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  Online Dating Okay in India and Pakistan, But Strange to the West, Study Says

  JP 12:51 am on February 21, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
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  If Valentine’s Day reminds of one thing, it’s that love, as ABBA once warned us, isn’t easy. And, when the single life becomes especially tiresome, many of us turn to the Internet to flirt, date, or even just chat. While online courtship may have once been stigmatized or discounted as some sort of “last resort,” a new study suggests that our romantic norms may be shifting — in a major way.

  According to a global poll from the BBC World Service, 30-percent of Internet users consider the Web a suitable place to meet significant others. Among the 19 countries covered in the survey, India and Pakistan had the highest percentage of digital daters; about 60-percent of those polled in both countries consider the Internet as worthy a place as any to meet potential partners. In general, Web surfers in developing countries tended to have a more favorable opinion of online romance, while fewer Americans, British and French held similar beliefs. As Yahoo! reports, the poll exposed an educational divide in the sample, as well; 28-percent of users with a college education felt comfortable meeting people on the Internet, compared to 36-percent of those who hadn’t finished high school.

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  Online Dating Okay in India and Pakistan, But Strange to the West, Study Says originally appeared on Switched on Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Online Dating Okay in India and Pakistan, But Strange to the West, Study Says

  JP 12:51 am on February 20, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: bbc world service (2), global poll (2), India (3), india and pakistan (2), internet, nbsp (1,002), Pakistan (3), percent (7), Read (820)

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  If Valentine’s Day reminds of one thing, it’s that love, as ABBA once warned us, isn’t easy. And, when the single life becomes especially tiresome, many of us turn to the Internet to flirt, date, or even just chat. While online courtship may have once been stigmatized or discounted as some sort of “last resort,” a new study suggests that our romantic norms may be shifting — in a major way.

  According to a global poll from the BBC World Service, 30-percent of Internet users consider the Web a suitable place to meet significant others. Among the 19 countries covered in the survey, India and Pakistan had the highest percentage of digital daters; about 60-percent of those polled in both countries consider the Internet as worthy a place as any to meet potential partners. In general, Web surfers in developing countries tended to have a more favorable opinion of online romance, while fewer Americans, British and French held similar beliefs. As Yahoo! reports, the poll exposed an educational divide in the sample, as well; 28-percent of users with a college education felt comfortable meeting people on the Internet, compared to 36-percent of those who hadn’t finished high school.

  Continue reading Online Dating Okay in India and Pakistan, But Strange to the West, Study Says

  Online Dating Okay in India and Pakistan, But Strange to the West, Study Says originally appeared on Switched on Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  10-Tactical-Online-Marketing-Techniques

  JP 12:54 am on February 10, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: internet, many different aspects, marketing (5), marketing techniques, product (2), web site traffic

  Internet Marketing has many different aspects, and the techniques you use may influence your product sales greatly. Here are 10 Tactical Online Marketing Techniques that will help you increase your web site traffic and sales.
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  'Internet Distractions' Personifies the Angels and Demons of the Taskbar

  JP 12:51 am on February 7, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: adult video clips (2), Chuck (2), digital distractions (2), internet, nbsp (1,002), paper (2), Read (820), social networking sites (36)

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  For a student, the Internet can be a powerful productivity tool, but it’s, unfortunately, a double-edged sword. Sure, you can dive in and research that paper topic you’ve been assigned; however, you can just as easily spend hours upon hours trolling social networking sites, watching videos on YouTube, or lost amongst any other number of today’s digital distractions. It’s okay. This has happened to all of us at one point or another.

  Obviously, staying focused is tough enough with those alluring icons lined across the bottom of your screen. But what if they could talk, further enticing you to put off writing that paper? That’s the premise behind this hilarious video from the folks at College Humor. In the clip, a student opens up Microsoft Word (you can think of it as the halo-donning angel program on your right shoulder). Just as he’s about to start typing what would surely be a riveting paper on “The Study of Ions”, Firefox (the devil program, sporting a pitchfork, on your left shoulder) dupes the poor sap into checking his e-mail. As you well know, it snowballs from there. There are Facebook notifications to check, a new episode of ‘Chuck’ is ready for download, and some adult video clips are enticing him further down the path of procrastination.

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  ‘Internet Distractions’ Personifies the Angels and Demons of the Taskbar originally appeared on Switched on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  'Internet Distractions' Personifies the Angels and Demons of the Taskbar

  JP 12:52 am on February 6, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
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  For a student, the Internet can be a powerful productivity tool, but it’s, unfortunately, a double-edged sword. Sure, you can dive in and research that paper topic you’ve been assigned; however, you can just as easily spend hours upon hours trolling social networking sites, watching videos on YouTube, or lost amongst any other number of today’s digital distractions. It’s okay. This has happened to all of us at one point or another.

