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Pew survey shows online news overtaking print in the US

Via ARS Technica By John Timmer | Published: December 28, 2008 – 09:10PM CT People who have followed the development of the Internet are probably well aware of the Pew Charitable Trust, which has tracked the growth of the web … Continue reading

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Study: time kids spend online not wasted after all

Via ARS Technica By John Timmer | Published: November 20, 2008 – 08:55PM CT There have been a steady stream of worries about the dangers that Internet use could pose to children, and many have dismissed these worries as overblown … Continue reading

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Study reminds us why we’re always fixing our parents’ PCs

Via ARS Technica By Jacqui Cheng | Published: November 17, 2008 – 11:53AM CT No matter how into gadgets and hardware we are, we’re all forced to face a cold truth every once in a while: our PCs and gadgets … Continue reading

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Worldwide broadband prices drop 20% in less than a year

Via ARS Technica By Nate Anderson | Published: November 07, 2008 – 05:10AM CT UK analysis firm Point Topic has just released its new set of worldwide broadband figures, and the news is encouraging: broadband is getting cheaper, fast. Prices … Continue reading

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Study: LinkedIn Users Rich (But Still Annoying)

Via Tech Crunch by Michael Arrington on November 5, 2008 a study by Anderson Analytics confirms what everyone already suspects: LinkedIn users are rich. Nearly 60% of users have incomes of $93,000 or more. Executives with an average income of … Continue reading

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Social Marketing and Maximizing the Post-Click Experience

Via Mashable October 29, 2008 – 4:40 pm PDT – by Kevin Barenblat At the OMMA and MIXX events last month we heard the message loud and clear – engaging users through social media is the future of marketing. The … Continue reading

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The family that techs together …

Via Metro Tech Now by Paul Brent October 30, 2008 03:27 try { Prop8=”False” } catch(err) { } The Pew Internet and American Life Project turns out a steady stream of studies on how North Americans are using technology. The … Continue reading

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Researchers find racism translates to virtual worlds as well

from Ars Technica by jtimmer@arstechnica.com (John Timmer) It’s easy to develop a confusing picture of what goes on inside of multiuser virtual worlds, such as Second Life and World of WarCraft. Some reports suggest that the virtual reality enables people … Continue reading

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New Media Consortium 2007 Horizon Report (PDF)

New Media Consortium 2007 Horizon Report (PDF) The core of the report describes six areas of emerging technology that will impact higher education within three adoption horizons over the next one to five years.

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Government 2.0

Original Source: http://www.socialtext.net/wiki-government-and-democracy/index.cgi? For both emerging and established democratic societies, the Wikinomics<!– wiki-renamed-hyperlink “Wikinomics” –> era holds the promise and the inevitability of new models for delivering the functions of government. Government 2.0: Wikinomics, Government & Democracy is a global … Continue reading

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