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From major management shifts within the industry to buzz about the rise of content marketing, online chatter this week indicates 2011 will be full of new of internet marketing developments – and brands should keep pace to maintain a competitive edge. The week started with news that Google remains the search leader. As Brafton reported,… Read more »
This week, the first episode of MTV's show Skins garnered plenty of attention and internet searches for its racy sex scenes and images of drug use among high schoolers. The network aired the show at the 10 p.m. time slot, and many parents seem to feel that teenagers are still likely to be awake and… Read more »
Much of the most high-profile online trending legal news for the week ending January 21 involved criminal justice, particularly the arrests of dozens of figures in New York's organized crime scene. However, there was also a good amount of activity regarding national legal issues. The New York Times reports that on Thursday, January 20, nearly… Read more »
Top level executives made headlines this week, with new developments in management shaping the online conversation in business tech. On top of that, Apple and Google compared financial numbers, while the battle between Microsoft and Salesforce.com became a little more personal this week. The week started off with the much-discussed announcement of Apple CEO Steve… Read more »
Those who follow the stars (the ones in the sky), were up in arms at the start of this week when it was suggested that the 12 astrological signs as we know them might be roughly one month off-target, as a result of the planetary shifts that have occurred over the past 2,500 years. However,… Read more »
This week, the internet marketing community was buzzing about mobile and local developments, as well as insight from Affiliate Summit West, but the piece de resistance was the much-anticipated announcement that the iPhone is coming to Verizon. On Tuesday, Brafton reported that Apple and Verizon announced the iPhone will be available to Verizon users in… Read more »
Most of the week's online trending legal news revolved around the shootings in Tucson and the suspected gunman Jared Loughner. However, there were also a number of other developments in the legal world that caught online news consumers' interest during the week ending January 14. On Saturday, January 8, a gunman opened fire into a… Read more »
Only two weeks into 2011, the clear winner for worst-kept secret of the year is the iPhone's availability from mobile service provider Verizon, which the companies officially announced on Tuesday morning. Throughout the week, search engines, social media networks and research firms assessed the device's eventual effect on the smartphone market, and its popularity among… Read more »
The second week of 2011 brought much controversy in both the public and private sectors. Controversy between Twitter and the federal government, a new battleground in the smartphone market and rumors surrounding the successes and failures of social media startups sparked diverse online conversation in business technology this week. Twitter started the week off by… Read more »
The first week of 2011 saw plenty of click-worthy entertainment news stories. One of the biggest stories to generate searches this week was the rags-to-riches saga of Ted Williams, a homeless man with a golden voice that has afforded him a chance at a new life. Ted Williams spent his days panhandling on the streets… Read more »