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What is probably most ironic about the story that you are about to read is the fact that an journalistic icon, the…
Nielsen set out to prove that social media use put a significant dent into email use, assuming that the more time people spent on social networks, the less time they were likely to spend using email. It didn't quite work out that way in the firm's experiment however. Nielsen explains its methodology:
The European Commission said today it wants to implement new rules for the makers of MP3 players that would require them to follow new volume standards. The Commission pointed to a study that found listening to personal music players at a high volume over a long period can lead to permanent hearing damage and 5 to 10 percent of listeners risk permanent hearing loss. It's…
The Washington Post has sent a memo to its editors/journalists outlining the publication's social media policies. They don't leave too many options for what is actually allowed to take place on social networks. This is an issue that never really seems to go away, and is brought up every time a publication's social media policies are discovered.
Research from Nielsen indicates that wealthier people and people who live in big cities (at least in the US) are more likely to use social networks than people with less money that live in smaller towns. Nielsen Claritas, a branch of Nielsen that looks at segmentation in consumer behavior, says that there is a "marked difference" in the demographic makeup between the two largest social…
Baidu announced that it has launched a new mobile search service in Japan. The company says Baidu Japan wireless search will build upon the existing Baidu.jp services, which include web search, image search, and video search, and have special features tailored to Japanese users. The company has already been offering wireless search in its home country China. There, it has partnerships with carriers and all…