  Obviously, staying focused is tough enough with those alluring icons lined across the bottom of your screen. But what if they could talk, further enticing you to put off writing that paper? That’s the premise behind this hilarious video from the folks at College Humor. In the clip, a student opens up Microsoft Word (you can think of it as the halo-donning angel program on your right shoulder). Just as he’s about to start typing what would surely be a riveting paper on “The Study of Ions”, Firefox (the devil program, sporting a pitchfork, on your left shoulder) dupes the poor sap into checking his e-mail. As you well know, it snowballs from there. There are Facebook notifications to check, a new episode of ‘Chuck’ is ready for download, and some adult video clips are enticing him further down the path of procrastination.

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  ‘Internet Distractions’ Personifies the Angels and Demons of the Taskbar originally appeared on Switched on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Internet Not Just for Nameless Attacks -- Apologies Also Abound

  JP 12:52 am on January 23, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: amount (2), internet, internet behavior (2), nbsp (1,002), Read (820), time objects (2), Wall Street (16), wall street journal (5)

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  Whether deserved or not, the Internet receives a significant amount of criticism because of the ubiquity of snarky, rude, and vitriolic miscreants who delight in anonymously antagonizing people. The prevalence of such activity has given rise to the Net Commandments, and has even inspired a comprehensive categorization of message board flamers.

  Lost amid all that bloggery bravado and insulting Internet behavior, though, has been the proliferation of a different type of online interaction: the overdue apology. According to the Wall Street Journal, an increasing amount of people are using the Internet to rectify previous wrongs, and are sometimes apologizing for missteps that occurred decades ago. The Journal spoke with cousins, departed lovers, siblings, and classmates who all logged on, located their one-time objects of scorn, and lamented the occurrences that may have helped drive them apart.

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  Internet Not Just for Nameless Attacks — Apologies Also Abound originally appeared on Switched on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Internet Not Just for Nameless Attacks -- Apologies Also Abound

  JP 12:52 am on January 22, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: amount (2), internet, internet behavior (2), nbsp (1,002), Read (820), time objects (2), Wall Street (16), wall street journal (5)

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  Whether deserved or not, the Internet receives a significant amount of criticism because of the ubiquity of snarky, rude, and vitriolic miscreants who delight in anonymously antagonizing people. The prevalence of such activity has given rise to the Net Commandments, and has even inspired a comprehensive categorization of message board flamers.

  Lost amid all that bloggery bravado and insulting Internet behavior, though, has been the proliferation of a different type of online interaction: the overdue apology. According to the Wall Street Journal, an increasing amount of people are using the Internet to rectify previous wrongs, and are sometimes apologizing for missteps that occurred decades ago. The Journal spoke with cousins, departed lovers, siblings, and classmates who all logged on, located their one-time objects of scorn, and lamented the occurrences that may have helped drive them apart.

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  Internet Not Just for Nameless Attacks — Apologies Also Abound originally appeared on Switched on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Firefox 3.5 Becomes World's Most Popular Browser

  JP 12:53 am on December 23, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Explorer, internet, internet explorer 7, nbsp (1,002), Read (820), smart move, version comparison

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  Although Microsoft’s Internet Explorer usually places a sad, distant last behind more efficient browsers like Safari, Chrome, and even Opera in terms of performance, it has always led the pack when it comes to the all-important market share. Until recently, that is, when Mozilla’s Firefox finally nudged IE out of the way and into second place.

  According to StatCounter, Firefox 3.5 now outranks Internet Explorer 7 and 8 as the world’s most used browser, with 21.93-percent of the global market, compared with 21.2-percent and 20.33-percent respectively. That’s no small feat when you take into account that Internet Explorer comes pre-packaged with Windows. (A devious, but smart move, Microsoft.) Of note: although Firefox ranks number one on a version-by-version comparison, the Internet Explorer brand as a whole remains tops. [From: GIGAOM and The Next Web]

  Firefox 3.5 Becomes World’s Most Popular Browser originally appeared on Switched on Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  Top-5-Reasons-Your-Website-Doesnt-Make-Money

  JP 12:52 am on December 9, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: advertising campaign (2), campaign (3), internet, internet marketing (2), marketing (5)

  Internet marketing is one of the best methods of getting very quick evidence of whether or not a given advertising campaign will succeed or not. Never before has there been a tool that offers such immediate feedback including the opportunity to test offers and create a very scientifically driven campaign. This article will give you some methods you can start this process with your business or revenue project.
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  Connect to the Internet From Most Anywhere

  JP 12:54 am on November 27, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: internet, nbsp (1,002), Read (820), train rides, Web (43), web junkie, wireless hub

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  Seeing as, here at Switched, we make our livings online, we’re at the Internet’s beck and call to an even larger degree than your average Web junkie. That being the case, whenever we travel some place or another, our first question is, “Do you have wireless?” All too often, the answer is in the negative.

  So imagine our delight when we read MacWorld’s ‘Six Ways to Get Online From Anywhere.’ We began to envision long, boring train rides as opportunities to blog — our workdays beginning with our commutes. The list details exactly how you can stay connected — from transforming an ethernet connection to Wi-Fi with Apple’s Airport Express, to using your smartphone as a wireless hub.

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  Connect to the Internet From Most Anywhere originally appeared on Switched on Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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