Australian startup Fluc is an innovative new mobile advertising network that not only lets publishers monetize their content, but also lets mobile users opt-in to be paid to recieve targeted Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Facebook_and_The_Myth_Of_Contextual_Advertising'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; There is a myth floating around that contextual advertising is going to help Facebook justify its $15 billion valuation. The Continue reading »

Amazon Web Services, a fascinating division of the company offering a collection of commodity computing services, data storage and more - all sold in the cloud - is about to Continue reading »

Adobe, which celebrated its 25th birthday over the weekend, today announced the release of Flash Media Server 3, the delivery platform for its near ubiquitous Flash technology. Perhaps the most Continue reading »

A couple of amazing stats have been released about mobile phone use. Firstly industry analyst Informa Telecoms & Media revealed recently that worldwide mobile penetration will hit 50 per cent Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/2008_Will_Be_The_Year_of_Business_Networking'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; In this post we will give you three reasons for that prediction, plus six specific predictions and one interesting dark Continue reading »

Controversial "word of mouth marketing" company PayPerPost, which we called "a sketchy operation" in a post in October, told users via email that they had reached 100,000 members (or, as Continue reading »

Nominations are now open for the first annual Crunchies, the competition and award ceremony to recognize and celebrate the most compelling startups, internet and technology innovations of the year. The Continue reading »

Last week we wondered if maybe MoveOn was a bit premature in declaring victory when Facebook changed their Beacon advertising system to be explicitly opt-in. Was Facebook still gathering information Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Wikipedia_to_Pay_Illustrators'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Wikipedia is formulating a plan to pay contributors of selected illustrations, according to a report this morning in the NYT.