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Lawsuit Alleges That Apple And AT&T Oversold The iPhone 3G; Data Outage Hits Northeast
A lawsuit filed last week in San Diego claims that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and AT&T (NYSE: T) knowingly oversold the iPhone 3G, which promised fast speeds, but was bogged down by a glut of customers using flawed devices, reports AppleInsider. The 18-page complaint was filed by William Gillis, a...
Tags: AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Companies, Apple, Operators, AT&T, Legal
News items 2008-09-03
Yahoo Expands Privacy Controls Across Portal As Regulatory Scrutiny Sharpens
Hoping to mollify Congress and state legislators, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is broadening 'opt-out' controls covering targeted ads across its portal. Yahoo offered up the new tools as part of its response to a Congressional inquiry about ad targeting sent to 33 companies, including AOL (NYSE: TWX), Google, Microsoft (NSDQ:...
Tags: yahoo! inc., Advertising, Marketing, Companies, Yahoo, Legal, Regulatory, time warner inc., Time Warner Inc., Yahoo! Inc.
News items 2008-08-08
Visual Voicemail Patent Holder Sues Verizon Wireless And Eight Other Companies
If there is a lock on visual voicemail, Judah Klausner holds the key. The inventor has protected a series of patents he holds with tenacity and a track record to back it up. This time he's going after Google (NSDQ: GOOG), Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), LG Electronics (SEO: 066570),...
Tags: Legal, Google Inc., Verizon Communications Inc.
News items 2008-08-26
Legal Roundup: Wolfgangsvault Settlement; Immersion-Microsoft Settlement; Google, Verizon Sued
Lotsa digital media-related legal news coming out today:-- Wolfgangsvault Settlement: This was a much anticipated one: Doors and Carlos Santana have reached a tentative settlement with Wolfgang's Vault, the controversial site which sells memorabilia and streams concert footage online. The site was sued two years ago...Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG...
Tags: Sony Corp., Entertainment, Music, Legal, Microsoft Corp.
News items 2008-08-26
Veoh Wins Copyright Infringement Lawsuit; Viacom-YouTube Next?
No, this isn't the big one, but nonetheless an important precedent: A federal judge in San Jose ruled today that video-sharing site Veoh was not liable for copyrighted material uploaded to its site, dismissing an early 2006 case filed against it by Io Group, an adult video firm. The...
Tags: Viacom Inc., Companies, Google, YouTube, Legal, Social Media, Video Sharing, Google Inc., VIA Technologies Inc.
News items 2008-08-28
Reding Again Beating Drum For Roaming SMS, Data Price Cuts
EU telcoms commissioner Vivianne Reding may have had her attempt to reduce roaming data charges thwarted last month - but she isn't giving up that easily.While Europe's price ceiling for making roaming calls falls further this Saturday, the reductions do not apply to SMS or data. Reding said today:...
Tags: SMS, European Union, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Robert Andrews, Countries, Europe, Legal, Regulatory
News items 2008-08-28
CTIA 'OK' Ad Plays During Democratic National Convention
Did anyone else catch this CTIA ad last night during the Democratic National Convention? It sure plays the harmonious tone like a pharmaceutical commercial and oversimplifies the wireless industry with broad strokes, but it's an interesting foray into the public realm nonetheless. The organization recently launched a new ad...
Tags: Advertisement, CTIA, Democratic National Convention, Cellular Phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matt Kapko, Companies, Operators, General, Adpromos, Legal, Regulatory, Media & Publishing, TV Promos
News items 2008-08-28
Eric Schmidt: Google-Yahoo Deal On For October
Various state and federal regulatory bodies are still looking into Google's (NSDQ: GOOG) ad relationship with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), but CEO Eric Schmidt says the deal is on for October. Schmidt made the remarks in an interview with Bloomberg, while in Denver hanging out at the Democratic National Convention....
Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Advertising, Companies, Google, Yahoo, Legal, Regulatory
News items 2008-08-29
Judge: Qualcomm Still Infringing On Broadcom Patents
Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) has violated a court order to stop using chipsets that infringe on Broadcom patents, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. There is "clear and convincing evidence," that showed Qualcomm is in contempt of his late 2007 ruling, U.S. District Judge James Selna said, the San Diego...
Tags: Qualcomm Inc., Companies, Operators, SprintNextel, Qualcomm, Legal, Sprint Nextel Corp.
News items 2008-08-29
Broadband ISPs Shy Away From Ad Targeting, Frustrating Targeters
While the controversy over behavioral targeting had been building since last year, Charter Communications' (NSDQ: CHTR) high-profile troubles with ad targeter NebuAd in June has chilled similar efforts by other ISP broadband providers to serve ads directly to subscribers through their systems. Complaints by privacy advocates led Charter to...
