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Android anche su netbook nel 2010

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La notizia è importante: Google sta portando il  suo Android anche sui netbook sconfinando nel territorio di competenza di Microsoft, Linux e Apple. Via Venturebeat The image above shows a netbook Asus EEEPC 1000H running on Google’s mobile operating system Android. Huh? You thought Android was for mobile phones, right? Well, as we’ve written before, … Leggi tutto

La prima si perdona, la seconda si bastona

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Via Corriere.it Pirata musicale avvisato, mezzo salvato: basta cause di massa contro la pirateria, parola della potente industria musicale americana, la RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), che ha deciso di abbandonare le (costose) cause legali contro gli utenti del web che hanno scaricato brani musicali. La nuova strategia sarà basata soprattutto sulla collaborazione con … Leggi tutto

Recessione 2.0

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Via WSJ

The last fast few years have seen resurgence in Internet companies not seen since the bubble years of the late 90s. The growth of these advertising-supported “Web 2.0” companies has propelled online advertising sales to $21 billion from $6 billion between 2002 and 2007. But the last recession pricked the bubble in 2001. What will happen to this crop of Internet companies?

The broader economic recession has not spared the Internet sector. Online display advertising is projected to be flat to down by RBC Capital in 2009. It is hard enough for internet startups at the best of times. Which companies will come out of this recession the best?

I predict that media buyers will focus on both a flight to quality and a flight to surety. This will benefit three types of startups: companies with large audiences, companies that sell direct-response advertising, and companies that offer valuable niche content.

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Che fanno i giornali on-line USA

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La sintesi dei risultati della ricerca di Bivings Group sull’uso di internet dei maggiori giornali USA. Qui la riceca completa

  • Newspapers are experimenting with user generated content. The study found that 58 percent of newspapers allowed for user generated photos, while 18 percent accepted video and 15 percent articles. Overall, 58 percent of newspapers offered some form of user generated content in 2008 compared to 24 percent in 2007.
    • Research shows that the number of newspaper websites allowing users to comment on articles has more than doubled in the last year. Seventy five percent of newspapers now accept article comments in some form, compared to 33 percent in 2007.
    • Ten percent of newspapers had social networking tools, such as user profiles and the ability to “friend” other users, built into their sites in 2008. This compares to five percent of sites that included this feature in 2007. It is surprising that this number isn’t higher.
    • Seventy six percent of newspapers offered a Most Popular view of content in some form (Most Emailed, Most Blogged, Most Commented, etc.). This compares to 51 percent in 2007 and 33 percent in 2006.
    • Integration with external social bookmarking sites like Digg and del.icio.us has increased dramatically the last few years. Ninety-two percent of newspapers now include this option compared to only seven percent in 2006.

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