Recently, Google invested an unspecified amount of money between $100 million and $200 million into social gaming company, Zynga. Google plans on integrating a new gaming platform (currently dubbed ‘Google Games’) into their empire and Zynga is obviously going to play a significant role in its initial startup. At the same time, rumors continue to [...]
If you’re like me and use Gmail, chances are you’ve been mostly pleased with the product. Yes, there have been eyebrow raising tweaks and additions, but for the most part they’ve been optional add-ons. More importantly, any new functionality has been opt-IN meaning I as a user have to actually click and confirm that I [...]
Just came across this important article on some shady companies doing deals with your favorite sites. Important read for anyone who cares about consumer advocacy, web marketing and eCommerce. Three Internet companies — Affinion, Vertrue, and Webloyalty — and their hundreds of partners were pilloried by Senate lawmakers and academics on Tuesday for deceptive marketing tactics. [...]
