Social network sites such as Facebook and MySpace are now more popular than personal e-mail, finds a report. The Nielsen survey of users’ habits found that 67% of all those going online were spending time at social network and blogging sites. Interest in the category is growing four times faster than the other top four […]
Mobile phones will overtake PCs as the most common Web access devices worldwide by 2013, according to a new forecast by research firm Gartner. That’s an even more aggressive outlook than Morgan Stanley’s projection that the mobile Web will outstrip the desktop Web in five years. Gartner estimates the combined installed base of smartphones and […]
When it comes to a kid’s television-viewing habits, the mom’s language can matter. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine surveyed 1,347 women who had children ages 35 months to 4 years to assess just how much time the kids spent in front on the tube. They knew that young children of white mothers and […]
To IBBY friends around the world The earthquake in Haiti has left us all shaken and shocked: our friends are there. Yet another tragic disaster has hit the poorest country in the western hemisphere. We have already seen the nations of the world pledging help with basic medical and food aid. But they need more than that. […]
A foundation to promote youth philanthropy, an interactive game to promote financial literacy, and electronic budget journals for daily “wealth watching” are among the award-winning ideas generated at the recent Youth Summit sponsored by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and Mobilize.org. The summit brought together young people from around the United States to discuss issues affecting members of the millennial […]