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Before the Internet, it was easy to distinguish between the writer and the reader. Journalists gathered information and wrote news stories; readers absorbed what was relevant and/or interesting.
Writers wrote articles or feature stories; readers leafed through the daily, weekly or monthly titles and decided if the feature was worth their attention.
Copywriters wrote ads; readers (viewers, listeners) were exposed to them.
Authors wrote books; publishers predetermined readership by which few books would get printed—and fewer yet—which ones would be publicized and promoted.
Public Relations strategists wrote their messages and worked their channels. If the relationship with an editor and the content was right, a PR story with the intended message might appear to the targeted readers.
Prior to the Web, the readers had no choice about the part they played because there were people, organizations, big business and multi-million dollar printing presses standing in their way. No more.
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I’ve grown quite fond of using HassleMe for daily reminders in my inbox but the new Beeplet looks pretty promising. While still in beta (but isn’t every Web2.0 app?) Beeplet allows you to receive reminders through email, RSS or both and IM looks to be added in the near future. You an also tag your reminders which is nice if you plan to create a lot of them in order for you to create some sense of order to your tasks. Unfortunately, Beeplet does not yet allow the creation of recurring reminders like HassleMe does, which for me is a deal breaker for switching services. HassleMe’s killer feature is the fact that you can set fuzzy, recurring reminders to occur at intervals of your choosing. Right now though if all you need is reminders for one-off events, Beeplet would be a good choice.
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Banking online is growing monthly. Security concerns and Web usability issues on earlier banking sites slowed the initial rate of adoption for Web-based financial services. However, now a new comScore study shows online banking customers have grown 27 percent in the last year alone. That adds up to 40 million online banking customers.
The study also shows that online bill payment customers grew 36 percent over the same period. The comScore study credits the convenience of online banking, increased incentives, and diminished security concerns as the key factors in the rapid growth of these online services.
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The number of Internet users in China is increasing at a rapid rate. The Internet opens up a whole new world of opportunities and knowledge for its users. In China, a country where self-expression and outspoken criticism has long been a calling card for some harsh consequences, the opportunity to “blog” has provided a new avenue for people’s thoughts and feelings.
Some Chinese people are having a tough time adjusting to this newfound freedom. An article from Xinhuanet.com shows that many Chinese people are discontinuing their blogs due to unwanted criticism from readers.
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Late last week, Google released its latest performance figures. Yeah, search is big, but nobody was expecting this big. First quarter profits rose 60 percent to $592 million, and total revenue for the period exceeded $2 billion for the first time in Google’s history. Google has only been around seven years and they are well on their way to annual revenues that could hit $10 billion. Google stock, which had closed at $415/share before the announcement, hit $450 on Friday and closed the day at $437.
This financial milestone comes on the heels of a recent Nielsen/NetRatings report that shows Google is widening the gap between its closest search competitors. According to Nielsen, Google had over 48 percent of all searches in February compared to 22 percent for Yahoo and about 11 percent for MSN.
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