Ads have the ability to both make money and annoy users; finding the right balance between these results is a goal of just about every company. Now it appears that Twitter may soon implement ads, and the microblogging service is first kissing up to its fans with random compliments.
News Corp. and VeriSign announced this week their plans to form the world's largest provider of mobile entertainment. News Corp. will pay approximately $188 million for a controlling interest in VeriSign's wholly-owned Jamba subsidiary and will combine it with Fox Mobile Entertainment assets.
Things are happening in and around the German blogosphere according to BlogInitiativeGermany.
Jamba sells ringtones in a number of European countries. Their German company got some criticism in a weblog and the message started to spread.