As Homer Simpson would say, “Doh” is what comes to mind as I read about a Calgary man who was charged $83,000 for his monthly 
cell phone bill. Bell Mobility failed to alert the customer of his rising bill and he casually spent the month download music and movies to his cell phone, unfortunately for Bell the story has made its way around the Internet. Someone needs to approach Bell about developing an online reputation management strategy that includes various social media tools such as blogs.
Remember that DoubleClick-Google deal a few months ago, well not everything is rose just yet as the deal has hit a road block and currently being challenged by the Federal Trade Commission Chairman, but come on what are the odds that it won’t go through?
Here are some of the other industry stories and news that we talked about in this edition of The Week That Was.
Headlines:
Steve Jobs says Merry Christmas Canada and offers more TV shows to iTunes Canada
Peer-to-Peer’s killing music artists, is taxing consumers the answer?
Revolver 3 wins Fido’s interactive business
Deal Flow:
Verb Exchange Acquires AdIQ Ad Serving Platform from NexDesk Inc.
Zeugma Systems Inc. Secures US$22.5m Series B Financing
Adknowledge Acquires Facebook advertising network Cubics
New Hires:
Viigo taps Mark Ruddock as new President and CEO
TSN appoints Shawn Redmond Vice-President, Marketing, TSN
Research & Stats:
Local ad spending to reach $12.6 billion in 2008
Retail Holiday E-Commerce shopping up 18% reaching $18 Billion
Google and Yahoo Announced Top Search Terms for 2007
