On one hand, virtually anyone can start broadcasting songs online; on the other, if regulations are set up early enough, these new broadcasters present a much-needed revenue stream.
The open marketplace seems to exacerbate the situation, with “people search” sites on one side hawking the idea of finding old friends and classmates, while privacy protectors sell you the chance to delete your data. What we don’t have is a standard privacy policy that actually protects the data you give out to so many companies and social networking sites.
One in five online Americans view video over the Internet on any given day, thanks to speedier Internet connections and a wider selection of clips, a study finds.
Young adults watch in greater numbers and often turn to humorous clips, while all other age groups use video predominantly for news, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
How Disney's top-selling music acts succeed despite a radio business wary of alienating older listeners
This is a great chart. it breaks down users' online activity by age and bucket.
An interview with David Weinberger, the author of a new book "Everything is Miscellaneous". Short summary: The internet disorganizes information for you, so you can organize it for yourself — alone or with friends.
Boston's public schools plan to expand an Internet safety campaign this summer, training 15 high school students in online safety and having them train their peers and mentor students in elementary schools and in their communities. BU professor Whittier ""It's very much a benefit for them to understand what ethical behavior is and what ethical practices are in cyberspace,"
While no one stepped up to give an exact age, many parents defended these virtual worlds as being extensions of their kids’ real world relationships. Rather than meet new, possibly scary, strangers online, the kids were generally using the virtual worlds as a way to communicate with their friends from school.
The results of a recent nationwide survey released by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) show that illegal downloading of digital copyrighted works by youth (ages 8 to 18) has dropped by 24 percent in the last three years.
"the world's scientists plan to compile everything they know about all of Earth's 1.8 million known species and put it all on one Web site, open to everyone. The effort, called the Encyclopedia of Life, will include species descriptions, pictures, maps, videos, sound, sightings by amateurs, and links to entire genomes and scientific journal papers." http://www.eol.org/
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