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Monday, February 23, 2009
About three in ten (35%) adult internet users age 18 and older have a profile on a social networking site like MySpace, Facebook or LinkedIn. Back in February of 2005, just 8% of adult internet users had used a social network site. Pew Internet and American Life Project. Pew Internet and American Life Project.
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
The glow of the Obama campaign and its ability to mobilize people has certainly dimmed in the past few months. They also find that about 1 in 5 adult internet users have posted content about a political or social issue or in some other way used a social network site [pdf] for other forms of civic engagement. It's still early on.
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Monday, July 12, 2010
Last week, Ericsson analysts announced that, according to their estimates , the world’s 5 billionth mobile phone subscription was reached on Thursday July 8th, and they illustrated the pace of growth with the fact that there are now more mobile subscribers in China alone than there were globally in 2000. They forecast 3.4
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
You’ve heard it on the news, laptop sales have finally surpassed desktops. My prediction is that there will finally be a closing of the remaining gap between rich and poor in terms of Internet accessibility. Over the course of the holidays I took some “unplugged&# time to do some reading and play guitar. Netbook computers.
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Monday, June 15, 2009
I've continued to ponder the value of tweeting -- even as I do it -- but see clearly its unique value in getting news out of Iran (and organized protest going on the scene) when the more traditional lines (Internet, phone have been shut down). Here's a partial list of folks tweeting out of Iran right now (thanks to Alison Fine ).
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Friday, March 12, 2010
my country is the internet? To see a fascinating interactive graph on how internet use has increased over the past 12 years, go here. Whether it’s mobile giving or using an RSS feed on your nonprofit website or blog, you need to be constantly creating more value for your nonprofit and your position. said, the USA. So what?
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
The convergence of internet and television may have just happened. At the Consumer Electronics Show one of the BIG news items today are the demonstrations by several television manufacturers of their internet-enabled sets.in rapid-fire succession,Sony Corp., LG Electronics Inc.,Toshiba Toshiba Corp.,
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
According to a new study, given today's mobile lifestyle, "The computer is being left behind." And here is the great news: There are many programs that you can use to incorporate texting, email, and even social media like Facebook and Twitter into your communications, all delivered from one dashboard. Like parents. Grandparents.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
It will also be remembered as the year that mobile, email and social media generated incredible returns for political advocacy and fundraising! Mobile and social media are here to stay. (This post is also archived on www.emailforimpact.com.) over $600 million in funds raised. know you’re not Obama. Because it’s all about the list!
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Here is Network for Good’s data: The Internet and mobile are ideally matched to charitable giving at times of disaster, when technology can turn the impulse to help into a donation within seconds. Not as fast as some other massive humanitarian emergencies, but fast. It’s always that way with crises.
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