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Audubon Naturalist Society: “Gardeners have long wanted pots made of biogradable and renewable materials. And now, at least for seedling pots, this alternative exists: CowPots, invented by two Connecticut dairy farmers, are durable fiber pots made of cow poo. So far, though, these odorless pots are only available to us online.”
Press release, December 10, 2007 – “The way communicators dispense information is out of sync with the way consumers use media, according to Media, Myths & Realities, a comprehensive survey of media usage among consumers and communications professionals conducted by global public relations firm Ketchum and the University of Southern California Annenberg Strategic Public Relations …
New Study on Copyright and Creativity from the Center for Social Media, Posted by Hugh DAndrade: “Free video hosting sites like YouTube, Yahoo! Video, and Daily Motion are enabling creators to share video instantly with millions of viewers around the world. A new report from the Center for Social Media takes a close look at …
“The gethuman movement has been created from the voices of millions of consumers who want to be treated with dignity when they contact a company for customer support.” The gethuman 500 database, regularly updated, includes telephone numbers for customer service contacts in the following sectors, located in the United States: automotive, credit, finance, government, hardware, …
The State of the Media Democracy: Are You Ready for the Future of Media?: “To shed light on how different generations are consuming media and what their future media preferences are likely to be Deloitte & Touche USA LLPs Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) practice commissioned an extensive survey on the evolving role …
“CDT has created a list to alert consumers about music download Web sites that charge fees and claim a large selection, but do not appear to have obtained licenses to ensure that users’ downloads from the site are legal. Consumers looking to download music lawfully for the new computers and MP3 players they receive this …
Ponemon 2007 Annual Study: U.S. Cost of a Data Breach – Understanding Financial Impact, Customer Turnover, and Preventitive Solutions: This study “was derived from a detailed analysis of 35 data breach incidents. According to the study, the cost per compromised customer record increased in 2007, compared to 2006. Lost business opportunity, including losses associated with …
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it will not seek to block Google Inc.s proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of Internet advertising server DoubleClick Inc. In a 4-1 vote to close its eight-month investigation of the transaction, the Commission wrote in its majority statement that “after carefully reviewing the evidence, we have concluded …
“The Ninth Edition of The Progress & Freedom Foundation’s Digital Economy Fact Book (188 pages, PDF) was released [December 14, 2007]…The resource guide features an expanded section on international data, reflecting the global importance of the digital economy.”
Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales 3rd Quarter 2007: “The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the third quarter of 2007, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, was $34.7 billion, an increase of 3.6 percent (±0.8%) from …
The Internet Singularity, Delayed: Why Limits in Internet Capacity Will Stifle Innovation on the Web – “In this research study, Nemertes performed an independent in-depth analysis of Internet and IP infrastructure (which we call capacity) and current and projected traffic (which we call demand) with the goal of understanding how each has changed over time, …
The Future of Reading, by Steven Levy, Newsweek, November 17, 2007: “…the Kindle…has the dimensions of a paperback, with a tapering of its width that emulates the bulge toward a book’s binding. It weighs but 10.3 ounces, and unlike a laptop computer it does not run hot or make intrusive beeps….with the use of E …
