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Google is making changes to its ad system in an effort to provide consumers with “greater transparency and choice.” Over the coming weeks, users will be able to click on links labeled “Why these ads?” next to advertisements served in … Continue reading →

An Apple iTV is coming. Or is it? I mean, isn’t Apple too smart to get into the TV business? With no new Apple iPhone on the near horizon and not enough iPad 3 non-information to chew over, the media … Continue reading →

The world’s most successful entrepreneurs play hard, but they work even harder. That much was made clear after the dust settled on f.ounders, an event that has quickly become one of technology’s premiere conferences. There aren’t many events where you … Continue reading →

The Modern Media Agency Series is supported by IDG. Ad agency JWT has used mobile marketing for two brand name clients. During a marketers’ panel discussion, John Baker explained the important role mobile played in a promotion for Zyrtec and … Continue reading →

Google is working on a native Gmail application for the iPhone and may even have already submitted the app to Apple for approval, according to one report. Currently, Gmail is supported on the iPhone as a web app. It does … Continue reading →

1999 A duo of pumpkins greeted Google users for the first ever Halloween illustration. Click here to view this gallery. Here at Mashable, we love Google’s homepage “Doodles.” The online giant is well-known for its Halloween-themed logo each year. For … Continue reading →

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on three particular stories of interest today. Disney-ABC Signs Streaming … Continue reading →

The inaugural iPad edition of Conde Nast Traveler has arrived at Apple’s Newsstand — and it’s hefty. The issue is 784 megabytes — substantially bigger than even Wired‘s first issue, which attracted a fair number of comments about its portliness … Continue reading →

More shows from ABC Studios, the Disney Channel and ABC Family are coming to both Netflix’s and Amazon’s online streaming services, respectively. Netflix Netflix and Disney-ABC Television Group are extending and expanding their existing two-year licensing agreement to bring Switched … Continue reading →

Visitors to the Hall of Curiosity website will find a mini-model of a T-Rex with an Altoids box for a head, a tarot card called the “Knight of Altoids” and a variety of other strange creations featuring Altoids boxes. At … Continue reading →