Nielsen Says Most Social Media Users Rich and Urban

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 Goes Wireless in Japan

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…

McAfee And Adobe Partner On Security Software

Security firm McAfee has partnered with Adobe to develop software that will offer companies' data protection and digital rights management. McAfee will uses its policy-based data classification with Adobe's policy-based document protection to allow organizations to secure business information such as intellectual property or regulatory compliance data.

Twitter Traffic Slows as Money Increases

You might say Twitter is "in the money." As Webproworld previously reported, Twitter has been raising funds at a $1 billion valuation. Twitter CEO Evan Williams wrote on the Twitter Blog today: There's a lot of talk today about our financing. Yesterday we closed a significant round of funding with a group of investment firms that we're excited to publicly thank: Insight Venture Partners, T.…

Gmail Gets a New Label Feature

Today Google introduced a new Gmail Labs feature, which lets users hide labeled messages that have already been read, when browsing through labels. The ones that have been read can be found under the "more" menu. "A lot of people want to see their labels in order to see which ones have unread messages, but they don't want a long list of label names cluttering…