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ADVERTISING

BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 12, 2013
Google plans to put users' photos, comments in online ads
Google has made a fortune selling ads. Now it is trying to put its hundreds of millions of users to work as company pitchmen, using the profiles, pictures and recommendations of ordinary people to endorse products and services across the Web.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Aug 26, 2013
Kaizen and the art of human wa maintenance
Kaizen here is organic, ubiquitous and attuned to the physical and psychological needs of human beings. At its best, this 'human-scale kaizen' eliminates or eases many of the mundane uncertainties, annoyances and embarrassments of daily life.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 23, 2013
As promoters follow users, not sites, ads can pop up in distressing ways
Ads for knockoff Louis Vuitton bags pop up on the luxury retailer's official Facebook page. A Toyota advertisement shows up on a news article about a car crash. Or an ad for Dove promoting women's "real beauty" shows up on a Facebook page glorifying domestic violence.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 23, 2013
Yahoo gets more traffic than Google for first time since '11
There is some good news for Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer: Yahoo has topped Google in Web traffic for the first time since May 2011. Research firm comScore reported Yahoo logged 196.6 million unique visitors in July, compared with its rival's 192.3 million.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 25, 2013
Fox loses second ad-skipping battle
A U.S. federal court decision Wednesday gave fresh support to a new technology that helps consumers avoid a basic irritant of television viewing — the commercial.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 9, 2013
'Nutritious' claims need to be taken with a pinch of salt
During a recent visit to the United States, I was impressed by several advertising campaigns. The American Beverage Association (ABA) is running a series of spots that alternatingly complain of what it deems the over-regulation of soft drinks and promote the efforts of member manufacturers to make their...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Sep 20, 2012
Today's J-blip: Gatsby Moving Rubber hair wax
Gatsby's new ad is certainly eye-catching, if not hair-raising.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 21, 2011
Is Facebook's 'Check-in Coupon' a good deal in Japan?
Facebook makes a foray into Japan's mobile coupon market with location-based discounts, but will social shopping catch on?
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 18, 2010
Augmented Reality taking it to another level
Augmented reality is coming into its own, revealing more and more hidden layers of info. It's all there for the taking.

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