No one wants to have to say, “My Internet broke.” When this phrase is uttered, the source of the problem (assuming it’s not the user) becomes the object of much ill will and quite a few uncouth words. Now Google, the former “do no evil” company, is hinting that uninstalling one of its products may “break” your Internet.
Internet Companies Unite Against Child Porn
The scum of the Earth just got five new corporate enemies. AOL, Earthlink, Microsoft, United Online, and Yahoo! have signed on to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s campaign against child exploitation on the Internet.
Compete, Annenberg Track Internet Impact
Online market researcher Compete Inc will partner with the USC Annenberg School’s Center for the Digital Future to create studies based on American usage of Internet technology.
Avoiding Internet Marketing Burnout
Over the past 10 years, I’ve had dozens of friends, who had successful online businesses, tell me that they were going to quit the Internet marketing business and do something else.
Internet Phones Smart For Home Or Business
If you haven’t heard already, there’s a revolution underway in terms of how people make phone calls. Of course, the strong possibility that perhaps neither you nor anyone you know is participating in this revolution may speak to its (in)effectiveness. Still, the telephone is being modernized, with the promise of worldwide free calls just visible on the horizon. The technology is known as VoIP.
Toolbarn.com Makes Internet Retailer Top 500
The Omaha-based online seller of tools and accessories earned a spot in Internet Retailer’s top 500 list of the largest e-retailers in the US.
Internet Ad Revenue Near $4B For Quarter
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) announced that online ad revenue reached $3.864 billion for the first quarter of 2006.
Africa Trails In Internet Usage
Internet access remains a rare thing in Africa, where high costs and limited availability drive the technology far out of reach for most of the population. In terms of world Internet usage, Africans represent only 2.3 percent of the total, although they make up 14.1 percent of the world’s population.
Google: The Buddha of the Internet Age
A nice soundbite from an observer of the Google Zeitgeist Europe conference taking place in the UK today:
How The Internet Could Lower Energy Costs
A West Coast pilot program is giving brains to household appliances by enabling them to connect to the Internet and gather information about real time energy costs and make decisions about the best times to kick on or power down.