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...Back then, viewers had only four channels to choose from, all terrestrial, and all required to include some content intended to benefit society: BBC1, the home of EastEnders and the rest of the BBC's most popular output; the more esoteric BBC2; the commercial network ITV; and Channel 4, then only four years old and set up to break the duopoly of the BBC and ITV. The greatest challenge to EastEnders' popularity came in the proletarian form of ITV's long-running soap Coronation Street...
...sites (such as YouTube, Flickr and Photobucket) as the most common sites visited after dropping by the site. Facebook visitors have a similar pattern, visiting sites like Slide, YouTube and Flixter. The one stand-out difference between the two is that, owing to Facebook's heritage as a social network for college students, 5% of those leaving the Facebook domain continue on to websites within the educational category. The most fascinating point lies in the traffic patterns between the two networks. For last week, of those visiting Facebook.com, 20% visited MySpace immediately afterwards, up from 10% a year...
This pattern is an indication that beyond the unique demographics for each site, many users choose to use both, and that users have a threshold for more than one social network. The addictive nature of both sites should serve them well for future growth...
...private companies like Google and EarthLink in San Francisco, the Square connectivity initiative will help bring the digital age to those who may not be able to afford a broadband connection. Although the speed of the free connection will not be as high as Harvard’s private network for students and affiliates, it will be much faster than a dial-up connection...
...service will be provided through an innovative mesh network that is cheaper and more efficient than previous technologies because it requires less wiring and has lower installation costs. We welcome Cambridge’s effort, along with Harvard’s active role in it: Three of the new antennas were placed on Harvard-owned buildings. Looking toward the future, we hope that this kind of open access will spark the development of cheaper communication, especially telephony through Internet-based voice over IP (VoIP...