80% of toddlers age 0-5 are online

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Report: 80 percent of toddlers use the Internet

You know how most millennials have used the Internet since they were kids? Well, the next generation is browsing the Web practically at birth. A report released Monday said that nearly 80 percent of children in the U.S., between the ages of 0 and 5, use the Internet on at least a weekly basis. Television use is still the most popular form of media among toddlers, according to the report from education non-profits Joan Ganz Cooney Center and Sesame Workshop. Read even more analysis on the study at Mashable. Read more at www.prdaily.com

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The Internet Predicts Sunday’s Super Bowl Winner

rends in Internet chatter have correctly predicted the winner of the Super Bowl for at least four years. And if the same correlation continues, it looks like Sunday will be a very happy day in Green Bay.

Even though the buzz factor is close, however, the Packers are trouncing the Steelers in the sentiment game. Conversations around the Packers were 78% positive in past month, compared with only 69% positive for the Steelers during the same period. If Graves’s wisdom of the crowd theory holds true, the Packer’s higher frequency of positive sentiment should bode just as well for the team as their slight lead in online buzz.

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Internet Radio: What do you think? Pandora VS Blip

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Internet radio. Pandora vs. Last.fm.

There are differences between the two however.

Pandora finds music it thinks you will like based on what you listen to on their site or app. Their system looks at the styles in it, the tones, the harmonies, and tries to match that with similar songs or artists.  Last.fm on the other hand relies on a more user based formula that takes the bands you listen to, on their site, iPod, iTunes, and other programs, and determines what other artists people who like those particular songs also listen to.  Last.fm is also more social with friending, notes, and comments being a huge part of their site, along with artist pages and profiles.

Both strategies work well, but in my opinion last.fm seems to get my preferences more often than Pandora.  I’ve discovered more new bands via their recommendations than I have using Pandora.  The reason is probably implementation, after installing their scrobbler they get to take into account every song I listen to and plug that information in. Whereas Pandora just knows what I listen to on their site, a much smaller sample.

Another reason I like last.fm more is due to the fact that I get to see who I listen to the most.  It is interesting to see what songs are in my top 10 or what artists I keep going back to…I was actually surprised to find out some of this information.

Recently Pandora has tried to implement a more social graph, integrating Facebook into their interface, but the outcome isn’t too great, and doesn’t really make anything “social”, except that you have a vague clue what friends also listen to an artist.

With “check-in’s” all the rage anymore I’d be surprised if one of these companies doesn’t institute a ‘badge’ system seen on many check-in sites. Perhaps taking what you listen to and awarding badges based on it. Rock, Rap, Indie, Classic Rock, etc.  It wouldn’t really take more effort on the users end, and they already know what you listen to, but again, the badge and check-in culture has really caught on, so I’ll be surprised if one of these two doesn’t pounce on it (blip.fm has implemented these already, but I will admit I haven’t played with their service much yet).

As I said, I do prefer last.fm, however the one thing that Pandora destroys them on is style.  Pandora has a very slick and great app for the iPad and iPhone and other devices, as well as a great site and desktop application.  Last.fm on the other hand is kind of ordinary, and unlike Pandora did not share a stage with Steve Jobs at one of the biggest tech gatherings of the year.  Last.fm also doesn’t yet have a full fledged iPad app, and their iPhone app isn’t very nice looking, even if it works just fine.  I think they’d gain a little more notoriety, like that of Pandora, if they would enhance their apps and promote their service a bit more. Read more at c4universe.com

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FREE Streaming music meets Social Media, listen to free music online ALL DAY

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2010 is a wrap, moving forward where would you like to see technology go in 2011?

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10 Technlogy and Internet predictions for 2011

2010 was the Social Media explosion. Instead of focusing on search engine optimisation (SEO), in 2011 we’ll see social media optimisation becoming a priority as businesses continue to see ’social’ close the gap on referrals to their sites. That’s not to say you can ignore SEO (in fact if you don’t know what you are doing you should enroll on our SEO Training course in Brighton, Sussex) but that you will need Social Media to compete in business.

2) Advertisers will harness Social commerce

Complete strangers will start coming together to benefit from massive bulk-buying schemes, and advertisers will find a way to capitalise on this trend. Google has already recognized this trend and a deal to collaborate was turned down by Groupon earlier this year. Only two years old, Groupon is now a one-billion dollar company with hundreds of employees.

Groupon is leading the way but many more brands will emerge in this sphere over the coming year.

3) Leaks and espionage

WikiLeaks has taken centre stage this year, although this is just the beginning. Somehow in 2011 founder Julian Assange will be prosecuted for his role in disseminating classified documents. But even if WikiLeaks itself gets shut down something else will take its place, everyone demands a voice and the internet makes that possible, so expect lots of WikiLeaks style sites to pop up and hit the headlines. They will be bigger and better.

4) Mobile Payments and Near field communications (NFC)

Near field communication chips are nothing new but we predict that their time is now. Your mobile phone will become your credit card. The NFC mobile-payment application is currently in trials in the United States, Germany, Finland, the Netherlands and a few other countries, with transportation ticketing as a primary use. Google’s Nexus S already includes this technology, and rumours are that Apple’s new iPhone will follow.

5) Location-based apps become even more popular.

Whilst Foursquare and Facebook pages are nothing new, people are becoming more comfortable sharing where they are indiscriminately with complete strangers. It is becoming just too attractive to be able to “check in” to unlock discounts and participate in competitions for the “checked in”.

6) IPTV

In the UK there has been an explosion of digital TV services being delivered over a Broadband Internet connection , including  BBC iPlayer, BT Vision, Virgin’s On Demand service, Sky Anytime+, Seesaw and YouView.

The drive for digital TV has been driven in the UK by the release of YouView, timetabled for launch by mid 2011 and is expected to be the ‘next generation’ of Freeview. TV schedules can go backwards as well as forwards in time. This will be the hottest technology shift during 2011, with Google TV soon to arrive in the UK.

7) Privicy Issues will get serious

I know this is in the news all the time, so much so that we are all getting a bit blasé about the threat. Sooner or later a huge social network – probably Facebook, will accidently share everyone’s information with everyone. Already with a simple hack, everything listed in a person’s “Basic Information” section is visible, no matter what their privacy settings are. This information includes networks, sex, birthday, hometown, siblings, parents, relationship status, interested in, looking for, political views and religious views.

With Social Networking exploding advertisers have only just scratched the surface of what is possible. Despite the complex issues of privacy social networks such as Facebook will find ways of capitalising on the fact that users are sharing huge amounts of information. We are not the consumers – all the information these sites have about us is a priceless commodity.

8) Tablets become Mainstream Business and Social Tools

With the introduction of a camera and mic to the IPad or Google android tablet video conferencing will become ever more popular.  Prices will come down and tablets will be as commonplace as laptops.

9) Your body will be your games controller

Nintendo Wii started the ball rolling and took the world by storm down to the motion-controlled gaming interface which put players inside games for the first time. Now Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360 takes centre stage, your body is the controller. Kinect games and apps use the camera and microphone to work out what you’re doing and what you’re saying, and to interpret your commands in the appropriate fashion.

10) Chips with everything

Again not a new concept but this trend will accelerate throughout 2011. Every device, from your television, phone or  fridge can have a web address. Home automation will allow lights, energy heating and more to be controlled remotely. The technology is now widely available and affordable. A bit worrying though – what happens when your internet connection gets disconnected? Read more at www.siliconbeachtraining.co.uk

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