“Hollywood has the Oscars. Broadway has the Tonys. Now Twitter has the…Shorty Awards”

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Tags: awards, tweet, Twitter, users

Net Applications data for January is out, and there are some interesting trends displayed. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ads, browser, Chrome, computer, download, email, Firefox, Google, internet, Internet Explorer, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Microsoft, Net Applications, visitors, Windows

According to The Nielsen Company, global* consumers spent more than five and half hours on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter in December 2009, an 82% increase from the same time last year when users were spending just over three hours on social networking sites. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009, Blog, Facebook, instant messaging, online, site, social media, social network, Twitter, users

Russia Internet search engine “Yandex” named the most popular search topic in 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009, Microsoft, Moscow, New Year, online, popular, query, ranking, request, search engine, social networking, top ten, TV, Windows, Yandex

Lodgings advertising banners in runet in 2010 will be cheaper, writes Kommersant. “Yandex” has lowered prices on 25-31,5 percent, and Mail.ru – 17 per cent. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009, advertising, banners, internet, mail.ru, market, Rambler Media, RuNet, russia, Yandex

Facebook saw the number of visitors more than double in November 2009 compared to the same month in 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009, comScore, Facebook, MySpace, social network, Twitter, visitors

It was a big year for technology: Twitter and Facebook’s popularity exploded, while new smartphones, e-readers and a host of other gadgets cropped up to compete for our plugged-in affection. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009, account, attack, Blog, company, computer, Conficker, e-mail, Facebook, fails, Gmail, Google, Google Wave, hacker, information, internet, iPhone, iPod, LiveJournal, Mashable, Media, member, Microsoft, online, service, site, smartphone, social media, TechCrunch, technology, Twitter, users, Web, worldwide, Zune

Some ancient gadgets quietly died a natural death. All of these pagers, handheld computers, floppy drives – they are no longer with us. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: adapter, add, address, Blu-ray, browser, business cards, card, cars, CD, console, Corded phones, digital, document, download, email, fax, gadget, information, internet, iPhone, link, mobile phone, modem, MP3, music, network, print, printer, program, radio, registration, remote control, scanner, service, site, technology, television, USB, Video, web pages, wired phone, wireless, www

With All the Talk of CPMs Going to Zero, Here’s a Survey of Who’s Commanding Top Dollar Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: advertisers, CPMs, Facebook, Media, network, Online ad, rate, site, Twitter, Web

Status updates on Facebook help people understand their friends and the people around them–how they’re feeling, what they’re doing and what they’re thinking.

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Tags: Facebook, top, trends