Mobile Internet Growth Driven By Social Networking

Social networking is attracting new users to the mobile Web in Europe. In November, 34 percent of mobile phone owners in Western Europe who visited social networking sites accessed social media exclusive of all other mobile Web content, according to comScore.With 12.1 million users in Western Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the U.K.), mobile social networking is a rapidly expanding category that grew 152…

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Google Unveils M-Lab To Monitor ISPs

Get ready for ISPs to become less than pleased with Google.  The search giant, together with the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute, the PlanetLab Consortium, and various academic researchers, has introduced something designed to monitor Internet service providers for iffy behavior.

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Free Online Gaming Grows As Economy Struggles

The usage of online gaming sites has grown 27 percent during the past year to 86 million visitors in December 2008, while the total time spent playing online games increased 42 percent, according to comScore.American's total amount of Internet time spent playing online games grew from 3.7 percent in December to 4.9 percent in December 2008.

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Google Earth Gets 3D Model Of Vancouver

Remember how, in the months, weeks, and finally days before the 2008 Summer Olympics, companies were churning out all sorts of interesting little products that no one had time to use?  Google is starting to gear up for the 2010 Winter Olympics much sooner with a 3D model of Vancouver.

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UK Search Trends Reflect Economic Fears

Even if news programs offer almost nothing other than economic information these days, it seems that a lot of people are still seeking out more of the stuff on their own.  Fresh search data from the UK reveals that people are studying some rather depressing terms.

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