Last.fm said today in a public notice online that it was investigating a leak of user passwords, following similar disclosures from LinkedIn and eHarmony yesterday. None of the companies have explained how the passwords got out in the first place.
The ultimate native ads are the glossy fashion ads in Vogue: in most cases, they’re better than the editorial, and as a result, readers spend as much time with the ads — if not more — as they do with the edit.
— Felix Salmon, writing about the potential of native advertising on the Web
