It’s been called the “rapture of the nerds,” but such derision didn’t stop an estimated 500 enthusiasts from showing up to the Singularity Institute’s conference in San Jose, Calif., last weekend to discuss the possibility of artificial intelligence overtaking that of humans.

As this column hits your mailbox, OMMA Mobile should be in full swing in L.A. Nielsen’s Nic Covey will be kicking off today’s show with some recent and fascinating research into mobile habits and ad responsiveness. While I will be curious to see how Nic interprets some of these points today, let me share [...]

The debate about whether to use white spaces for broadband is growing increasingly frenetic, with broadcasters, performers and consumer advocates now sending out bulletins daily, and in some cases hourly, advocating for their positions.

The Associated Press announced a content distribution deal Wednesday with Chicago wireless carrier U.S. Cellular, launching two mobile Web sites including one focusing on the upcoming election. The content distribution deal offers a gateway to both AP’s Mobile News Network, which provides international, national and local news, and AP Elections ‘08 coverage. The sites [...]

LOS ANGELES — A year or so after the online video advertising marketplace emerged in earnest, experts on both sides of the table say it remains a vital but messy, complicated and often difficult-to-evaluate business–although it clearly is the future of what Madison Avenue has historically considered its dominant, persuasive advertising medium: television. Those were [...]

The oil giant beats profit expectations and delivers promising refining performance, showing that an integrated company can extract gains whether oil prices are rising or falling.

Variety may be the spice of life, but in marketing — as in the real world — habit often limits options and possibilities far more than needed. To truly optimize the advantages of all the rich, diverse targeting data generated by customers online, marketers should expand their options by integrating targeted content with continuous real-time [...]

Washington, October 29 (MIA) - U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is leading his Republican opponent John McCain by 53 percent to 34 percent among early voters, a new poll indicated Tuesday, Xinhua reports.The poll was conducted by the

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on a new report released today that shows that U.S. consumer confidence index has plunged to an all-time low. The U.S. Conference Board said its

With the clock ticking down to next Tuesday’s Federal Communications Commission’s vote on whether to allow the unlicensed use of white spaces for broadband, people on both sides of the debate are flooding the agency with submissions. Among the latest groups to ask the FCC to approve the plan are the Leadership Conference on Civil [...]