As of this writing, Google's "Zeitgeist 2010" video, reviewing the top search terms and topics of the year in less than 3 minutes, had been viewed more than 1.6 million times. It tells of the year's struggles, achievements, milestones, tragedies, and losses. It says the fastest-rising search terms of the year were "Chatroulette," "iPad," and "Justin Bieber," Google reports. Here are a New York … [Read more...] about See ya, 2010! (or c u, 2010!)
Archives for December 2010
Oz’s tips on location-sharing for teens
Using cellphones for finding out when friends are nearby, for special shopping or dining deals, for discounts from spots where you check in a lot, and for knowing family members are safe and where they're supposed to be is a great thing. And, like all digital technology, it can have its misuses, such as giving out one's location to people for whom, and for whatever reason, that information is not … [Read more...] about Oz’s tips on location-sharing for teens
US parenting & the Net: Study
Remember the old "no TV for a week" verdict when we misbehaved? Well, that's being nudged out by the new "no Internet for a week" one, according to the 10th-annual USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future survey. "Parents are now limiting their children’s Internet access and television use in nearly identical ways," the Center reports. While for years three in five American households restrict … [Read more...] about US parenting & the Net: Study
FCC’s Net neutrality plan launched
The US Federal Communications Commission has voted 3-2 to support its chairman's "Net neutrality" plan for keeping Internet providers from blocking or otherwise interfering with legal content running through their "pipes," the Wall Street Journal reports. The plan had its critics (the vote split along party lines with the 2 Republican commissioners voting against and the 3 Democratic ones voting … [Read more...] about FCC’s Net neutrality plan launched
How the Net industry can help get us all to Online Safety 3.0
This is great, an early sign of the Internet industry's piece of OS 3.0: what the popular teen social site MyYearbook.com is doing for Reachout.com, a nonprofit support and suicide-prevention site for teens on the social Web (it now has a US base too, but since its start in Australia, that country "has seen a 56% reduction in youth suicide rates," the site says). Here's how Reach Out describes … [Read more...] about How the Net industry can help get us all to Online Safety 3.0