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Study: Gmail Users Most Active on Social Networks, Maybe
Study: Gmail Users Most Active on Social Networks, Maybe
maximumpc.com — RapLeaf, a self-proclaimed “leader in automated search for people information on the social web,” has released the second part of its three-part study about the demographic characteristics of webmail users. In this part they consider the social media profiles and friend counts of AOL, Gmail, ... (more) Study: Gmail Users Most Active on Social Networks, Maybe
Google and Microsoft gain in US search market, Yahoo loses share
Google and Microsoft gain in US search market, Yahoo loses share
techspot.com — Research outfit comScore has released the US search engine rankings for October 2009. During the month, Americans conducted some 14.3 billion core searches, the majority of which (9.4 billion) were through Google, which held 65.4% of the search market, up from 64.9% in September. Yahoo served ... (more) Google and Microsoft gain in US search market, Yahoo ...

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Bing snags up 10% of search market share, Google holding strong
techspot.com — Microsoft's re-imagined search engine is doing rather well for itself, following recent indications that it has managed to take nearly ten percent of the market in the U.S. That puts it well above competitors like AOL, and much closer to the number two player, Yahoo, who has been struggling and ... (more) Bing snags up 10% of search market share, Google holding ...
Bing Captures Almost 10 Percent Search Share In U.S.
Bing Captures Almost 10 Percent Search Share In U.S.
techcrunch.com — Remember all that talk about Bing starting to fizzle in September? Well it didn’t happen , and now October numbers and Bing gained another half a point to reach 9.9 percent market share of U.S. searches, according to comScore’s qSearch service. Five ... (more) Bing Captures Almost 10 Percent Search Share In U.S.
Microsoft Sites Captures Largest Share of Time Spent Online Worldwide
comscore.com — Facebook and YouTube Combined Account for Nearly 10 Percent of Time Spent Online Globally RESTON, VA, November 6, 2009 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study of online engagement at the top ... (more) Microsoft Sites Captures Largest Share of Time Spent ...
ComScore Internet Usage Survey Shows Microsoft “On Top”
maximumpc.com — A recent ComScore survey on Internet usage is reporting that Microsoft might not be leading the way in search, but in terms of total hours spend online, it has a commanding lead over its competition . The survey, which measured a whopping 27 billion hours of Internet usage by Web users aged ... (more) ComScore Internet Usage Survey Shows Microsoft “On Top”
Yahoo GeoCities closes on Oct. 26
blogs.computerworld.com — , once the Internet's third most visited domain , will be shutting down on Oct. 26, taking with it thousands of user home pages and decades of data. All that information will be history.... Fortunately, some historians are making sure it's not lost to ... (more) Yahoo GeoCities closes on Oct. 26
Yahoo deletes GeoCities today
feedproxy.google.com — Yahoo is today permanently deleting all content on the mid-nineties web publishing service GeoCities, with the loss of around 10 terabytes of data. (more) Yahoo deletes GeoCities today
White House Website Switches to Open-Source Drupal
White House Website Switches to Open-Source Drupal
maximumpc.com — If it's good enough for Maximum PC, then it's good enough for the White House. What are we talking about? Open-source Drupal software. Citing an Obama Administration source, PersonalDemocracy.com notes that the WhiteHouse.gov website has kicked its proprietary content management system (CMS) ... (more) White House Website Switches to Open-Source Drupal
Yahoo permanently shuts down Geocities
techspot.com — A few months ago it was revealed that Yahoo had sealed the fate of GeoCities, one of the pioneers of the emerging Internet years ago. Fifteen years of service came to a halt when Yahoo told everyone still using the service that it would be shutting down, encouraging them to move on to something ... (more) Yahoo permanently shuts down Geocities
Yahoo Mail outages plague some users
driverheaven.net — Yahoo Mail users reported problems Monday morning, with the service inaccessible for some and spotty for others. TechCrunch noticed a Twitter spike in reports of problems with Yahoo Mail, and another company called Downrightnow also reported problems accessing the service over the last ... (more) Yahoo Mail outages plague some users
GeoCities' time has expired, Yahoo closing the site today
GeoCities' time has expired, Yahoo closing the site today
latimesblogs.latimes.com — Yahoo has closed GeoCities, a once-dominant service that allowed anyone to create a free website. (more) GeoCities' time has expired, Yahoo closing the site today
Microsoft and Yahoo Need a Bit More Time to Negotiate a Deal
Microsoft and Yahoo Need a Bit More Time to Negotiate a Deal
maximumpc.com — In a filing with the SEC, Yahoo said more time is needed to complete the search and advertising deal with Microsoft. The two sides had agreed in late July to have everything squared away by October 27, but hammering out the details of a long term deal is taking longer than expected. "The ... (more) Microsoft and Yahoo Need a Bit More Time to Negotiate a Deal
YouTube Wants Users to Know They'll Need Google Accounts Soon
YouTube Wants Users to Know They'll Need Google Accounts Soon
maximumpc.com — Maybe it’s something to freak out about, then maybe it’s not. The New York Times is reporting that YouTube will be phasing out its own accounts and requiring its members to use a Google login . Freaky? Yeah, says the Times. Each social networking service develops its own culture. When ... (more) YouTube Wants Users to Know They'll Need Google Accounts ...
Ubuntu 9.10 Feature Tour
ubuntu.com — Email and chat Chat with friends and colleagues through Empathy which integrates: Yahoo, Gmail, MSN, Jabber, AOL, QQ and many more. Evolution gives you email, an address book and a calendar and works well with colleagues and friends using MS ... (more) Ubuntu 9.10 Feature Tour
Microsoft, Yahoo delay finalizing search deal
techspot.com — Microsoft and Yahoo have postponed finalizing their search deal, according to an October 28 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The companies intended to complete the deal by October 27, but have apparently run into some issues. "Given the complex nature of the transaction, ... (more) Microsoft, Yahoo delay finalizing search deal