Italian Government pulls plug on Italia.it
Italia.it, ambitious project of previous Italian Government premier Silvio Berlusconi shut down for good on January 18th after 18 months of agony and …
Top Italian portal statistics: AUDIWEB report December 2007
AUDIWEB publishes statistics for major Italian Portals. Source: SPOT and WEB – complete set of data can be downloaded here. UPDATE:
79 % of Italian minors are online surfing the web
According to a recent survey by the Italian IT police section 79 % of Italian children are online surfing the web – 77% are navigating in complete solitude – without a chaperon The survey was conducted interviewing 50.000 minors throughout Italy. The results showed that 11% encountered individuals with “bad intentions” – of these 75% […]
Online marketing expenditure in Italy: +43%
Online promotion expenditure on the rise in Italy with a 43% increase over the 12 month span – Nov 2006/ 2007. Assointernet published online marketing expenditure figures provided by major agencies, showing a +11% w.r.t. the previous month of October 2007. Expenditure breakdown: banners +26 % sponsored links and “buttons” +32 % other + 60 […]
Italians online – Nielsen Online data November 2007
Nielsen Online released data on the Italian market for November 2007: 9 million active users from the workplace 23 million users who made at least 1 connection to the Internet during the entire month, increased to 24,5 million users when considering applications such as Instant messengers, audio/video reproduction, VOIP, and Google Earth) – up 3 […]
2008: the year of the Barcamp in Italy
2008 will see a significant increase in the number of barcamps to be held in Italy – 10 programmed so far. The once informal gatherings of passionate internet users has rapidly become a worldwide phenomenon limited to the U.S. just a few years ago. All information on barcamps and barcamp activities in Italy is available […]
2007 – the year of cybercrime
2007 will be remembered as the year hackers became criminals according to a spokesmen of an antivirus company. Hackers have aggregated into high tech gangs creating virus kits for rent or direct purchase. Nowadays all viral software is developed to damage computers for money … Source: ANSA
24 European states go borderless under Schengen
The Schengen agreement has been extended from 15 countries to 24 giving a wider borderless Europe with no internal border controls or checks and an open market of over 400 million people. Coming into force on the 21st December, the Schengen agreement makes physical inter-trade between bordering countries easier to manage for marketers. As Europe […]
Italian Police Force most innovative with quality multimedia content
Carabinieri are one of The two police forces in Italy. Carabinieri.it has won the eContent Award 2007 for the second time in a row. The award winning site is home to the popular Italian police force Carabinieri for the quality of their multimedia content and creativity. The eContent award was announced yesterday in Venice. SOURCE: […]
EURid suspends 10,000 .EU names squatted in China
The .EU domain registrar management organisation, EURid has suspended 10,000 EU domain names which have been apparently legally registered by a Chinese woman – reports out-law. EURid has the power to remove the domain names from the woman – but has said that it would prefer a court to do it. According to reports, the […]