Who Can Take the Cake in Chrome Creativity?
Update: Google says the Google Chome Icon Project is over now.
Twitter Goes Down, No Cute Whale to Soften the Blow
Update: Twitter is back up and running. The Twitter Status blog informs us that Twitter has fallen victim to an ongoing Denial-of-Service attack:
Government Changing Regulation Of Online Advertising
It looks like the Internet marketing industry could be staring at an age of government regulation and oversight that could change online advertising in major ways. While this kind of news should come as no surprise based on the new age of government intervention in business it is still enough to make even the most seasoned online marketer take notice.
Online Video Driving User Engagement
Nearly three-quarters (70%) of Internet users view online video during the day and night with similar spikes occurring both at home and at work.
This is according to a new study by Yahoo, Interpret, Havas Digital, Warner Bros. Media Research and PHD that looked at how people interact with online video, and how marketers can use this information to drive engagement.
The Growth of Twitter and Facebook Use By Age Demographic
As I noted in my last article about the subtle shifts happening within MySpace, social network audience demographics are always on the move.
The Use Of Twitter By The Teen Demographic
Yeah, yeah, yeah—I’m sure we can all name some anecdotal evidence of teens who either hate Twitter or who can’t get off it. But by and large, according to a new Nielsen report, teens just aren’t on Twitter.
Or are they? The chart from the report looks at users on Twitter.com (as opposed to on phones or desktop clients):
Facebook Updates Open Stream APIs
Facebook has just announced some updates to the Open API Stream. Among these are simpler JavaScript methods for publishing, Facebook Pages support, and attribution. A spokesperson for Facebook tells Murdok:
Report: One-Fourth Of All Tweets Generated By Bots
A lot of activity on Twitter might well consist of bots talking to each other, according to a new report. Sysomos – which last month pointed out that 5 percent of Twitter’s users account for 75 percent of the site’s activity – has now indicated that many of the most dedicated users aren’t human.
Google Makes Chrome Faster
Google has released a new beta version of Chrome today, which the company says is much faster and improves upon the tab page and Omnibox features. It also comes with some new options for themes.
Wall Street Journal’s Interesting Take On Embargoes
It’s been eight months since TechCrunch announced that they would no longer honor embargoes, with several other sites jumping on that bandwagon in the interim. One of the issues here was undermining the credibility of the blogosphere at large. As Trisha Lyn Fawver put it,