Most Engaged Brands on Web

Internet Usage, Netbits

A study by Altimeter Group’s Charlene Li and Wetpaint ranked the top 100 brands based on social media engagement. 1. Starbucks 2. Dell 3. eBay 4. Google 5. Microsoft 6. Thomson Reuters 7. Nike 8. Amazon 9. SAP 10. Tie –...

Password Best Practices

Internet Security

It should contain at least eight characters It should contain a mix of four different types of characters – upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters such as !@#$%^&*,;” If there is only one letter or special character, it...

Net Users View Online Video

Internet Usage, Podcast, Video

Fully 62% of adult internet users have watched online video on a video-sharing website, a figure that has nearly doubled from 33% in 2006, according to a research report (pdf) from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life project, which also found...

Internet Video Threatens TV

Internet Usage, Video

The May benchmark survey of business professionals ages 45-63, focused on TV viewing habits vs. home internet usage, reports MarketingCharts. It found that Boomers spend an average of 12.9 hrs/week online, compared with only 11.8 hours/week watching traditional TV. It...

GOOG Solicits Health Wishes

Health Tips, Search, Technology

Google Health has added a feature that enables users to upload scanned paper documents to their profiles for storage and easy sharing. Among other records, the Google Blog notes that “[one] of the most important documents you may want to store and share in...