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Watch out, journalists – the amateurs are catching up on their reporting

by John Einar Sandvand on November 28, 2008 · 1 comment

Once more we have seen it happen: The terrorist attacks in Mumbai have demonstrated how amateurs and and social networks are playing an essential role in distributing news in major events.  More and more readers are finding that they get the news faster – and sometimes even more accurate – on the social networks than [...]

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China takes the lead in number of broadband lines

by John Einar Sandvand on November 24, 2008 · 0 comments

The number of broadband lines in the world passes 400 million and is estimated to grow to 680 million in 2013, according to forecasts by Point Topic. And on the top of the list will be China. Get ready for some great Eastern web successes!

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The latest numbers on social networks usage

by John Einar Sandvand on November 19, 2008 · 1 comment

Finding updated numbers of social networks users can be hard.  Here are some of the sources which might help you.

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Strong growth in number of Europeans online

by John Einar Sandvand on November 15, 2008 · 0 comments

225 million Europeans were online last year, according to research from Jupiter Research. The number is estimated to increase to 275 million by 2012 – a jump of 21 per cent. If the estimate is correct, 71 per cent of Europe’s population will be online in 4 years time.

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Letting users advise you on new products

by John Einar Sandvand on November 11, 2008 · 0 comments

Why do all the development work yourself? Quite often users are willing to help. If you ask them, that is. The state owned Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) did that today – and lots of good suggestions are coming in.

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