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comScore – The Great Debate
By now, nearly everyone in the web analytics community is abuzz over the recent release by comScore of a study on cookie…
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US Broadband Penetration Just Stinks
The United States has 58.1 million broadband (256 kbps or better) in December 2006, but at 19.6 subscribers per 100 inhabitants, America is just average at getting broadband to the people. US Broadband Penetration Just Stinks
Colbert Sets Off Googlebomb
The Google bomb is back, and Stephen Colbert is, figuratively speaking, riding atop it, cowboy hat in hand. That's right - according to the top Google search results, Colbert is the "greatest living American," and, as it so happens, also possesses some "giant brass balls."
Social Networks Provide “Momentum Effect”
Fox Interactive Media has released findings from a study that looked at the growth and marketing power of online social networks. Over 70 percent of Americans ages 15-34 are using social networking sites on a regular basis. The sites see a spike in traffic during primetime hours, which improves communication with family and friends along with building brand connections.
EFF Makes Viacom Cry Uncle On Fair Use
We've said it before: It's not a good idea to eff with the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation). Now that Viacom has admitted it effed up by ordering the take down of a parody on YouTube, the EFF and Stanford Law's Fair Use Project (FUP, or as they collectively should be known, EFF-FUP) have dismissed their lawsuit. Yes, that was a long way to go for…
Boing Boing Goes Bye-Bye In Boston
Government censorship rarely makes people happy, and in Boston, residents got the chance to prove this when Boing Boing, the “directory of wonderful things,” appeared to be banned from the New England city’s free WiFi network. Yet new evidence indicates that the city of Boston had little, if anything, to do with the ban.
