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The name of Google Maps is pretty self-defining. Google is the owner, and maps are those little help-you-find-your-way drawings. But now a…
As an internet retailer, I have had to learn the hard way that our customers do not necessarily see our sites the way we see them. In fact, when we conduct usability studies, I am often shocked to find that what is very obvious to me escapes them completely. Does that make them stupid? Of course not. Their perspective is just different. In their eyes,…
In 2007, 37 percent of the U.S. adult Internet population used online social networking at least once a month. That number will increase to 49 percent in 2011.
If you can do so without freaking her out, look at the nearest female. Is she dripping with electronics gear? New rumors indicate that women are buying more of the stuff, and may actually be buying more than men.
Advertising on kid-friendly website Webkinz has one advocacy group up in arms and demanding the toymaker take down the ads.
Earlier this week, during Marc Canter’s panel at LeWeb, I asked whether we could get a first step on all the social networks toward true social graph portability (which probably won’t happen because it’s too complex to do, because there are too many privacy rules, and because companies aren’t likely to give up their lockin anytime soon — imagine being able to drag all your…
