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The 2nd international Search Summit kicks off today

Alex Burmaster – Nielsen Online, European Search Landscape Nielsen Online, what consumers do and consume online, what they say and share online Italy 20% increase in the number of people using search engines, uk +6% Spain +12% People are spending more time in search online +26% Uk + 10% Italy

The current state of internet penetration in Africa

Appfrica, web portal offering news related to African innovation, education and entrepreneurship in technology, published information and statistics on the current state of Internet penetration in Africa.

Using mobile phones as a cultural lens

The Complexity and Social Networks Blog presents an interesting paper on mobile phone users and data stored in service provider databases around the world, discussing the different types of data captured and how it can be used to provide insight into human cultures. Examples are provided from a variety of

Online profits to reach 33.7 billion online in Europe

According to the The European Information Technology Observatory (EITO): Revenues from Internet access growing by more than 10 percent Telephone flat rates and online video sales are stimulating business Germany is the largest single market in the EU with a 25 percent share The increase in revenue (+10.7% in 2008)

Italians dislike online publicity

A recent survey by Adlab@go a research laboratory of the University of Udine and Gorizia reports on how online users perceive online publicity. The survey was conducted in the north east of Italy and shows …