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Gaming: A activity for the young internet cohort
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Today’s kids aren’t the first to come of age with the internet and digital devices. But they are the first to grow up in households where usage is a routine part of family life, according to a new eMarketer report, “Kids Online: Digital Natives in Digital Homes.”
eMarketer estimates that 45% of kids under the age...
Trends emerge in app preferences of iPhone vs. Android users
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Which web and mobile properties found the largest audiences in 2012? According to Nielsen, Americans on the web were most inclined to search, socialize, shop, browse or, of course, look things up on Wikipedia.
The two US sites that averaged the greatest number of monthly unique visitors were web giants Google and Facebook: the former averaged...
Twitter and Facebook get on the school timetable in anti-libel lessons
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This article titled "Twitter and Facebook get on the school timetable in anti-libel lessons" was written by Peter Walker, for The Guardian on Wednesday 26th December 2012 21.50 UTC
It's a school topic that seems to belong to an age far distant from home economics, 1066 and jumpers for goalposts. A school in Somerset has begun...
By 2016, nearly half of ad spending in the UK will go to the web
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As the UK’s financial troubles rumble on, their impact on the ad market persists. Yet the UK advertising industry is still doing better than many other sectors. In particular, digital advertising is thriving and boosting the overall ad outlook, according to a new eMarketer report, “UK Digital Advertising: Spending and Trends.”
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Ad dollars slow to catch up,Consumers Spending More Time on Mobile
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The shift to mobile is on. According to eMarketer estimates, time spent using mobile devices for activities such as internet and app use, gaming, music and others has more than doubled in the past two years.
This year, the amount of time US consumers spent using mobile devices—excluding talk time—will grow 51.9% to an average...
Yahoo fires chief executive Carol Bartz
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This article titled "Yahoo fires chief executive Carol Bartz" was written by Dominic Rushe in New York, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 7th September 2011 03.11 UTC
Yahoo's chief executive Carol Bartz has been fired, ending a rocky tenure in which she tried and failed to revitalise the online giant.
In a statement the company...
Google Offers introduces daily deal adverts to searchers
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This article titled "Google Offers introduces daily deal adverts to searchers" was written by Lisa O'Carroll, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 2nd September 2011 11.41 UTC
Google has introduced adverts for daily deals to its famously clutter-free homepage for the first time, in what appears to be a bid to challenge Groupon, the...
Google Plus forces us to discuss identity
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This article titled "Google Plus forces us to discuss identity" was written by Cory Doctorow, for guardian.co.uk on Tuesday 30th August 2011 12.12 UTC
Google Plus's controversial identity policy requires all users to use their "real names". Commentators have pointed to problems with this, including the implausibility...
Digital economy or bust: the story of a new media startup - part 31
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This article titled "Digital economy or bust: the story of a new media startup - part 31" was written by Dan Sabbagh, for The Guardian on Sunday 28th August 2011 20.00 UTC
Sam here. I'm on the train up to the Edinburgh television festival. Our friend's not coming. Not enough money in the Enter4Entertainment expense...
Twitter and Facebook riot restrictions would be a mistake, says Google chief
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This article titled “Twitter and Facebook riot restrictions would be a mistake, says Google chief” was written by James Robinson, for guardian.co.uk on Saturday 27th August 2011 14.15 UTC
Google’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, has criticised David Cameron’s proposal to limit the use of social media sites during...