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Lon S. Cohen is a writer and social media strategist. He is @obilon on Twitter.
A Mashable article by Dr. Mark Drapeau was passed around on Twitter this Friday, calling for a ban on brands on Twitter. I respectfully disagree.
1. Twitter is Opt-In
Drapeau said that Twitter was for people to talk to people [...]

OpenX (which used to be called Openads), provider of an open-source ad serving solution for web publishers - we use it at TechCrunch -, is growing like weed under the leadership of former AOL CEO Jonathan Miller, who is the company’s chairman, and ex-Yahoo executive Tim Cadogan who is CEO. According to the company, they’re [...]

Twittad a growing startup company which opening another one way of advertising to your twitter accounts. It’s not like as Be A Magpie but it’s advertising just in background of your twitter accounts.
Every user has the power to re-design their twitter account’s background or to use default anyone one. When you signup as publisher on [...]

Chris Snyder is an online journalist specializing in new media. He writes about the tech biz for Wired.com’s Epicenter blog.
Technorati with its search engine, tags, feeds and rankings has become the go-to source for all things blog. The site has undergone several makeovers over the years with the most recent changes drastically simplifying the design [...]

The pink slips were passed out on Thursday throughout the various business duchies that make up CBS Interactive—CNET, CBS.com, CBSNews,com, CBSSports.com, BNET, GameSpot, TV.com, last.fm, and CHOW. While CBS confirmed to me and other reporters that layoffs did happen across the board, it refused to talk about how many total people are losing their [...]

Shimon Sandler is a search marketing professional. He authors a blog at Shimonsandler.com
In this bad economy when many advertisers are slashing their online ad budgets, it behooves us all to review optimization tactics to ensure we make the most of dollars allocated to Search. What do you do when you are handed an AdWords account [...]

Google, who is seemingly in a rush to monetize everything these days, has just launched AdWords for iPhone and the G1. Ads can now be purchased specifically on these devices, with their own separate campaigns and reporting.
This can all be done through the AdWords interface. Google notes that “Unlike standard mobile ads, you [...]

This post is part of Mashable’s Startup Review series, which highlights great unsung startups. The series is made possible by Sun Startup Essentials.

Company Name
8Coupons
20-Word Description
8coupons.com is the next generation of coupons. You can text yourself great deals for big savings in NYC.
CEO’s Pitch
8coupons is a fun and easy way to save time, money, and [...]

Yahoo continues to outsource lots of businesses it previously built and maintained directly. Especially in music - In February they shut their subscription music service, and in September they announced a deal to allow full song playbacks through the Rhapsody service.
Next up is Yahoo’s radio product, http://music.yahoo.com/launchcast. The site today, which draws 3 million [...]