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Voter Contacts During 2006 Election Cycle

Pew Internet Life released a fascinating study a few days back (PDF) that looked at voter contacts during the 2006 election.  Below is a table summarizing the key findings:

Two things jump out at me here:

(1) 56% of folks surveyed received recorded calls urging them to vote,...

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Top 8 YouTube Videos of 2006

The Associated Press released a list of their Top 10 YouTube videos a few weeks back. And we did a Top 10 Political Videos list back in September. So here’s a derivative post listing our Top 8 YouTube videos of 2006.

(8) Microsoft designs the Ipod packaging….

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Ebay Quitting China

Well, it looks like Yahoo! and Google aren't the only company having trouble in China.  Ebay announced today that it is turning over its Chinese branch to a Beijing-based company in a new joint venture, capping a 3-year financial slide.

According to CNN:

EBay said it would fold its China subsidiary,...

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The Year in Review: The Best Websites You’ve Never Visited (and some you have)

2006 has seen many fantastic developments in the realm of Web 2.0.  Looking back over the year, the growth of sites like YouTube, digg, Facebook, and Wikipedia immediately come to mind.  But 2006 has also brought us many other great websites that, while they are less well-known, are no less fun or interesting. ...

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New ImpactWatch Demo: Media Coverage of Playstation 3 vs Nintendo Wii

A couple of months ago we ran a demo of our ImpactWatchâ„¢ product that analyzed media coverage around the 2006 Senate race in Connecicut.  Today we’re launching another demo that looks at coverage on major gaming websites of the launches of the Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii gaming consoles.  By signing up,...

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