Amazon’s recently released $79 Kindle comes with Special Offers by default. There is another new Kindle without advertisements, but it costs $30 more for $109. This time around, Amazon has included an option to remove the advertisements whenever you choose.

Amazon may have hit a home run today by revealing a family of new Kindle products. We’ve been introduced to the Kindle Fire, Kindle Touch, Kindle Touch 3G and a redesigned original Kindle. One of the best things about the new Kindles are their prices. The smaller Kindle starts at only $79, which will most likely go on to sell millions of units. In order to make the Kindle so cheap, Amazon included Special Offers. In fact, Special Offers can be found on all of their e-readers announced today.

Google has agreed to pay the United States government $500 million as part of a settlement deal. The government was breathing down Google’s neck due to advertisements that were promoting the sell of illegal drugs.

If you were to ask someone what is the worst thing about Hulu Plus, they’ll probably complain about the ads. Advertisements in the free version are understandable because Hulu has to make money somehow. Ads in Hulu Plus on the other hand are a bit harder to swallow. For $7.99 a month, one would think that money would be used to remove the ads. There still may be a chance that Hulu will offer a subscription that is completely ad-free.

In late June, reports surfaced about Twitters upcoming attempt to boost revenue. The solution was ads, but not just any ads. These advertisements will shuffle their way into your Twitter feed. I know a lot of you hate the idea of ads in your feed, especially since you have to deal with spam tweets already. But the new Twitter Promoted Tweets to Followers initiative won’t be as intrusive as you may think.

If e-readers subsidized by advertisements is your thing, you are going to love this bit of news. Amazon has started shipping the Kindle with Special Offers today. This Kindle was originally going to be available on May 3. If you head over to Amazon’s Kindle with Special Offers product page, you’ll notice the pre-order button is now gone.

Amazon announced a new version of the Kindle today called Kindle with Special Offers. It’s not the catchiest name in the world, but it is $25 cheaper than the 6-inch Wi-Fi Kindle. At $114, this special Kindle will come loaded with advertisements to supplement its lower price. By doing this, Amazon hopes to get the Kindle into more hands amidst growing competition from tablets and other e-readers.

If you haven’t realized yet: it is on. The “it” being the battle between Google and Microsoft for control of, well, control of everything. Today, we’ve got the billboard war.

Where does tech bleed out of blogs and in front of the common man? Billboards. If you happen to be in San Fransico, Chicago, New York, or Boston, you’ll be greeted by reasons why Google Apps are better than Microsoft Office. Google will tout why 3,000 companies a day are making the switch and how silly and outdated you look by not switching (it’s implied). Over 1.75 million have made the switch, so why not you?

I’m a genius who is the reincarnation of the ever-breathy Marilyn Monroe. I understand men 100%, and I’m also the cartoon character Dory as well as the Disney Princess Mulan. No, I don’t have split personality disorder or any other kind of mental heath diagnosis (I think). Just the results of a bunch of those online quizzes. Yeah, you know what I mean. I also learned that these quizzes aren’t just about killing some time and a few chuckles. It all boils down to the money, right? Did you really think this was any exception?

Here’s the latest installment of Microsoft’s $300 million Windows Vista ad campaign. And it’s official now — Seinfeld has left the building — but we still see the company taking a completely different PR position than they have in recent times. Apple has been gaining significant market share lately, and what better way to stop more »