Archive for June, 2007

Online video consumption soars

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According to the latest stats from Magid, video consumption online has gone mental in the States. Excerpt from PR Newswire press release below;
Weekly usage of online video has also risen over the last year. Now, a majority of online Americans 12 to 64 are using online video once a week or more. In 2006 this [...]


Mike Davison, June 21st, 2007
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China 2.0

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Emarketer today looks at internet uptake in China and has some really fascinating figs to throw around.  The most interesting bit for me is reference to a recent OfCom / Synovate study looking at patterns of Chinese internet consumption which found that;
"broadband users consume user-generated content in appreciably greater percentages than users in the US, Japan and Western Europe. In total, [...]


Mike Davison, June 19th, 2007
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Social networks focus for brand research

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According to a latest study, 70% Americans between the ages 15-34 are active on social networking sites. 40% of all respondents said they used the networks to find out more about brands and products with 28% saying they had been recommended brands by friends in these spaces.
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Mike Davison, June 8th, 2007
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Sprite Yard sounds awful

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I’m sorry but creating a social networking site for mobile and calling it Sprite Yard sounds so cringeworthy. I can’t imagine this exciting teens. The space is crying out for some innovation but this sounds a little lot too corporate.
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Mike Davison, June 7th, 2007
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Twittervision 3D

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Had to happen, didn’t it? Again cool stuff although it only works for me in fullscreen mode.
http://twittervision.com/maps/show_3d


Mike Davison, June 7th, 2007
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Mobile web in US grows 300%

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From Bango.
Bango today published statistics which confirm that the United States is at the forefront of a mobile web growth with a three fold increase in usage over the last year. This rapid rise, taking the US to second position behind the UK, is being fuelled by the increasing popularity of mobile search as a [...]


Mike Davison, June 6th, 2007
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Digg to add user reviews

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Interesting news courtesy of Tech Crunch. Digg are to expand their social bookmarking and user ratings engine to allow for reviews of products and services alongside hot web news and info. Should be interesting to see how this is implemented but sounds like Digg will develop as a content centre over time with users voting on content [...]


Mike Davison, June 2nd, 2007
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