• Yahoo IM Adds VoIP by Gavin O'Malley

    Yahoo has added a computer-based calling feature to its instant messaging tool. For no more than 2 cents a minute, Yahoo Messenger with Voice users can now reach the 30 top national phone markets. ...Read the whole story

  • Web Analytics Firms Defend Cookies by Shankar Gupta

    In hopes of distancing itself from adware and spyware companies, the Web Analytics Association--a trade group of analytics firms--this week issued a statement against spyware that included the pledge that members will open their practices and policies to third-party review. ...Read the whole story

  • Online Ad Revenue Surges 23% At Times by Wendy Davis

    Online ad revenue at the New York Times Co.'s newspapers--including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and Sarasota Herald-Tribune, soared last month, but ad revenue overall for the newspapers was nearly flat, the company said Wednesday. ...Read the whole story

  • IDG Offers Lead-Generation Database by Shankar Gupta

    Tech magazine and Web site publisher IDG has aggregated subscription information about the readers of its technology print publications and created an online database of IT decision-makers to sell marketers leads. ...Read the whole story

  • Study: Luxury Travelers Rely On Search by Wendy Davis

    Nearly nine in 10 consumers--or 87 percent--who go on high-end vacations use the Internet to shop for travel, according to a study released Wednesday by Yahoo Search Marketing. What's more, the vast majority of those consumers--61 percent--also used the Internet to purchase their most recent vacation. ...Read the whole story

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