Pew: Blacks, Hispanics among biggest users of wireless Web

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Published July 7, 2010 at 3:16 p.m.

African Americans and Hispanics continue to be among the most avid users of the Internet over their cellphones, according to a report released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center ... And low-income groups are among the fastest adopters of the mobile Web, showing an opportunity that wireless technology could play in helping to bridge a digital divide that has brought the Web disproportionately to wealthier communities over the past two decades ... According to the Pew Internet & American Life

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Social media: Benefits beat negatives?

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Published July 6, 2010 at 3:27 p.m.

Social networking should reduce friction between humans around the world by 2020, but the technology could also rob people of face-to-face relationships and foster shallower relationships, according to a new survey of top tech leaders and experts ... Still, the benefits of social media should "far outweigh" the negative impacts over the next 10 years, according to the Pew Research Center study released last week ... The center's Internet & American Life Project and Elon University's Imagining

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The Internet is redefining our relationships, reputations: Pew study says

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Published July 6, 2010 at 11:15 a.m.

Sure, most people agree that the Internet has and will continue to be positive for social relations. But it’s also presented many more challenges and perhaps opportunities for how reputations are made, tarnished and remade, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center ... In its annual future of social relations survey, the Pew Internet & American Life Project asked 895 experts how e-mail, social networking sites and video conferencing among other applications are redefining the way we

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TechBytes: Managing Your Online Reputation

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Published July 5, 2010 at 11:22 a.m.

As Internet users share more and more information about themselves on both social and professional networking sites, managing online reputations has become a full-time job ... "It's not just about text-based results, it's about photo and video, and real-time results on Twitter," said Mary Madden of the Pew Research Center ... Watch the full clip below: ...

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The future of social relations

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Published July 2, 2010 at 11:01 a.m.

Most experts surveyed in the latest Pew Internet/Elon University study say social benefits of Internet use far outweigh negatives; some say it robs time, exposes private information, engenders intolerance ...

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Tech experts reflect on social media boom

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Published July 2, 2010 at 10:50 a.m.

Most surveyed in Pew Internet/Elon University study say social benefits of Internet use far outweigh negatives; some say it robs time, exposes private information, engenders intolerance ...

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DM 158: Brad Wiskirchen of Clickbank on Affiliate Marketing for Info Products and Contributing to Philanthropic Boards

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Published June 28, 2010 at 10:00 p.m.
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Brad runs an affiliate clearing house service called Clickbank which matches affiliates with product creators. They've paid out over $1.5 billion in commissions so far! Hugely successful, I catch up with Brad to find out what's happening in the affiliate marketing and information product industry.Some of the questions we cover include Cickbank's competitive differentiation, their latest innovations, how social media impacts this market, the consequences of the new FTC disclosure guidelines,

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Online Video’s Appeal Is Often Comic

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Published June 27, 2010 at 12:11 p.m.

[ ... ] ... Men are more likely to watch online video than women, as are younger, better-educated and wealthier Internet users. Bridging wide gaps from 2007, nearly as many users 30 to 49 and women have now uploaded a video as have younger users and men ... “Online video-sharing has become an important form of social currency online, encompassing a broader demographic than what we’ve seen in the past and becoming another tool for people to connect with friends and family,” said Kristen

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Four or More: The New Demographic

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Published June 26, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.

This presentation highlights new research on teens, young adults and social media use while also identifying a new leading edge group that deserves the same attention: those who own four or more internet-connected devices ...

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How Media Consumption Has Changed Since 2000

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Published June 24, 2010 at 10:41 a.m.

Consumption of news, information and entertainment has radically changed, and not just online. In this talk, Director Lee Rainie presents the latest data and trends ...

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