Consumers prefer online shopping the most for media
by Accounting firm PwC recently did a study of 24,471 respondents in 29 countries asking if they prefer to buy various products online or at a …
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Several ways to improve your internet privacy
Earlier this week, Congress voted along party lines to undo FCC regulations passed last year meant to strengthen privacy for Internet users. Set to take …
Millennials, some Gen Xers prefer online news sources over TV
A recent study by Reuters shows that there’s a split along generational lines for how news is obtained. Reuters’ survey (PDF) reports that those over …
Delaware the US state with the fastest broadband
A study by Akamai reports that the US states with the fastest broadband rates aren’t the most populated ones such as California or New York. …
The Internet’s now surpassed radio for music discovery in the US
In the United States, the Internet is now the dominant way of discovering new music, finally topping the decades-old mainstay, radio. That’s according to a …
Net neutrality wins: the FCC’s regulating the Internet as a utility
Wins for net neutrality and saner regulation policies came on Thursday from the FCC. Along a party-line 3-2 vote, the US communications regulator has voted …
The Internet versus SOPA
On January 18th, a good chunk of the Web will be going “dark” to protest SOPA, or the “Stop Online Piracy Act.” SOPA is a …
Facebook and free email?
On Monday, social networking site Facebook plans to announce some “surprising” new development. Various leaks and sources online, however, strongly suggest it’s going to be …