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Break out the champagne and put on your party hats: A software heavyweight just struck a major blow for the concept of Privacy by Design.

Microsoft has elected to release Internet Explorer 10.0 with Do Not Track as the default setting. Microsoft Chief Privacy Officer Brendon Lynch blogged about the decision here. He said, in part:

We believe that consumers should have more control over how information about their online behavior is tracked, shared and used. Online advertising is an important part of the economy supporting publishers and content owners and helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to go to market. There is also value for consumers in personalized experiences and receiving advertising that is relevant to them.

Of course, we hope that many consumers will see this value and make a conscious choice to share information in order to receive more personalized ad content. For us, that is the key distinction. Consumers should be empowered to make an informed choice and, for these reasons, we believe that for IE10 in Windows 8, a privacy-by-default state for online behavioral advertising is the right approach.

While both Chrome and Firefox have Do Not Track capabilities built in, theyre turned off by default. Microsoft is making its mark by turning that setting on. Safari also blocks tracking cookies by default, but who outside of the Mac universe uses Safari?

The online advertising industry reacted about the way youd expect -- by implying that if we dont all let advertisers follow us around the Web jotting down every site we visit and what we do there, the free Internet will shrivel up and die.

The Digital Advertising Alliance, a consortium of online ad networks and data gatherers that has been pushing for self-regulation of Web tracking for the past several years (and was apparently blindsided by Microsofts announcement), issued a vigorous response. Heres the money quote:

The DAA is very concerned that this unilateral decision by one browser maker - made without consultation within the self-regulatory process - may ultimately narrow the scope of consumer choices, undercut thriving business models, and reduce the availability and diversity of the Internet products and services that millions of American consumers currently enjoy at no charge.

DAA spokeshuman Stu Ingis went on to tell the Wall Street Journals Julia Angwin that online advertisers support consumer choice, not a choice made by one browser or technology vendor. Essentially hes saying that by making IE 10 private by default Microsoft is taking the choice out of users hands.

Which is, of course, utter horse manure. Microsoft is in fact giving users a choice a choice to use a browser where privacy is the default setting. Its the advertising industry thats make the decision for consumers about whether they will be tracked by making that the default setting for the vast majority of Web surfers.

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03-06-2012 18:03 DISCLAIMER: Not advice! I don't know where the price of anything will go! Martin Armstrong "hyperinflation takes place ONLY in a peripheral economy and cannot take place within the core economy. Everything would collapse long before hyperinflation would unfold" "Gold has not risen sharply yet simply because the world is not ready to grasp the idea that government debts are not stable. Once they realize that fact, gold will rise dramatically just as it did from 1976 at $100 into 1980 reaching $875. Such an advance today from $1500 gold would be $13125 gold" Electronic Money The Real Conspiracy: Are Commodities Preparing for a Major Rally:

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04-06-2012 06:51 Urgent Message for Greece help is on the way Multi-Billionaire Hugo Salinas Price appeals to Alexis Tsipras to propose bringing a silver standard to Greece. Founder, Director & Honorary President of Grupo Elektra SA de CV famed not only for his legendary business acumen but also his drive for Honest Money in Mexico and Globally, tells how Europe can become free again. Hugo and his organization, the Mexican Civic Association Pro Silver, AC have pushed the Mexican government for over a decade to provide silver as money but the corrupt Mexican government and Mexican central bank has refused, causing tremendous hardship for the citizens of Mexico due to inflation. Here, Hugo is talking with Max Keiser in Keiser Report Episode 295, view the entire video at: "Hugo Salinas-Price, born in 1934, is a successful, retired businessman who lives in Mexico. Salinas-Price has been a follower of the Austrian School of Economics since his youth. Salinas-Price has written three books in Spanish on how and why silver should be instituted as money in Mexico, in parallel with paper money, and numerous related articles in English and Spanish. Salinas-Price's organization, the Mexican Civic Association Pro Silver, is actively lobbying the Mexican Congress to approve legislation, which will institute the pure silver "Libertad" ounce as money. Hugo Salinas-Price has focused on reintroducing silver into the Mexican economy with great energy over the past fifteen years. Salinas-Price's aim ...

