BusinessWire: “A new study of 90 organizations actively engaged in online marketing concludes that in spite of an acknowledged return on investment, hundreds of millions of dollars are being held back from online behavioral advertising (OBA) over concerns that a lack of consumer trust in the practice could damage brand reputation. The study, Economic Impact… Continue Reading
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Commerce Internet Policy Task Force Nexus Between Privacy Policy and Innovation in Internet Economy
“The Department of Commerces Internet Policy Task Force is conducting a comprehensive review of the nexus between privacy policy and innovation in the Internet economy. The Department seeks public comment from all Internet stakeholders, including the commercial, academic and civil society sectors, on the impact of current privacy laws in the United States and around… Continue Reading
Gadgets Not Necessarily Embraced on College Campuses
Kindle Failed Tests at Several Colleges. Will iPads Do Better?, By Jeff Young, Chronicle of Higher Education “Reed College plans to do a formal experiment with iPads by loading the devices with class readings and giving them to students to see how they compare with traditional textbooks. Reed was one of seven campuses to run… Continue Reading
Comcast Corporation v. FCC – Appeals Court Rules Against Net Neutraility
EFF: “In a ruling that imposes important limits on the FCC’s authority to regulate the Internet, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today overturned the FCC ruling against Comcast for interfering with the BitTorrent traffic of its subscribers. The court found that the Commission had overstepped the limits of its “ancillary authority” when it disciplined… Continue Reading
Audit Bureau of Circulations board revises definition of mag digital edition, approves new reports for U.S. newspapers
News release: “The board of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) modified its definition of a digital magazine in the U.S. and Canada to accommodate new reading devices such as the Apple iPad. The new standards state that a replica digital edition must include a print edition’s full editorial content and advertising, but it no… Continue Reading
Amended Free Credit Reports Rule Helps Consumers Avoid 'Free' Offers That Cost Money
News release: “Starting tomorrow, a new Federal Trade Commission rule will help consumers avoid confusing ads for free credit reports which often require them to buy credit monitoring or other services with the federally mandated no-strings-attached credit reports available at AnnualCreditReport.com, or 877-322-8228. Under the Federal Trade Commissions amended Free Credit Reports Rule,… Continue Reading
Report – The One-Way-Mirror Society: Privacy Implications of the New Digital Signage Networks
World Privacy Forum: “New forms of sophisticated digital signage networks are being deployed widely by retailers and others in both public and private spaces. From simple people-counting sensors mounted on doorways to sophisticated facial recognition cameras mounted in flat video screens and end-cap displays, digital signage technologies are gathering increasing amounts of detailed information about… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com: Cloud Computing for Lawyers
LLRX.com: Cloud Computing for Lawyers – This is Nicole L. Black’s primer for the legal profession on an emerging technology which is defined as a “type of computing that is comparable to grid computing, [and] relies on sharing computing resources rather than having local servers or personal devices to handle applications. The goal of cloud… Continue Reading
Magazines and Their Web Sites A Columbia Journalism Review survey and report
Magazines and Their Web Sites, A Columbia Journalism Review survey and report by Victor Navasky with Evan Lerner, March 2010 “Virtually every significant magazine in the United Statesand increasingly abroadeither already has, or is in the process of establishing, a Web site. These interactive Internet offspring speak to a new generation of magazine readers, and… Continue Reading
Amazon Providing Free Gov Docs for Kindle
News release: “Amazon.com today announced that the Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2011, and Economic Report of the President, will both be available beginning tomorrow as free wireless downloads in Amazon’s Kindle Store…”Our customers have always been heavy readers of books about current events and economic issues,” said Russ Grandinetti, Vice President,… Continue Reading
Survey Says 44% Of Google News Visitors Scan Headlines, Dont Click Through
TechCrunch – Research firm Outsell has published its third annual News Users report [fee only], which is based on a survey about the online and offline news preferences of 2,787 US news consumers. The Outsell report unsurprisingly predicts ongoing, steep drops in US newspapers print circulation as consumers continue to head online for news consumption… Continue Reading
Growth of Cloud Computing and Parallel Security Risks
Security in the Ether – Information technology’s next grand challenge will be to secure the cloud–and prove we can trust it. By David Talbot, Technology Review, January/February 2010 [Dan Mitchel] “In 2006, when Amazon introduced the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), it was a watershed event in the quest to transform computing into a ubiquitous utility,… Continue Reading
