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Google Maps Gets Contour Lines
Contour lines don't come up on a daily basis; it's rare enough that anyone even checks a map. But contour lines do…
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42% Of Americans Play Games Online
Participation in gaming increased in 2007 over 2006, from 64 percent of the population to 72 percent of the population according to a new report from The NPD Group, "Online Gaming 2008."More than half play games online, with 90 percent of online gamers saying they use a PC to play games and 19 percent said they use a video game console with 3 percent saying…
Children On Social Networking Sites
Pssst. Hey kid! Want to earn a quarter? Tell your friends about this cool new video game, and it’s yours.Silly? Not really. Not when you consider a new survey out of the UK that suggests 49% of kids aged between 8 and 17 have a social media profile.
IOC Issues New Internet Rules
The International Olympic Committee has issued updated rules for new media covering the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.The rules will allow media organizations to use their own Web sites to host written and photographic coverage of the games if it is for normal journalistic and editorial use. "The Internet is an important medium for the communication and promotion of sport and the Olympic Movement," the IOC…
Yahoo oneSearch 2.0 Presented
For a short while, Yahoo oneSearch spread like wildfire. Then it crossed several oceans, making the old cliche inapplicable. It looks like Yahoo oneSearch 2.0 will follow a similar growth pattern in the near future.
Google: Now With 15 Percent Less DoubleClicking
Rumors of pending layoffs at Google's new acquisition, DoubleClick, suggest 15 percent of the ad serving company won't be dining on free Google grub.
