R/GA set up R/GA Brand Design, to address the shift of branding in the digital age. The new division takes into account early consumer impressions, if not first impressions, including when a prospective customer lands on a Web site to find out more about a brand or product. "As brand-consumer relationships shift to the digital sphere, the responsibility of brand perception is shifting to digital agencies," R/GA said in a statement.

Google is "deeply committed" to privacy and security of its users, but not to deep-packet inspection. Read its responses to a recent House Subcommittee inquiry and you'll soon realize the company didn't exactly find them all pertinent to its business. While the questions asked by the House Energy and Commerce Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee deal with online ad practices and consumer data privacy, the main focus is "deep-packet inspection.

I went to a restaurant that serves "breakfast at any time". So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance. ~Steven Wright Comedian Steven Wright is often credited with launching an entirely new genre of stand-up comedy. His dead pan, monotone delivery of clever and kooky one-liners is always with a straight face, and no one had seen anything like that before he burst on the comedy scene in the 80s. You might assume that Wright's style is a concocted stage persona,

Yahoo has announced that it will be offering an opt-out function for customized advertising to searchers by the end of the month. The announcement comes as Yahoo has responded to a Congressional letter seeking information about data collecting and online advertising practices. You can read Yahoo's full response here . Google has also responded to the letter with features expected to be rolled out in the future. One feature is ad capping,

Online publishers are increasingly turning to ad networks to sell unused inventory, according to a study released by the International Advertising Bureau (IAB) and Bain & Company. In 2007, ad network accounted for 30% of total ad impressions, up fro 5% in 2006. Two reasons were given for the growth: Interviews with online publishers, conducted as part of the study,

Hi my name's Chris. I'm based in London and work with Kate in the UK Creative Services Team . With recent headlines being dominated by stories lamenting the current state of the UK economy and speculating on what this might mean for years to come,

Ionut Alex. Chitu found out how to insert a table of contents into a Google document by kidnapping some existing, but non-officially released code: just paste ... javascript:mr("TocSettings"); ... into the browser address bar when in your Google Docs document and hit return. If you used headlines in the document, they will now be linked to. Another useful feature not in the Google document editor menu for now, apparently, is a Thesaurus*. To see synonyms for a given word,

In the Baroque years of around 1680, Johann Pachelbel from Germany composed his Canon D in Major . Centuries later, that particular meme has spread to YouTube as well in the form of Canon Rock , a search for which yields 19,000 results right now. Below is an example by Japanese user Khaluah20, but at currently 187,000+ views it's not the most popular example... with over 47 million views, Guitar90's version ("Practice, Practice,

Analytics firm Covario says Yahoo gained paid search advertising at the expense of Google in the second quarter of 2008. Covario also said that paid search has gone through a "compression" period, where growth has declined from 52% to 43%. "Our client roster inspired us to launch this analysis series due to our customers' unique positions in the advertising ecosystem ??" they are US-based, but also global in the scope regarding their paid search advertising programs,

Ask.com parent company IAC announced last November that they would spin off four of their properties and become 5 separate companies . The other four companies will be HSN, Inc., Interval Leisure Group, Inc., Ticketmaster and Tree.com, Inc. Now, Reuters is reporting the split will occur on August 21. Meanwhile, the NASDAQ has advised IAC that 'when-issued' trading will begin for the five companies tomorrow at the opening bell.