Katz of Gameloft and Tom Burgess of Third Screen Media.
• Interactive marketing agency Optiem hired Jennifer Vojta as its SEM Specialist, Digital Media; and Kameron Dannhauser as Project Manager.
• Energy BBDO made DAN FIETSAM its executive vice president, chief creative officer.

Biz Buzz:

• Drawing from a secret meeting between Jeff Bewkes and senior members of AOL's staff this week, a source at Time Warner claims AOL is now for sale.
• In continued hopes to buy Yahoo's search business, Microsoft is reportedly seeking alliances in Time Warner and News Corp.
• WebGuild has a copy of the presentation Jerry Yang will make to shareholders on August 1st. Yang filed it with the SEC on Monday.
• Starbucks' woes increase as consumers grow tight-fisted over the rising cost of gas. The company plans to close 600 US stores this year, eliminating about 12,000 jobs.

E-commerce:

• A service called CheckMEND helps determine the authenticity of goods sold in online auctions.
• The mothers of FLDS, a polygamous sect, claim a recent raid on their Texas property drove them to explore the internet to make ends meet. They are now selling FLDS fashions online.

Mobile:

• The Mobile Data Association awarded Bango an award for "Best Mobile Internet Use." Judges said Bango won for its "contribution to getting both big brands and small content providers to take advantage of mobile internet services."

Publishing:

• Wikileaks plans to change the world by publishing government, industry and military secrets online.

Social Networks:

• RocketOn is trying to unite the web with one virtual world.

Tools and Technology:

• With help from SightSpeed, Dell launched Dell Video Chat. It will be available in new Studio laptops.
• Yahoo formed the Cloud Computing & Data Infrastructure Group, an effort to explore cloud computing platform development. Hopefully it proves profitable.

User Experience:

• Layoffs abound, but better now than any other time: digital nomadism is on the rise.
• Yet another study claims to refute the popular long tail theory.