Tags: Advertising, Marketing, Legal, Regulatory, Media, TV, Cable & Telecom, Charter Communications Inc., Washington Post Co.
News items 2008-09-02
Verisign's m-Cube Pays $500,000 To Florida Attorney General For Fradulent Ringtone Ads
m-Qube, the Verisign subsidiary, has agreed to pay the Florida Attorney General's Office $500,000 for allegedly billing for ringtones that were promoted through fraudulent ads, the ClickZ Network reports. The Watertown, MA-based mobile content firm agreed to adopt and enforce strict standards for online ads through a settlement with...
Tags: Companies, Verisign, Legal, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc.
News items 2008-09-02
Mobile Web Usage In U.S. Will Soon Surpass The U.K.: Report
Usage of the mobile web data is gaining traction in the U.S. at such a rate that in the next month it will surpass the United Kingdom, which has long been thought as the more advanced wireless country despite having fewer overall subscribers. The data was released today by...
Tags: U.S., Mobile, U.K., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Tricia Duryee, Countries, Europe, UK, Legal, Regulatory, Mobile Adv & Mktg, Research & Metrics
News items 2008-08-26
Facebook Shuts Down Most Scrabulous Access; Blames Complaint By Mattel
For the last few weeks, Facebook users outside the U.S. and Canada could do the superior dance between rounds of Scrabulous. Access to Scrabulous, the Scrabble knockoff developed by Indian brothers Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla, from those countries halted last month when the developers agreed to pull the program...
Tags: Facebook, Companies, Countries, Asia, India, Entertainment, Gaming, Legal, VIA Technologies Inc., Viacom Inc.
News items 2008-08-26
Allman Brothers Sue Universal Music For $13M in Unpaid Digital Royalties
Members of The Allman Brothers Band have sued Universal Music-owned UMG Recordings for about $13 million, over royalties from compact discs sales and digital downloads services, reports Reuters. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court, said UMG "refuses to pay Plaintiffs at the correct royalty rate for its digital...
Tags: Universal Music Group, Royalty, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Rafat Ali, Entertainment, Music, Legal
News items 2008-08-12
Google, Others Reveal Their Ad Targeting Secrets; Push For Legislation Is 'Bipartisan'
More than a dozen of the 33 companies asked by Congress to describe their behavioral targeting activities say they do not engage in the practice, WaPo reported. But lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle say they've seen enough in the responses of those to do target to...
Tags: Google Inc., Advertising, Marketing, Companies, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Legal, Regulatory, Time Warner Inc.
News items 2008-08-12
Google, Others Discuss Their Ad Targeting Secrets; Push For Legislation Is 'Bipartisan'
More than a dozen of the 33 companies asked by Congress to describe their behavioral targeting activities say they do not engage in the practice, WaPo reported. But lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle say they've seen enough in the responses of those to do target to...
Tags: Google Inc., Advertising, Marketing, Companies, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Legal, Regulatory, Time Warner Inc.
News items 2008-08-12
Ex-Apple General Council Nancy Heinen Settles Backdating Charge; $2.2 Million Fine
Though no official charges have ever been made against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs pertaining to backdating, the company's former General Council Nancy Heinen is paying a steep price over alleged misdeeds. The SEC announced today that Heinen, who left Apple in May 2006, will pay a $2.2...
Tags: Apple Inc., Companies, Apple, Legal
News items 2008-08-14
Ad Industry Roundup: NBCU; eMarketer; UK Ad Spend; Facebook; comScore
-- NBCU claims $10 million in Olympic ad sales: But that's for TV and digital combined, as NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) reps declined to provide online's percentage. Lehman Brothers analyst Doug Anmuth forecast that internet ads will attract only $70 million from the summer Olympics, out of a total...
Tags: Facebook, TV, Advertising, Companies, NBC Universal, Entertainment, Sports, Digital Olympics, Information, Metrics, Legal, Media, Social Media, General Electric Co., comScore Inc.
News items 2008-08-14
Google Launches "White Spaces" Advocacy Site; FCC Expects Decision By Year-End
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) continues to push for more wireless broadband options in the U.S., and today took another step forward by launching "Free The Airwaves," a Web site advocating for the unused space between TV stations to be used for Internet connectivity. The launch corresponds with the FCC's conclusion...
Tags: Google Inc., Companies, Google, Microsoft, Motorola, Legal, Regulatory, Mobile Search, Technologies, WiMax, Clearwire Corp.
News items 2008-08-18
AP Settles Moreover, Verisign Copyright Suit; Terms Undisclosed
The headline pretty much says it all ... the Associated Press has ended its legal fight with Moreover Technologies and its parent VeriSign (NSDQ: VRSN). The news service sued the two in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York last October, claiming infringement. Terms of the...
Tags: VeriSign Inc., Legal
News items 2008-08-18
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