Ratings on internet usage in Italy
Ratings were released on the internet usage of Italians for September 2006. The report indicates a substantial stability in the number of online users with a significant increase in the amount of time spent online. The number of users increased by 3%, and the total amount of time spent online was 17 hours compared to […]
The most influential blogs in German, French and Italian
Steve Rubel of Micropersuasion reports on the Edelman and Technorati study of the most influential blogs in German, French and Italian. Further information will be available during a presentation later this week in Milano where the results will be presented to participants. The event is open to the public and scheduled on Friday 13, starting […]
New Emarketer report on European online commerce
Emarketer reports Ecommerce trends for the next few years, associating robust growth in online sales to the increase of DSL lines installed both at home and at work. The report identifies the UK as the most “mature” of all European markets, outspending european and even american counterparts on an annual per capita basis. The study […]
Skype users on the rise amongst Small and Medium Enterpises in Italy
Italian Small and Medium Enterprises show an increasing interest in VOIP and instant messaging as an effective means to communicate on both short and long distance. A post by HTML.it reports a strong increase in Skype users amongst small businesses. The overall customer satisfaction of those interviewed recently is definitely positive. The report shows an […]
DSL Prices fall sharply – France cheapest
internet-pro offers information on the dynamics of DSL pricing over the last 12 months taken from an emarketer.com report The results of the analysis show …
Acoona launches European version of its search engine
Accoona has launched its search engine into the European zone – in fact western Europe. The search engine – which is on a .eu at www.accoona.eu searches by language – rather than country. Currently, the EU version runs in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch. Following the search you have the option to […]
Top Italian blogs
Interested in the most popular blogs in Italy ? Qix offers a list of the top 200 blogs providing an insight as to what Italians are following, and trends in Italian blogging. Politics (Beppe Grillo) , Blogging (WordPress), Search Engines (Motoricerca), and Travel (travelblog) all rank high, followed by many amateur blogs that have become […]
Europe studies the Web 2.0 phenomenon with TAGora
TAGora is a Research Project funded by the European Union. The TAGora project aims at exploiting the unique opportunities offered by the increasing popularity of computer-mediated social interaction and social networks. The project will develop along several lines: A systematic and rigorous data collection campaign that will produce reference datasets and make them available to […]
France announces that 'Quaero' is behind schedule – due to launch in 2011
Abondance tells us that the Agence pour l’innovation industrielle (Industrial Innovation Agency) gave an update this week on progress with regard to 6 of its projects including the European search engine project ‘Quaero’. The project has a budget of 250 million Euros through 5 years and the AII’s press conference gave no new information of […]
E-commerce statistics Italy 2006
Il Sole 24 Ore ha reported e-commerce B2C (business-to-consumer) numbers are on the rise with a 45% increase when compared to 2005, and an economic value of 4 billion Euros, still les than 1% of goods and services sold in Italy: Online purchasing is still a niche. Tourism has shown significant increase and has reached […]