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White House Internet Privacy Bill of Rights Met with Skepticism
Feb 27 2012 // The White House proposed last Thursday a “privacy bill of rights” that would give consumers more control over their data but relies heavily for now on voluntary commitments by Internet companies like Google...
Lawsuit Seeks to Block Google’s Privacy Changes
Feb 20 2012 // A consumer watchdog group is suing the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to prevent Google from making sweeping changes to its privacy policies next month. The planned revisions would enable Google Inc. to bundle the...
Lawsuit Seeks To Block Google’s Privacy Changes
Feb 10 2012 // A consumer watchdog group is suing the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to prevent Google from making sweeping changes to its privacy policies next month. The planned revisions would enable Google Inc. to bundle the...
Google Captive in Hawaii on Track
Feb 6 2012 // Web search giant Google Inc. has been granted tentative approval from the Department of Labor to form a captive insurance company in Hawaii to cover employee benefits for thousands of the Mountain View, Calif.-based web...
EU Regulators Look to Halt Google’s New Privacy Policy
Feb 3 2012 // A group of European regulators has written to Google Inc. calling on it to halt the introduction of its new privacy policy, saying it needs to investigate whether the proposals sufficiently protect users’ personal...
Insurance Marketing New Basics: Go Mobile
Jan 27 2012 // Be careful if you ask Michael Jans, president of Bend, Ore.-based Agency Revolution, about marketing. He may throw the Yellow Pages at you. Jans isn’t a temperamental thug, he’s just passionate about talking...
Western Insurance Agents Roundtable: In Uncertain Economy, Change Is Certain
Jan 23 2012 // The economy, the promised-land of a hard insurance market and the need to master technologies dominated discussion at the first annual Insurance Industry Roundtable in Irvine, Calif. The daylong event was attended by 23...
Insurance Marketing New Basics: Go Mobile
Jan 23 2012 // Be careful if you ask Michael Jans, president of Bend, Ore.-based Agency Revolution, about marketing. He may throw the Yellow Pages at you. Jans isn’t a temperamental thug, he’s just passionate about talking...
Insurer Sues Google in Alabama
Jan 23 2012 // An insurer is hoping to use an Alabama state law governing deceptive trade practices to stop Google from prominently displaying negative websites about the company. American Income Life Insurance Co. has filed suit in the...
Google Captive in Hawaii on Track
Jan 18 2012 // Web search giant Google Inc. has been granted tentative approval from the Department of Labor to form a captive insurance company in Hawaii to cover employee benefits for thousands of the Mountain View, Calif.-based web...
Insurer Sues Google in Alabama Over Unflattering Search Results
Jan 5 2012 // An insurer is hoping to use an Alabama state law governing deceptive trade practices to stop Google from prominently displaying negative websites about the company. American Income Life Insurance Co. has filed suit in the...
Western Insurance Agents Roundtable: In Uncertain Economy, Change Is Certain
Jan 5 2012 // The economy, the promised-land of a hard insurance market and the need to master technologies dominated discussion at the first annual Insurance Industry Roundtable in Irvine, Calif. The daylong event was attended by 23...
Google Tells Congress Online Anti-Piracy Bill Goes Too Far
Nov 16 2011 // Google Inc. warned U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday that proposed legislation to crack down on foreign websites selling pirated U.S. movies, music or other counterfeit goods goes too far and could depress investment. The...
Court May Revive Viacom Copyright Claim Against YouTube
Oct 19 2011 // In a copyright infringement case at the heart of media company battles to win Internet viewers, an appeals court grappled on Tuesday over whether to revive Viacom Inc.’s landmark $1 billion lawsuit against Google...
Google Secretive About ‘Super Safe’ Robot Car Crash
Oct 17 2011 // In July, an astute observer was driving in Mountain View, Calif., when he came across a multiple car fender-bender. A Toyota Prius had hit a Prius, and that Prius hit an Accord, which hit an Accord, which hit a...
SEO Marketing is Sooooo 90s. Wait, What!?
Oct 7 2011 // If you haven’t heard of the term SEO yet and don’t know of its power in the marketing world: the 90’s called and they want their Game Boy back. It’s 2011 and the search engine optimization business...
Google Secretive About ‘Super Safe’ Robot Car Crash
Oct 3 2011 // In July, an astute observer was driving in Mountain View, Calif., when he came across a multiple car fender-bender. A Toyota Prius had hit a Prius, and that Prius hit an Accord, which hit an Accord, which hit a...
Google Urges Judge Reject Oracle’s $2.2B Patent Damages Claim
Sep 21 2011 // Google Inc. urged a federal judge to reject an Oracle Corp expert’s recommendation that it pay more than $2.2 billion for infringing on patents for Java technology used in the Android operating system. U.S. District...
Google Secretive About ‘Super Safe’ Robot Car Crash
Sep 13 2011 // Last month, an astute observer was driving in Mountain View, Calif., when he came across a multiple car fender-bender. According to later reports, a Toyota Prius had hit a Prius, and that Prius hit an Accord, which hit an...
Insurance Keywords Add Big to Google Profits
Aug 1 2011 // Insurance is adding big bucks to Google’s profitability, according to new research. After Google posted impressive profits for the second quarter 2011, almost $7 billion, Word Stream, a Boston, Mass.-based provider...
