New consumer research, Emerging Video Services, from Leichtman Research Group, found that 4% of all adults over age 18 in the United States watch video online at home daily and an additional 14% at least once a week. Comparatively, 93% of adults spend at least one hour a day, on average, watching TV. While total [...]
More than one-third of Internet users have connected to the Internet wirelessly at home, work or elsewhere–up from 22% two years ago, according to a new study.
A Pew Internet Project report released today also showed that 27% of Internet users have used a laptop, cell phone or personal digital assistant (PDA) to access the Web [...]
22 Feb
Posted by Geoff as Google, online software suite, software
Google is planning to sell its online software suite at a reasonable price, attaractive to small business. This is, in my view, a major development, encroaching on Micosoft’s dominance with MNS Office.
Here is an interesting article I just came across about it. Expect to hear lots more in tech media in the days and [...]
22 Feb
Posted by Geoff as political news, politics
People in the U.S. are increasingly turning to the Internet for political information, according to a survey released Wednesday by DoubleClick.
Forty-two percent of 1,047 U.S. adults surveyed by the company’s Performics division said they intended to use the Web for information about the 2008 elections more than they did in 2004. Overall, that same proportion [...]
Slingbox has emerged in the entertainment market by allowing users to watch their television service wherever as long as they had a broadband connection.
Now enters Sony’s LocationFree TV into the ring where a recent PSP firmware update allows it to act as a receiver for the LocationFree device. So can Sony’s LocationFree TV knock [...]
20 Feb
Posted by Geoff as PPC, SEO, pay per click, search engine marketing
Although “age-old” might be a slight exaggeration, the question of whether pay-per-click or non-pay-per-click advertising offers the better return on your online investment has been around since, well, the dawn of search engine marketing. The truth of the matter is: What works for me may not work for you. There is no definite answer; however, [...]
San Francisco’s Wi-Fi project is not proving popular. The free, ad-subsidized service is slow, according to many users. And privacy experts are worried that users could be tracked. Other cities are also experiencing hurdles with Wi-Fi projects.
Source: Komando.Com
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News reports indicate that Google has agreed to purchase in-game ad firm Adscape for $23 million. With the acquisition, Google will be following rival Microsoft into the in-game ad space.
Source: Mediapost
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Streaming video is becoming more prevelant on websites of all media outlets, and radio is no exception - a trend that is making for big changes in the way stations are run and personalities act, according to the New York Times.
The embracing of online video by radio stations is fueled by a desire to both [...]
15 Feb
Posted by Geoff as Apple, Mac OSX, MacBook, Macintosh, Office for the Mac, Windows Vista
Wow. Now the tech press is on a roll about security issues with Windows Vista. They are all over it. Even Symantec’s CEO now says he wouldn’t upgrade to Vista at this time.
I had a decision to make recently. Upgrade my pleasant-to-use Compaq laptop and deal with other internal upgrade issues to effectively use Windows [...]