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Microsoft tops Google, Yahoo, Facebook in worldwide Web use
Windows Live Messenger led Microsoft's Web properties in capturing 14.5 percent of total time spent online in September worldwide, handily beating Google, Yahoo, Facebook and other sites, according to analysis firm comScore.
Microsoft Sites Captures Largest Share of Time Spent Online Worldwide
comscore.com — Facebook and YouTube Combined Account for Nearly 10 Percent of Time Spent Online Globally RESTON, VA, November 6, 2009 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study of online engagement at the top ... (more) Microsoft Sites Captures Largest Share of Time Spent ...
Yahoo Joins The Free WiFi Marketing Bandwagon
Yahoo Joins The Free WiFi Marketing Bandwagon
paidcontent.org — Free WiFi is apparently the gift of choice this holiday season from big online companies to their users. Yahoo ( NSDQ: YHOO ) will provide free WiFi for an entire year in Times Square, ... (more) Yahoo Joins The Free WiFi Marketing Bandwagon
Facebook chat supports XMPP, with ejabberd
process-one.net — Facebook is preparing the launch of their XMPP connection interface. It means that users will be able to use Facebook with any type of XMPP clients, ranging from desktop to mobile clients. This is a huge news for XMPP because it consolidates the ... (more) Facebook chat supports XMPP, with ejabberd
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Linkpost | 11.7.2009
TechBlog — ... - Very cool. An artist discovered on DeviantArt was given the chance to design the login and home screens. See the rejects as well as the final results. • Microsoft tops Google, Yahoo, Facebook in worldwide Web use - Based on hours used, and globally. • ...

You spend more time on MSN Messenger than ANYTHING else
Download Squad — ... with YouTube coming in third at 4.4% (and Google's biggest slice of the online pie.) One has to wonder if people with Messenger logged in in the background counts towards the total -- I imagine it does. So the totals are probably somewhat skewed -- but in either case, you can find all of the data on the original comScore report. Perhaps most impressive is Facebook's 200% climb in usage since the same time last year! [via SeattlePi] You spend more time on MSN Messenger than ANYTHING else originally appeared on ...

Israel Developing SMS Rocket Alert System, Firefox Turns Five
Switched — Highlights from the morning's other big tech headlines.... Israel is currently developing a missile alert system that would identify the destinations of incoming rockets and notify residents in the impact zones via cell phone. University campuses in the States already use such services for emergency ...

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