Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Holiday sales for the November – December 2009 shopping season overcame dismal forecasts predicted by experts with a breath of fresh air in an economically challenged retail environment.
Tags: 2009 holiday sales, 2009 holiday sales results, comScore holiday sales, holiday sales 2009, NRF holiday sales report
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
Cyber Monday is a term coined by Shop.org, a National Retail Federation division, for the Monday that immediately follows the Thanksgiving holiday. It is typically one of the largest Internet sales producing shopping days of the year when online retailers offer Internet deals. 2009 Cyber Monday sales predictions indicate a
Tags: 2009 Internet sales predictions, comScore Internet sales predictions, Cyber Monday 2009 sales predications, Nielsen online sales predications, Shop.org Cyber Monday predication, Shop.org sales forecast
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Social networks are online communities of people who are connected through a web based provider and share common interests, activities and causes. They provide a variety of ways for people to
Tags: leading U.S. social networking sites
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Friday, April 24th, 2009
The world’s most popular social network is Facebook according to Nielsen’s report, Global Faces and Networked Places. The network is visited online by three out of 10 people globally among the nine markets that Nielsen Online monitors. The phenomenal 168%
Tags: most popular social network, top social network
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
The most popular online activities according to Nielsen Online include “Member Communities” accounting for 67% of the global online activities. The Member Communities category includes
Tags: most popular Internet activity, top online activities
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Have you ever wondered how fast your Internet speed is? You may have come across websites on the Internet that offer free downloads to test your Internet speed, but have been hesitant to download them. To test your Internet speed without downloading software,
Tags: how to test Internet speed, Internet speed testing
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009
The United States, Canada and twenty-seven European countries observed Data Privacy Day for the second time on January 28, 2009. Designed to raise awareness Data Privacy Day is designed to raise awareness about data privacy practices and rights.
Tags: data prvacy day, online security, teens and Intenet security
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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Cyber Monday’s Internet traffic statistics for 2008 came as a welcomed glimmer of sunshine for online retailers in a dark economy. Nielson Online released Cyber Monday’s stats on December 2, reporting an increase of 10% over the same day in 2007. Internet traffic by unique visitors in the study amounted to 35.9 million which is [...]
Tags: Cyber Monday 2008
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Black Friday 2008 online traffic increased 10% over the previous year according to Nielsen Online in spite of a discouraging economy. Internet traffic to 120 online retailers reached 31.7 million unique visits topping the 2007 Black Friday stats of 28.8 million. Search for Best Deals and Prices Drive Increase Ken Cassar, vice president, industry insights, [...]
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
Search engine giant, Google is committed to protecting Internet users from security risks. One such security measure that Google has implemented is to provide warnings for search results for a website that may contain something that may harm the visitor’s computer. This type of threat is called malware. What is malware?
Tags: Google and malware, what is malware?
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