A generation of young people are being "raised online" according to a new study by the UK based Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr).
Online Video Rarely Makes It To The TV
Videos can lose a lot when they’re presented on a small screen. Try to picture the stunning landscapes in "The Lord of the Rings," or the gargantuan creature in "The Mist," on a 17-inch computer monitor, for example. But that apparently continues to be the way most people watch online content.
Online Gaming In China To Reach $3 Billion
The online games market in China is on track to surpass $3 billion in 2010 up from $1.66 billion in 2007, according to Pearl Research.
March Madness Driving Fans Online
Sports fans are going online at greater rates to watch games and follow their favorite sports teams, according to a new study by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).The "Third Annual Sports and Technology Study: Future of Sports Content Consumption," conducted by CEA and the Sports Video Group (SVG), found that 38 percent of sports fans will download and watch a game for free over the next two years, an increase of 10 percent from 2007.
Take Charge Of Your Online Life
You have a Facebook profile with a lot of connected friends. You share your interests and personal information with those friends. You also have a LinkedIn profile with just as many connected contacts with whom you share your job related information. All your pictures are in the hands of Flickr and your Twitter account tells your friends what you are up to on an hourly basis.
January’s Top Ten Online Retailers Identified
Following the holiday bonanza, January can be a dead month for many retailers. Recent numbers from Nielsen revealed the ten companies that best survived (in terms of online conversion rates) the quiet time.
Former Polish PM Says Online Voting Caters To Beer Drinking, Porn Watching Youth
The former Prime Minister of Poland Jaroslaw Kaczynski says that Polish citizens should not be given the option of voting online."I am not an enthusiast of a young person sitting in front of a computer, watching video clips and pornography while sipping a bottle of beer and voting when he feels like it," Kaczynski said in an interview posted on the Web site of his conservative Law and Justice Party.
The Online Mistakes Of The Music Business
In the April issue of Blender, they take a look at the "20 biggest record company screw-ups of all time."Topping the list is the major record labels and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for rejecting a billion dollar settlement from Napster and not finding a way to make money off file sharing services.
Malaysian Grandmother Goes Online To Promote Campaign
An 89-year-old Malaysian grandmother is running for parliament in Saturday’s general election and is using the Internet to promote her campaign and to reach voters.
Americans Trust Online News More Than TV
When it comes to trusting the press in general 54 percent of Americans say they do not trust them and 46 percent say they do not trust television while 41 percent say the do trust Internet news according to a new poll from HarrisInteractive.