Tag: Advertising
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Why It is Stupid to Buy a SmartTV
There are no regulations concerning what information can & cannot be collected with smart devices, nor how that information is transmitted. This article from the BBC explains how LG’s SmartTV sends the names of his family members in clear text across the internet— something that most people would be uncomfortable having publicly available. Besides selling your private information to any…
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Bistro turns the tables on Yelp, offers discounts to customers for 1-star reviews
I have heard several small business owners complain about Yelp’s “sleazy” and “crooked” (their words) tactics. I think that while ruled legal, Yelp advertising itself as a fair and honest ratings is deceptive. It is clearly a conflict of interest that they control the order of listings, and take money for advertising and placing advertisers higher in…
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The Corps…
In response from messages from readers who are a bit perturbed by the 3rd party ads interfering with the content of this blog, I am trying a new blogging service called 10Centuries.com. The fees for a paid account are reasonable, there are no ads. and I own my content. The appeal is triple-fold thus far.…