Internet Use/New Technologies
16 June 2013
Old rivals the Guardian and Times reach decisive fork in road to survival The Observer
Britain's two oldest quality dailies - the Times, born 1785, and the Guardian, born 1821 - have been fierce, direct competitors since 1959, when the Guardian dropped Manchester from its title. They almost folded into one through the bleak crises of 1966. They've endured price wars, strike wars, Wapping wars and much more. But, baby, look at them now.
15 June 2013
Search engines search reigns supreme for Australian's entry to internet The Australian
Australian consumers prefer search engines over social media as their gateway to the internet and most would pay more for speed, Deloittes second annual media consumption report says.
Tweets Worth $20.37 on Average ClickZ
While companies plough resources into expansive social media bureaus, SumAll has found that, at least for etailers, tweets don't contribute much to the bottom line.
14 June 2013
Video games 'can make children more morally aware' The Independent
New research conducted in Canada at the University of Victoria suggests that playing video games can make children more ethically and morally aware.
Study Gauges Value of Technology in Schools New York Times
With school districts rushing to buy computers, tablets, digital white boards and other technology, a new report questions whether the investment is worth it.
13 June 2013
Cisco plans to double the speed of the Internet CNN
If Internet traffic is going to triple over the next five years, as Cisco predicts, we're gonna need a bigger boat.
09 June 2013
New NTIA Report Explores How and Why Americans Connect to the Internet NTIA
In a new report released today, Exploring the Digital Nation: America's Emerging Online Experience, NTIA examines how Americans connect to the Internet and what Americans do once they get online. The report, co-authored with the Economics and Statistics Administration, confirms the dramatic growth in the number of Americans who are going online to perform important tasks like applying for jobs, looking up health information, and learning about current events.
06 June 2013
The Distasteful Side of Social Media Puts Advertisers on Their Guard New York Times
As social media sites pursue advertising in a bid for new revenue, they are finding that they must simultaneously create a safe space for the advertisers they attract.
05 June 2013
British booksellers seek Amazon curb The Guardian
British bookshops are pleading with the government to stand up for them against Amazon after France pledged €9m (£7.7m) of funding to help its booksellers fight back against the "destroyer of bookshops".
Vint Cerf sees a problem: Today's digital data could be gone tomorrow Computerworld
One of the computer scientists who turned on the Internet in 1983, Vinton Cerf, is concerned that much of the data created since then, and for years still to come, will be lost to time.
Internet Explorer 10 takes chunks out of IE9, Windows 8 closes on Vista Ars Technica
One wonders what the browser market would look like if Microsoft had enabled automatic updates before. Though the overall positions in the market were little changed in May, one thing is clear: Internet Explorer 10's uptake is fast, in a way that no older version of the browser has ever been.
04 June 2013
More than 50 per cent of Australians shopping online: Roy Morgan research ABC News
The number of Australians who shop online has tipped over the 50 per cent mark for the first time.
Google isn't a social network; it's The Matrix The Guardian
Pretty much everyone (myself included) has been reading Google wrongly. Because it bears many superficial resemblances to social networks such as Facebook or Twitter - you can "befriend" people, you can "follow" people without their following you back - we've thought that it is a social network, and judged it on that basis. By which metric, it does pretty poorly - little visible engagement, pretty much no impact on the outside world.
31 May 2013
Gen X continues to dominate online shopping ABC News
Figures released today show a continued growth in the amount Australians are spending on online purchases.
30 May 2013
Half of Total IP Traffic to Originate from Mobile Devices in 2017: Cisco Study The Whir
Global IP traffic is expected to reach an annual run rate of 1.4 zettabytes by 2017, with nearly half of total IP traffic originating from mobile devices, according to the Cisco Virtual Networking Index Forecast.
The Internet is becoming more mobile by the day CNET
The worldwide Internet population is growing rapidly -- and that growth might have something to do with mobile devices.
Facebook says needs to improve response to hate speech Reuters
Facebook Inc admitted its systems to remove hate speech haven't worked as well as the company had hoped, amid reports that advertisers were pulling their brands off the social network in the face of a backlash from women's groups.
The Industrial Internet: The Next Great Economic Revolution CIO
It's often argued that the most important era in U.S. history was the Industrial Revolution, that period from roughly 1760 to 1840 when almost every aspect of business and daily life changed.
29 May 2013
Facebook gives way to campaign against hate speech on its pages The Guardian
Facebook has bowed to an outcry over content promoting violence against women after advertisers pulled ads in protest.
Cuban Centers to Offer a Costly Glimpse of the Web New York Times
Cuban authorities said Tuesday that they would begin offering public Internet access at more than 100 cybersalons across the island, where residential access is greatly restricted.
25 May 2013
These 12 technologies will drive our economic future Washington Post
Most of the writing you see about the economy speaks to narrow questions: What will growth be this year? When will the unemployment rate get back to normal? And so on. But the things that will determine standards of living a generation from now have almost nothing to do with this month's jobs report or the Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting. Those determinants, instead, depend on companies' innovations -- in particular, whether those innovations turn out to have major economic consequences.
Bowling with God: Vint Cerf Talks Time Travel, Porn, and Web Addiction Gizmodo
They say that success has many parents but failure is an orphan. Judged by that standard -- or any other -- the Internet is a success. Al Gore invented it. Tim Berners-Lee got a knighthood out of it. Everyone was using it before it was cool. But only two men have ever borne the title "Father of the Internet." One is the late computer scientist Bob Kahn. The other is Vint Cerf.
23 May 2013
Peering at bright screens after dark could harm health, doctor claims The Guardian
Watching TV or using computers, tablets or smartphones after dark may cause sleep loss and resultant health problems, a leading doctor has warned.
George Soros invests in 'hyperfast' internet firm The Guardian
Financier George Soros has led a £50m investment in fibre-optic company Hyperoptic, which lays high-speed lines direct to UK homes.
22 May 2013
Teens growing cool on Facebook but warming to Twitter, Pew study finds CIO
Some teens are growing tired of the excessive sharing and "drama" on Facebook and more are turning to sites like Twitter and Instagram to express themselves, according to a new study.
