Mariana Oliveira | December 15, 2007 | 5:09 am

Users Are Seriously Addicted to The Internet

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KenRadio.com
IQ Reports by Ken Radio

By activerain.com - Image StoreBehavioral data and trends of internet using:

Cell phones and the internet are becoming more and more an essential part of our daily lives. So essential, in fact, that the majority of 1,011 people when asked how long they would feel OK without online access, 15% of respondents said just a day or less. 21% said a couple of days and another 19% said a few days. Only a fifth more said they could go for a week. Men were more likely to say they could not go without the internet with 59% choosing one of the three options above; vs. 50% of women. Response did not vary significantly among age groups. Similarly 48% of respondents agreed that, “If I cannot access the Internet when I want to, I feel like something important is missing.”

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Mariana Oliveira | November 26, 2007 | 5:59 am

Discussion About Facebook Users and Their Data

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Calacanis.com
November 25, 2007
By Jason Calacanis

This post is about all the discussion on how Facebook is using their data. Check it out:

All of this comes up because Facebook has done three things that are at once extremely innovative, extremely rude, extremely helpful, and extremely disconcerting:
1. They are collecting and republishing user data on a level not before seen by users.
2. They are allowing advertisers to use this data to reach these users.
3. They are not giving this information–information that has put their value at $15 billion–back to their users.

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http://www.calacanis.com/2007/11/25/the-wonderful-horrible-life-of-
facebook-users-and-their-data-or/#comments

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