losing

Maybe the question is better phrased as: has the desire to learn how to produce podcasts for business died? I’m wondering this because two public events about podcasting I’d been due to speak at during the next month have been cancelled because of lack of interest.

Visitors to newspaper sites tend to rank above average in terms of wealth, influence, and political awareness, according to the Newspaper Association of America.  There are also more of them than ever before.  Trouble is, they're not that dedicated.

Users of social networks are spending less time on sites like Facebook and MySpace and it could be due to the number of ads.The average amount of time spent by users on social networking sites decreased by 14 percent over the past four months according to comScore. MySpace has seen its users dip from 72 million in October to 68.9 million in December, comScore says. The total number of users is still growing at an 11.5 percent rate, but that's a decrease from past growth rates.

Those (derogatorily or not) considered on the left side of the political spectrum seem to be turning on Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, especially in regard to her plan for expanding broadband access.

The proliferation of cellphones and other devices have carved away some of television's lead as the electronic gadget of choice for media consumption.

The search advertising company has been fighting against the usage of its name as a verb ever since Merriam-Webster put 'google' in the dictionary. It's a battle they are not going to win.

Google has apparently lost the personalized homepage preferences of hundreds of users, if not more. Ari commented on this at 8:53 this morning, and over 150 people have posted as having the problem on Google Groups since 6:45 am.

When Facebook reputedly rejected Yahoo's billion-dollar buyout offer, Yahoo retreated to the sidelines. The missed opportunity may be one that did not really exist.