Submitted by Mahendra
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Everyone is talking about the “real-time web”. That’s usually a pretty strong indication of a buzzword that will soon mean very little. Some would argue that it already doesn’t mean much. And yet, as Paul Graham’s web 2.0 article showed, it is possible to extract value even out of apparently meaningless buzzwords. “Real-tim (Read More)
Design daily news:
If you still need a proof that WordPress can be used to create corporate websites, these websites should convince you. If you think that WordPress shouldn’t be used for this kind of websites, please let me know why in comments.1. Spotify2. The picnik blog3. The Flickr Code blog4. Network Solutions5. Samsung Newsroom6. Verio (Read More)
Submitted by Catepol
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Did you know Facebook is a great tool for your business? Is your company utilizing the new features of Facebook pages to do social media marketing? If you are not yet leveraging the power of social media to boost your sales or engaging your customers, it is time you seriously take action on this front. Photo credit: Jam (Read More)
Submitted by Kevinmic
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A couple of weeks ago, a classic book called the Cluetrain Manifesto was re-released. The book was originally written back in 2001 and brilliantly describes the internet's impact on how an organization should engage with its employees and on how an organization should engage with its marketplace.It turns out that this book (Read More)
Submitted by Logicalextremes
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Web Privacy Bill Could Come by November By Kate Kaye, ClickZ, Oct 1, 2009 Privacy legislation affecting the online advertising industry could be submitted by November. According to statements made recently by Rep. Rick Boucher, who heads up the House Subcommittee on Com (Read More)
: "The key elements [of the legislation] are going to be that every website will have to disclose every piece of information that they collect from visitors and how that information is used by the website that collects it. And then users should have control over that process," added Boucher in the interview.
Submitted by Logicalextremes
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When online ad executives talk about the prospect of regulating behavioral targeting, one of the first things they argue is that Washington shouldn't get involved without proof of harm. And in the past, the Federal Trade Commission has largely focused attention on business practices that resulted in some sort of tangible ha (Read More)
: But these days, the position that behavioral targeting can pose a threat regardless of whether it causes a concrete, quantifiable harm seems to be gaining favor in Washington.
"Privacy is an important value in and of itself," FTC consumer protection chief David Vladeck said today at a privacy workshop at NYU Law School. He said focusing solely on tangible harm is too limited, given the vast array of non-economic harms that can result from online targeting. Such as? He listed the possibilities: reputational harm, the fear that private information will be exposed, and the prospect that personal data will be used in unexpected ways, among others.
Submitted by Mathewballard
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Submitted by Mathewballard
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Looking for more design inspiration? See our other galleries: CartFrenzy, Blog Design Heroes, Minimal Exhibit, TypeInspire.
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Submitted by Catepol
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David Armano pubblica una sua personale lista di 6 trend dei social media nel 2010 che traduco brevemente e velocemente (segnalatemi errori) qui sotto: 1. I Social media diventano meno “social”Grazie ai gruppi, alle liste ed ai network di nicchia che cominciano a diventare più popolari, le reti verranno considerate come più (Read More)
Submitted by Mathewballard
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When you started your business one of the first things you did was probably to design a logo. A logo is one of the most important marketing tools that a company has in its arsenal. Aside from your employees, a logo is typically the only face that your customers will ever see. Needless to say, it’s essential for you to place (Read More)
Submitted by Logicalextremes
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US— A privacy group is calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate Echometrix, the maker of marketing intelligence software that analyses teens’ online conversations, alleging unfair and deceptive behaviour and violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).The Electronic Privacy Informa (Read More)
Submitted by Courane01
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Audio is a powerful and impactful tool, but it is often used incorrectly within e-learning courses. I recently had a discussion with Dan Bliton in his role at the Metro DC ASTD chapter about this topic, here is a small part of the interview.A common question is "Should we have audio in the e-learning module that exactly mat (Read More)
Submitted by Morgan
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Hi everyone! I know I said we wouldn’t have an update this week, but we ended up being able to carve out some time to dedicate to adding a few of those long-requested-but-not-so-high-priority features that have been sitting in our GetSatisfaction forums for a while.So without further ado, here’s what’s new this week:A new “ (Read More)
The Marketing Technology Blog:
An important, but unfortunately too-often overlooked, aspect of web design is usability. Most experienced web designers understand the basic concepts and principles of usability, but the more complex a website, the more important usability testing becomes. E-commerce websites are especially important to test because one s (Read More)