According to the 2006 GenX2Z Anderson Analytics survey (PDF link), the top five websites of choice by college students are: MySpace (13% of visits, a 258% increase from 2005) facebook.com (11.5%, a 41% increase from 2005) youtube.com (4.5%, with no data from 2005 recorded) collegehumor.com (3.7%, a 61% decrease from...
read moreNothing is secret anymore. Unfortunately for Robert Scoble, whose private correspondence was aired on a blog, we are beginning to slowly learn that anything could potentially become public knowledge. Okay, well, Robert Scoble’s experience is on the far extreme end of things. The blogger who brought Robert’s private...
read moreBefore there was the Internet, there were mis-dialed phone numbers, which in turn wasted people’s time and money when they realized they were not the intended recipient of those phone calls. As more and more people continue to cash in and use the Internet for their own benefit, more and more people will make those silly...
read moreIn the world of acquisitions, it ain’t over. Today, Google acquired Jotspot and Wired Digital acquired Reddit. I’ve never used Jotspot, but Reddit has been a pretty useful tool. It’s interesting to note this after reading Inside Facebook, a 46 page book that was available briefly to TechCrunch readers in its...
read moreEveryone thinks they have something to be proud about these days, and they will go through rather crazy measures to boost their ego. Well, the law enforcement agency officials are watching. A man from Wales was arrested after he stole sunglasses off of a charity worker, The Sun reports. He posted the video of the “Wild specs...
read moreIs YouTube caving in too soon? On May 24, lawyers for Viacom Inc.’s Paramount Pictures convinced a federal judge in San Francisco to issue a subpoena requiring YouTube to turn over details about a user who uploaded dialog from the movie studio’s “Twin Towers,” according to a copy of the document. YouTube...
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Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity. She provides consulting in internet marketing and is Mashable's Global Advertising Director. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web.
