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In Part I of this series (A Brief History of E-mail), I used Hotmail to illustrate how quickly e-mail use skyrocketed in the mid-nineties. Hotmail gained eight million users in its first year, after which Microsoft quickly purchased them for $400 mil

I suspect you’ve heard it’s a good idea to blog for your store. Your SEO guy is bugging you. People like me, social media coaches, tell you how valuable it is to become the “likable expert.” Nearly every customer service evangelist pr

Public Voting to Determine 50 Remaining Nonprofit Organizations to Receive Toyota Vehicle First 50 nonprofit organizations have been selected by the public to receive a new Toyota vehicle. Five non-profit organizations will continue to be profiled on

Quarterly Analysis Notes Increase in Keyword Pricing for the First Time since Q3 2011 SAN DIEGO – Covario, Inc., one of the nation’s largest independent providers of search marketing agency services and management solutions, recently  issued its

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The Federal Trade Commission reportedly plans to fine Google $22.5 million for hacking around privacy settings on iPhones and iPads that use Apple’s Safari browser. Consumer Watchdog praised the Commission today for

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, debuted a new television spot this week to kick off its first ever cross-platform ad campaign: “Ask the Car People.” The 30-second spot cleverly

Today’s automotive buyers have very different needs from yesterday’s buyers. They’re more mobile and social than ever before, and are therefore very connected, very skeptical and have very short attention spans. At the core, they require privac

Alliance revolutionizes vehicle stock photos, blending izmostock’s high quality car images with Maground’s amazing worldwide destination stock photography San Francisco, CA – izmostock a division of izmocars, the world-leader in automotive phot

New solution helps consumers instantly book car appointments online, based on repair shops’ availability and service offerings. San Francisco, CA — ClearMechanic, provider of technology to improve the auto repair experience, today announced a