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Microsoft Azure Gets Better With Additional Blockchain Protocols Many businesses are turning towards the internet in their quests to develop larger customer bases and create lasting, memorable brands. But the power of the internet isn't always easily understood, nor is it always used to its greatest potential. One of the most important factors of enjoying true su...

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.NET Core Open Source Announced Microsoft recently made an announcement stating that .NET Core will be open source including the runtime and the framework libraries. .NET Core is a modular dev(...)

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Google to pay $22.5 million to settle privacy charges: source (Reuters) - Google Inc is close to settling charges that it bypassed the privacy settings of customers using Apple Inc's Safari browser, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Google will pay $22.5 million to settle the matter, said one of the sources, who spoke privately to protect rela...

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Facebook refines mobile ad offerings SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is letting marketers place ads specifically in mobile versions of its social network service, addressing a key concern about broadening its appeal as smartphones and mobile devices become more popular. The company, whose revenue growth has slowed in recent mont...

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Facebook considers giving kids under 13 access to the social network The social network has attempted to enforce an age limit allowing only users aged 13 and older, but it may soon open membership to pre-teens, the Wall Street Journal reports.

10 Interesting Internet Facts: By Jules Clement

- The first popular web browser was called Mosaic and was released in 1993.

- According to CyberAtlas, it took just 5 years for the Internet to reach 50 million users. This same milestone took radio 38 years, and took television 13 years.

- There are over 1 billion Internet users worldwide; that's 20% of the world's population.

- In 2008, the United States spent $214.4 billion online. Internet purchasing is increasing at a rate of 7 percent per year. (comScore reports)

- Technorati tracks over 133 million blogs on the Internet.

- Social networking is the fastest growing part of the Internet.

- There are 70 million active users on Facebook (the 8th most popular site in the world), and more than 14 million photos are uploaded daily.

- In January, 2009, the average user spent 10% of all his/her online minutes on social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace.

- The English version of Wikipedia has more than 2.3 million articles. Over one third of US adults consult Wikipedia.

- One in five of the world’s Internet users visits YouTube each day.

- Nielsen NetRatings indicates that the average Internet user, in one month, will visit 59 domains, view 1,050 pages (allocating 45 seconds for each page) and will spend about 25 hours doing all this net activity! Each surfing session lasts 51 minutes.

http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2167802/Facebook-Expands-Offers-Rollout-Acquires-TagTile

Facebook Expands Offers Rollout, Acquires TagTile Facebook Offers are now available to more brands, including some international marketers. The Offers will be distributed to advertiser's likes/fans in the news feed on the social site. Claimed deals will trigger an ad in friends' news feeds.

http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2167518/Worldwide-Social-Media-Usage-Trends-in-2012

Worldwide Social Media Usage Trends in 2012 With social networks playing an increasingly important part in many people's lives, more global businesses are taking advantage of the social media benefits – for advertising, promotions, PR, customer services, market research, recruitment and more.

http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2165496/Will-Yahoo-Torch-its-Search-Deal-With-Microsoft-Outsource-Search-to-Google

Will Yahoo Torch its Search Deal With Microsoft, Outsource Search to Google? Yahoo will layoff thousands of employees starting this week as part of a major company restructuring. A report indicates Yahoo is also looking at possibly getting out of search altogether. Is the Microsoft-Yahoo Search Alliance on life support?

Companies are focusing a lot of effort on social media, and are investing resources and budgets in specific areas to improve this marketing tactic. -Emarketer.com

Is this true of your business and/or are you training yourself in these areas?

Social media marketers feel that having a presence on social sites is more important than advertising there. -Emarketer.com

Who is in line for the new iPhone today?