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Going wireless all the way to the Web

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Published July 10, 2010 at 3:42 p.m.

Six out of 10 African Americans and Hispanics use their cellphones to get onto the Internet, a greater portion than for the overall adult population, according to a report by the Pew Research Center released this week ... Experts say the reasons for the high adoption rates are numerous. Ethnic minorities are often first-adopters of new technology. Cities such as Washington have become giant hot spots, with free Wi-Fi connections in public libraries, community centers, bookstores and coffee

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Pew survey: Our data is headed to the cloud

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Published June 11, 2010 at 4:13 p.m.

By 2020, Internet users will keep their data "mostly in the cloud," using Web-based programs and remote servers, and not on their home or work computers, according to a new survey ... Desktop computers will continue to survive, but play less of a role in many people's lives, said 900 Internet experts interviewed by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and the Imagining the Internet Center at Elon University in North Carolina ... [ ... ] ... Today, Pew said, "the number

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The Web Means the End of Forgetting

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Published July 19, 2010 at 10:08 a.m.

But not all Facebook users agree with Zuckerberg. Plenty of anecdotal evidence suggests that young people, having been burned by Facebook (and frustrated by its privacy policy, which at more than 5,000 words is longer than the U.S. Constitution), are savvier than older users about cleaning up their tagged photos and being careful about what they post. And two recent studies challenge the conventional wisdom that young people have no qualms about having their entire lives shared and preserved

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Twitter Hires First Ad Sales Executives

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Published Aug. 9, 2010 at 3:37 p.m.

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clickz ... Twitter hired its first two ad sales executives, from Facebook and Yelp ...

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How big is your red zone?

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Published Aug. 15, 2010 at 4:33 a.m.

Every activity worth doing has a learning curve. Riding a bike, learning to read, using Facebook ... the early days are rarely nothing but fun. Take a look at this three part chart. The first shows how much joy someone gets ...

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Celebrity Video Biz Pins Hopes on Facebook Viral Effort

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Published Aug. 5, 2010 at 9:27 a.m.

clickz ... Cameo Stars is recruiting and paying consumer evangelists to push cameo-styled video offers ...

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Delta Ticket Sales Set to Fly on Facebook, in Display Ads

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Published Aug. 12, 2010 at 3:32 p.m.

clickz ... The airline unveiled a flight bookings feature on Facebook and will unleash the same feature in display ads soon ...

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Colorado GOP Race Prompts Facebook Attack Page

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Published Aug. 3, 2010 at 12:40 p.m.

clickz ... UPDATE Jane Norton's page attacking Ken Buck could be the first "hit" page on Facebook ...

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Big Brands Using Weekly Circulars on Facebook

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Published Aug. 4, 2010 at 11:42 a.m.

clickz ... Walgreen's, JC Penney, and Staples are using ShopLocal circulars on Facebook ...

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Facebook Launches Live Video Streaming Channel

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Published Aug. 13, 2010 at 3:24 p.m.

In a bid to better communicate with its 500 million users, Facebook is launching an official live video stream channel. It’ll feature celebrity guests that visit the Palo Alto, Calif., headquarters, ...

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