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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire -06/04/12)- 30 DC, Inc. (TDCH), founder of the online Internet marketing course The Challenge, announced the design and trial run of a new magazine publishing platform, MagCast, designed to revolutionize the magazine publishing industry using Apple's marketplace for digital media subscriptions, Newsstand a standard feature of Apple's latest mobile operating system iOS 5 for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.

MagCast offers an apps development and maintenance tool for any publisher, large or small, who wants to publish digital content on a single issue or subscription basis. MagCast utilizes Newsstand as the customer interface which provides electronic distribution and collects revenue as well as customer contact information. Apple requires customers to authorize release of their contact information 93% of whom authorized during the MagCast platform test.

Since its launch last fall, Newsstand has resulted in a surge of magazine and newspaper app downloads and subscriptions but has predominantly been used by large well-known publications capable of absorbing the significant expense associated with custom mobile application development and maintenance. MagCast is intended to offer a cost-effective digital publishing solution and the interactive ability of the digital magazine format to the masses, including small and niche publications.

Newsstand's centralized distribution and customer-friendly interface is changing the publication industry in the same way that iTunes changed the music industry. MagCast's design provides a roadmap and tools for content creators worldwide to generate magazine apps which may utilize Newsstand's power to access a large database of potential customers.

During the MagCast trial run for DM Magazine, 93% of users agreed to let Apple pass on their subscription information, which management believes validates the Magcast platform approach to reaching an interested audience, potential customers, and allaying fears that Newsstand users would not wish to share data with publishers.

When asked why users were so willing to submit their personal contact information, 30DC CEO Edward Dale replied, "Most of the content providers using Newsstand at the moment are traditional publishers accustomed to the 1-issue-per-30-day model; but it doesn't have to be like that. MagCast enables publishers to create interactive and customized content in a timelier manner, which is far more suited to the digital medium of web-based reading. We believe customers are happy to pass their information on to receive updates from publishers of rich, awesome, niche content that cater to their specific areas of interest."

MagCast is a collaboration of 30DC and Netbloo Media Ltd., who jointly developed the concept and design of the platform. MagCast is scheduled for full release in early June 2012.

About 30DC, Inc. (http://www.30dcinc.com)30DC, Inc. was created in 2005 by Edward Dale to build, acquire and manage international web-based sales and marketing companies. 30DC, offers the Challenge (formerly the 30 Day Challenge) -- a free module-based training program designed for individuals to learn about internet marketing at their own pace and anyone looking to make money online, including novices which can be accessed online at http://www.challenge.co. To date the education program has schooled more than 175,000 individuals, and currently has approximately 100,000 active online members. 30DC also offers the Immediate Edge -- a membership program designed for hardcore Internet marketers to stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends on Internet Marketing and learn the most innovative ways of making money online. The Immediate Edge offers a blog, courses, training, newsletters, a library, tools, and a private forum; more information can be found at http://www.immediateedge.com.

About Netbloo Media Ltd (http://www.marketpromax.com)Netbloo Media Ltd is a Digital Marketing agency based in Asia Pacific with clients around the world. Netbloo Media Ltd helps online startups as well as big corporate players by providing custom Digital Marketing solutions including product Launch consulting, mobile Apps development, targeted web applications and media campaigns. Netbloo Media Ltd is responsible for some of the most "game changing" products including, Market Pro Max and The MagCast Publishing Platform.

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of various provisions of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, commonly identified by such terms as "believes," "looking ahead," "anticipates," "estimates" and other terms with similar meaning. Specifically, statements about the Company's plans for accelerated growth, improved profitability, future business partners, M&A activity, new service offerings and pursuit of new markets are forward looking statements. Although the company believes that the assumptions upon which its forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, it can give no assurance that these assumptions will prove to be correct. Such forward-looking statements should not be construed as fact. The information contained in such statements is beyond the ability of the Company to control, and in many cases the Company cannot predict what factors would cause results to differ materially from those indicated in such statements. All forward-looking statements in the press release are expressly qualified by these cautionary statements and by reference to the underlying assumptions.

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