You Can’t Teach Normal Users About Security
Expecting people to reason outside of their experiences when confronted with a suspicious situation on their PCs probably isn’t going to work out well.
Google Sites Top Video Property For February
For the month of February Google Sites were again the top U.S. video property with nearly 3.6 billion videos viewed (35.4% share of all videos), gaining 1.1 share points over January according to comScore Video Metrix.U.S. Internet users viewed more than 10 billion videos online during the month, a three percent increase over January and a 66 percent gain over February 2007.
Newspaper Sites Losing Users’ Interest
Visitors to newspaper sites tend to rank above average in terms of wealth, influence, and political awareness, according to the Newspaper Association of America. There are also more of them than ever before. Trouble is, they’re not that dedicated.
Facebook Offers To Share Info From Flickr, del.icio.us
Think your friends don’t know enough about you already? Facebook’s got a fix; the social network now allows users to import stories from other sites.
MSN Money, PBS Series Run ‘Scam Alerts’
The PBS series MoneyTrack will place Scam Alert videos on MSN Money each week, as an ongoing series to warn people about the pitfalls of the financial world.
Blogger Goofs On Twitter Ads
The latest gaff in online journalism comes courtesy of prominent tech blog, emphasizing once again an important point: When bloggers are under pressure to be first and fast, the journalistic process is undermined and due diligence is neglected.
Broadband Penetration Up 300% Since 2002
Broadband penetration has increased more than 300 percent since 2002, according to a new analysis from Scarborough Research.In 2002, 12 percent of U.S. adults had a broadband connection in their household. Now, close to half (49%) have broadband. DSL connections have grown more than cable modems, but both have seen significant growth. Since 2002, cable modem penetration increased 188 percent and DSL connections increased 575 percent.
Ticketmaster Faces Fake Facebook Friends
Okay, marketers and PR types, so listen: It’s very risky to fake stuff on the Internet; you’re likely to be called out. There might have been a time when there was no such thing as bad publicity, but that was before everything was set in digital perpetuity by Google. Today, bad publicity hangs there like a fart on the elevator.And everybody knows it was you.
Google Book Search Gets Traffic Boost
Some of the features Google introduces do little more than collect dust, while others become extremely popular. The Books Viewability API appears to be part of this second set, as traffic to the UK version of Google Book Search has increased by a dramatic amount since its introduction.
The Web Never Forgets….Ever
If you watched the news over the weekend, you probably couldn’t escape news of eight teenagers accused of viciously beating a 16-year-old girl, with the intention of posting a video on YouTube.