Tag: PERSONALIZED

Targeted advertising is all over the Internet. Soon, it might be all over our televisions, too. As the Wall Street Journal reports, DirecTV is planning to launch, next year, a targeted TV ad service, which would feed personalized commercials to nearly 10 million homes. These so-called 'addressable ads' would be tailored to the demographics of each home. Dog owners, for example, would receive ...

Facebook users may not be able to personalize their profiles to the same ridiculous extent that MySpace members can, but that stark, blue and white design holds more potential for self-expression than you might think. Case in point: Alexandre Oudin, a French artist who recently put the 'face' back in his Facebook profile. Taking advantage of the revamped photo layout on Facebook's new profile, ...

Whenever Google rolls out one of its quirky homepage redesigns, it's usually in commemoration of some famous event or celebrity birthday. Now, though, the search engine has decided to offer a special birthday doodle to each of its users -- even non-celebrity schmucks like us. To get your very own birthday doodle surprise, you'll have to first add your birthday to your Google Profile, and make ...

Google News got a major overhaul last night, and, as you'd expect, the site's major changes revolve around user autonomy. The news aggregation site now lets you choose to view stories in headline or section view, and, with the help of a drop-down menu, more easily shares stories on Facebook, Twitter, Buzz or Reader. The revamped version of Google News will also provide more local news and events, ...

Share Whether it's a car, a professional sports logo, or Coca-Cola, every classic design, at one point or another, undergoes some sort of renovation. These cosmetic makeovers, however, are rarely as drastic as the redesign that Google has just unveiled on its trademark home page. After the search engine tested a new, minimally altered site design back in April, the company has now decided to ...

The gods of search have officially re-branded their Google Personalized Homepage as iGoogle. Two years ago, Google launched Personalized Homepage, which allowed users to tailor their Google experience by plopping 'gadgets' on the page to display stuff like weather, stock reports and news headlines. The switch to iGoogle brings with it the ability to actually create content for these gadgets, ...