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According to new numbers from Compete, the search engines were busier than ever in November - Americans made a record 8.1 billion…
Britain edged out the US in broadband penetration for the first time in 2006, joining a host of other countries with better broadband access. It could have something to do with the fact that US households have to pay nearly three times as much.
Oh, OpenSocial. How utopian. How idealistic. How run-by-Google.How not actually what Bebo decided to go with for their Open Application Platform, announced today (CNET coverage), despite having joined the initiative last month. Instead, their platform is set to be Facebook-compatible, making it easy for developers to port their Facebook apps to Bebo. Which, you know, they’re all just dying to do.
Microsoft has purchased UK online mapping company Multimap.
The U.S. search market appears to be pretty much wrapped up. Neither Yahoo nor Google is especially strong in mobile matters, though, and the fight becomes even more of a tossup in India, where mobile services are expected to assume “a high growth trajectory.”
UK adults spend more time on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook than other Europeans, with 4 in 10 UK adults saying they regularly visit the sites, Ofcom a communications regulator reports.
