There are more and more Internet users who are hooked on social networks, according to the IV Annual Study of Social Networks published by the IAB-Spain association (Interactive Advertising Bureau). In addition, Facebook is still the favorite, and 96 percent of Internet users have a profile on this network.
Throughout 2012, Google users have made 1.2 billion searches in 146 different languages, as revealed by the so-called Google Zeitgeist, which every year takes the pulse of the world through the terms that have been most introduced by the Internet users in the search engine.
Starting next February, tweets that include URLs or links will be reduced to 118 characters, which represents a loss of two characters of text per tweet compared to the current capacity of the microblogging platform.
The term Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity or fidelity without cables) is used to designate all computing solutions that use 802.11 wireless technology to create networks.
The Spanish web platform for editorial ranking Menéame, created in 2005 by the computer science professor at the University of the Balearic Islands Ricardo Galli and which allows the social filtering of news, is now seven years old. We review its history and what it has meant for the Internet and the news.
The technological revolution that is taking place at the moment and the one that is coming are characterized, above all, because they offer individuals the power to change things. This is what Rahaf Harfoush, expert in digital innovation strategy and author of the book ArchiTects, proposed in the session "Social networks, the engine of collaborative action" at EmTech Spain 2012, the conference on emerging technologies that for the second consecutive year has organized the MIT in Spain.
Despite the recommendations to choose secure, unintuitive passwords with combinations of numbers and letters, the truth is that the classic "123456" is still one of the most used passwords by Internet users. It is revealed by the software and computer security company SplashData, which each year publishes a Top 25 with the worst passwords used during 2012.
The largest analysis of user behavior on social networks, GlobalWebIndex, has just released its latest report. The study, based on interviews with more than 152,000 people in 31 different markets, suggests that Facebook users are the most active of all social platforms, with 64% of users contributing their activity.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
