A bit of new jargon, "vertical creep," is beginning to, well, creep into the lexicon of online marketers.

So 16-year-old Alex Ostrovsky got lucky the other day. Nope, not that way, but maybe he thinks this is even better: the Michigan kid's download of Coldplay's "Speed of Sound" from Apple's iTunes Music Store represented the Store's one billionth download.

Slate.com scored an exclusive ad buyout on Thursday when Hyundai bought the site for 24 hours.

Video games have long been hailed as a way to reach the elusive young male demographic. But a new report released this morning by eMarketer casts doubt on whether video games hold as much promise as marketers had hoped.

AOL finally figured out a way to motivate customers who are still cranking up rickety, slow-poke dial-up connections: raise the price for dial-up service.

Adware company 180solutions once again this week found itself on the defensive after researcher Ben Edelman published an account of rogue installations of the company's software.

The Asia-Pacific region is ahead of the game when it comes to wireless technology deployment. We've seen this time and again. Now there's a new report that finds Asia-Pacific is ahead of the curve when it comes to single-player and multiplayer mobile gaming.

Daily traffic to nearly 30 top Valentine's Day sites, including greetings, specialty gifts, jewelry, and flower sites, rose 114 percent on Monday, Feb. 13, compared to traffic on Feb. 12, according to Nielsen/NetRatings.

Web users today are more inclined to go online simply to kill some time, thanks to the growth of broadband, combined with the explosion of online content, according to new research by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

It's not a new thing that consumers are researching auto purchases online, but they're also turning research behavior into actual purchases, as a new study from Experian Automotive reveals.