Articles - Evolution of the Internet en-us http://www.newmedia.org N/A http://www.newmedia.org news@newmedia.org 20 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/106/1/Gates-Predicts-Widespread-Usage-of-Facial-Recognition-Computer-Interfaces-Within-10-Years/Page1.html On March 13, Bill Gates pronounced that "natural user interfaces" (facial and voice recognition) will be integrated with our daily lives within 10 years. While many of us already realized this, Gates has now put his signature on the prediction.  news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/101/1/Online-Holiday-Spending-Through-December-27-Nears-28-Billion-Up-19-Percent-Versus-Year-Ago/Page1.html comScore, Inc., today released an update of holiday season e-commerce spending for the first 57 days of the 2007 holiday season (November 1 – December 27). Nearly $28 billion has been spent online during the season-to-date, marking a 19-percent gain versus the corresponding days last year. news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/98/1/CNNYou-Tube-Debate-Wrap-Up/Page1.html The eight candidates vying to be the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 elections answered questions submitted by CNN and YouTube users in a debate Wednesday night. news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/97/1/For-Radiohead-Fans-Does-Free---Download--Freeload/Page1.html 2 out of 5 Downloaders are Willing to Pay an Average of $6 for “In Rainbows” Album.  U.S. Downloaders are Willing to Pay More than International Counterparts. news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/95/1/The-Next-Big-Thing-User-Contributed-Metadata/Page1.html We know all about user-generated content, masses of users contributing to burgeoning Web corpus. It’s a manifestation of Web 2.0, the participatory Net, which companies like Google (YouTube), Yahoo (Flickr), Fox (MySpace), etc. are feasting on. In parallel, users are contributing a potentially far more lucrative Web currency–metadata about themselves. It’s the currency that will help Facebook grow into its $15 billion valuation. In addition, users are also contributing structured (meta) data about data, which will help the semantic Web to flower. news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/75/1/Top-US-Web-Sites-Enjoy-High-Visitor-Retention-Rates-But-Face-Significant-Audience-Overlap-With-Competitors/Page1.html Nielsen//NetRatings, a global leader in Internet media and market research, announced today that the leaders in three key Web categories – search, career development and multi-category travel – enjoyed high month-over-month visitor retention rates from June to July, but also experienced significant audience overlap with the other top players in their categories. news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/73/1/Bebo-Becomes-the-Most-Visited-Social-Networking-Site-in-the-UK/Page1.html comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study of UK traffic in July to a selection of leading social networking sites. news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/70/1/NielsenNetratings-Reports-Topline-US-Data-for-July-2007/Page1.html Nielsen//NetRatings reports July 2007 data for the Top Sites by Parent Company and Top Brands. In addition, Nielsen//NetRatings reveals the Top Advertisers by Company for July 2007. news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/67/1/CNN-YouTube-Debate-Format-Has-Profound-Affect-on-Politics/Page1.html The CNN YouTube Democratic Candidates Debate seems to have changed the political process as we use to know it. The spectacle was a cross between an old fashioned town hall meeting, a game show and the Daily Show. Yet, it was more than entertainment. Rather, it exhibited more than glimmers of thought, sincerity and a glimpse of the candidates as people. While it was well-orchestrated, there was an element of spontaneity that could not be missed. news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/66/1/comScore-Releases-May-US-Search-Engine-Rankings/Page1.html comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly qSearch analysis of activity across competitive search engines. In May 2007, Google Sites captured 50.7 percent of the U.S. search market, gaining one full share point from the previous month. Yahoo! Sites maintained its second place ranking with 26.4 percent of U.S. searches, followed by Microsoft Sites (10.3 percent), Ask Network (5.0 percent) and Time Warner Network (4.6 percent). news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700