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Lights, Camera, YouTube
Movies given out free on the internet have been a lofty concept, until Michael Moore released his movie, Slacker Uprising, exclusively for the download market. YouTube’s platform has proved very successful for the animated and live short film genre, with up and coming Directors being able to showcase their work with the greatest of ease.
P2P set to rise by 400%
Peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic is set to skyrocket over the next five years - and the activity will not be confined to music pirates and file sharers. According to market research company MultiMedia Intelligence, P2P traffic will rise by 400% over the coming years.
Employees prefer to lose their car over their internet connection
A survey carried out by Kelton Research revealed that over 50% of mobile workers said it would be easier to go without a car for a week than relinquish internet access. A majority in the same survey said they don't mind putting in a few extra work hours for the freedom that remote computing provides.
Comment
Search - We've come a long way baby
Search Engine Optimisation and Marketing has been around since approximately 1995. Since then it has gone through unrecognisable changes, as has Search. More recently the pace of change has gathered such a momentum that where we used to measure search engine changes in months, we now measure changes in days.
Bitesize
The Google inhibitor
Too many of us have been stung by the drunken e-mail sent to our ex’s or bosses, stating our undying love or giving them a telling off. These social faux-pas could be a thing of the past, with Google’s new tool, called Mail Goggles.
Internet Smarts
New research from the University of California has found that browsing the internet is better than reading books for boosting the brain power of middle-aged and older adults.
Toasting to the news
The iGeneration prize from Electrolux, which offers £4,000 and a job at the company, has brought out some funky innovations for the homeware market.
Touch my music
People love touching their gadgets, (for example the iPhone), and the creators of the Brick Table are banking on this trend. Created by California Institute of Arts students, Jordan Hochenbaum and Owen Vallis, the multi-touch screen surface contains a camera that detects finger movements.
Are you a "communifaker"?
A growing global phenomena, outside of the economic or environmental crises, is people faking calls on their mobiles. A recent study from ‘Mobile Network 3’, saw that 76% of 18-24 year olds in the UK had faked a phone call...
The Numbers Page
Top ten YouTube videos 2008
While YouTube became famous for it’s user-generated content, this year's top 10 list shows that professionals still create the most popular content.
The potential of mobile gaming
Ad-supported games specialist Greystripe says, iPhone games are the most popular among it’s 25 to 34 year-old user base.
The signs of sterling slipping
The top searched for term driving traffic to Yahoo! Finance in September was “currency converter”. Due to UK banks nationalising or closing, the foreign perception is that the mighty sterling has weakened.