International Business News - Tracking http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif It sounded like a winning proposition--free money--for Internet access providers. By tracking their subscribers' personal Web surfing habits, they could help deliver ads targeted to the consumers' interests, and claim a share of the burgeoning online advertising market dominated by Internet search companies. But those efforts to sniff out consumers' interests are running into the ditch. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/120935-ad-targeting.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080901/targeting-based-isp-tracking-now-doubt.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080901/targeting-based-isp-tracking-now-doubt.htm Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:07:48 EDT The nation's largest Internet service providers all say they haven't partnered with Silicon Valley startup NebuAd Inc. to monitor Web surfing and deliver targeted advertising to their subscribers. Here is a look at six smaller service providers, however, that have conducted trials. The companies say all the tests have ended, often to review privacy and related issues. No provider is known to be currently using NebuAd. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080831/6-internet-providers-disclose-web-tracking-for-ads.htm Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:35:07 EDT It sounded like a winning proposition--free money--for Internet access providers. By tracking their subscribers' personal Web surfing habits, they could help deliver ads targeted to the consumers' interests, and claim a share of the burgeoning online advertising market dominated by Internet search companies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080831/ad-targeting-based-on-isp-tracking-now-in-doubt.htm Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:16:19 EDT A congressional committee wants the nation's largest telecommunications and Internet companies to explain whether they target online advertising based on consumers' search queries and Web surfing habits. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080801/lawmakers-demand-info-on-web-tracking-practices.htm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:05:12 EDT Embarq Corp. has revealed more details about its exploration of a program that tracked Internet subscribers' Web-surfing habits for advertising purposes, telling Congress that it performed the test on 26,000 customers in a Kansas town. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/embarq-provides-more-details-on-web-tracking-test.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:03:41 EDT Pennsylvania's auditor general wants his state to join the estimated two dozen others that track some released sex offenders with global positioning satellite technology. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/penn-lawmakers-urged-to-use-sex-offender-tracking.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:43:01 EDT Although a large Internet service provider has backed away from technology that tracks subscribers' Web use in order to deliver personalized advertising, two other broadband companies said Wednesday they are still considering whether to deploy it. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/isps-still-considering-tracking-web-use.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:34:34 EDT Although a large Internet service provider has backed away from technology that tracks subscribers' Web use in order to deliver personalized advertising, two other broadband companies said Wednesday they are still considering whether to deploy it. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/isps-still-considering-tracking-web-use.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:37:21 EDT Charter Communications Inc. is dropping plans to track the Web usage of some high-speed Internet subscribers, citing concerns raised by customers, the company said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/charter-drops-web-tracking-plans.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:26:23 EDT Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the United States through their cell phone use and concluded that most people rarely stray more than a few miles from home. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/63739-cell-phone-tracking.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/study-secretly-tracks-cell-phone-users-outside-us.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/study-secretly-tracks-cell-phone-users-outside-us.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:28:00 EDT At the Port of Savannah, shipping containers from China arrive attached with small plastic boxes that track the cargo inside--and send a radio-signaled alarm to remote computers if someone tries to break in. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080604/ga-shanghai-ports-test-cargo-tracking-technology.htm Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:33:50 EDT Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the United States through their cell phone use and concluded that most people rarely stray more than a few miles from home. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080604/study-secretly-tracks-cell-phone-users-outside-us.htm Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:35:39 EDT Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the United States through their cell phone use and concluded that most people rarely stray more than a few miles from home. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/63036-cell-phone-tracking.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080604/study-secretly-tracks-cell-phone-users-outside-us.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080604/study-secretly-tracks-cell-phone-users-outside-us.htm Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:01:40 EDT The Port of Savannah is teaming up with the world's second-largest port in China to try out new technology that lets them track cargo containers electronically as they're shipped overseas. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/savannah-shanghai-ports-try-new-cargo-tracking.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:19:06 EDT Consumers and farmers will soon be on their own when it comes to finding out which pesticides are being sprayed on everything from corn to apples. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it plans to do away with publishing its national survey tracking pesticide use, despite opposition from prominent scientists, the nation's largest farming organizations and environmental groups. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/usda-axes-national-survey-charting-pesticide-use.htm Thu, 22 May 2008 04:02:41 EDT Cable TV, phone and Internet service provider Charter Communications drew concern Friday from two congressmen and a privacy advocate over its plan to experiment with tracking its customers' Web use in collaboration with an online advertising firm. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/lawmakers-concerned-over-charters-web-tracking.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 19:48:33 EDT A technology used to track everything from cattle and bottles of Viagra to U.S. military weapons will soon be tested on an unlikely candidate for surveillance: tomatoes. The Hawaii Department of Agr... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080415/hawaii-working-to-link-its-food-chain.htm Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:51:28 EDT Florida's much-maligned child welfare workers will soon begin carrying handheld devices, like the ones delivery companies use to track packages, that show whether they really are checking in on the children under their supervision. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/29444-tracking-caseworkers.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080221/fla-to-track-child-welfare-workers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080221/fla-to-track-child-welfare-workers.htm Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:53:45 EST Federal mine-safety regulators on Thursday said they approved the first wireless-tracking system to locate miners trapped underground. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration said the technology was developed by Liberty Lake, Wash.-based Venture Design Services Inc., a subsidiary of Singapore-based Venture Corp. Ltd. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080131/mine-safety-agency-oks-wireless-tracker.htm Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:59:41 EST A tech company with ties to a school district plans to test a tracking system by putting computer chips on grade-schoolers' backpacks, an experiment the ACLU ripped Monday as invasive and unnecessary. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080107/aclu-rips-plan-to-track-r-i-students.htm Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:46:32 EST