ABI Research: “Eleven million eReaders are projected to be shipped globally in 2012. Down from a peak volume in 2011 of 15 million devices, the growing popularity of media tablets along with declining US baby boomer population and lack of organized digital bookstores outside of the US and Western Europe will reduce the eReader opportunity… Continue Reading
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CRS – Internet Firearm and Ammunition Sales
Internet Firearm and Ammunition Sales. Vivian S. Chu, Legislative Attorney, August 28, 2012 “As the Internet has become a significant venue for facilitating commercial transactions, concerns have arisen regarding the use of this medium to transfer firearms. This report discusses the sale of firearms and ammunition over the Internet, with a focus on the extent… Continue Reading
comScore Releases July 2012 U.S. Online Video Rankings
News release: “comScore, Inc. a leader in measuring the digital world, released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that more than 184 million U.S. Internet users watched 36.9 billion online content videos in July, while video ad views totaled 9.6 billion. Top 10 Video Content Properties by Unique Viewers: “Google Sites, driven primarily… Continue Reading
Interoperability Case Study: Cloud Computing
Berkman Center for Internet Law: “This case study is part of an ongoing series developed in support of a larger text on interoperability by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser Interop: The Promise and Perils of Highly Interconnected Systems (Basic Books, June 2012). The book is an extension of their 2007 study and paper, Breaking Down… Continue Reading
Report – 2012 U.S. Book Consumer Demographics & Buying Behaviors
Via GOOD Education – Generation Read: Millennials Buy More Books Than Everybody Else: “Forget the stereotype of the tweeting, texting, YouTube-watching millennial with a short attention span. According to the 2012 U.S. Book Consumer Demographics and Buying Behaviors Annual Review, if you were born between 1979 and 1989, you spent more money on books in… Continue Reading
FTC Approves Final Settlement With Facebook
News release: “Following a public comment period, the FTC has accepted as final a settlement with Facebook resolving charges that Facebook deceived consumers by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private, and then repeatedly allowing it to be shared and made public. The settlement requires Facebook to take several steps to make… Continue Reading
Amazon surpasses Google for online buyers conducting product research
Forester Report, July 26, 2012: “Some 30% of online buyers began researching their last online purchase with Amazon, compared with 13% researching a product on Google, according to a new Forrester survey of nearly 4,000 US respondents. This is a growing trend as Amazon increasingly becomes the first-stop shop for consumers, taking market share away… Continue Reading
Infographics – How Consumers Really Feel About Data Privacy
via Placecast: How Consumers Really Feel About Data Privacy – “2,307 people were surveyed and it was found that use of data where the value exchange is explicit are most acceptable (grocery coupons, Amazon), while Facebooks data usage is least acceptable. Also, use of location data from either merchants or cell phone carriers is acceptable… Continue Reading
"Amazon" Laws and Taxation of Internet Sales: Constitutional Analysis
CRS – “Amazon” Laws and Taxation of Internet Sales: Constitutional Analysis, Erika K. Lunder – Legislative Attorney; John R. Luckey – Legislative Attorney, July 26, 2012 “As more and more purchases are made over the Internet, states are looking for new ways to collect taxes on these sales. While there is a common misperception that… Continue Reading
IBM – Capitalizing on the smarter consumer
Capitalizing on the smarter consumer, IBM Institute for Business Value, July 2012 “The consumer is digital. Smarter consumers take technology completely for granted. Nearly half the people we surveyed are eager to use two or more technologies to shop. Younger consumers are particularly keen and teenage twitterati have now escaped the parental leash. The… Continue Reading
Interoperability Case Study: The Bar Code/UPC
Interoperability Case Study: The Bar Code/UPC, Published July 15, 2012 by Matthew Becker. Download from SSRN “This case study is part of an ongoing series developed in support of a larger text on interoperability by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser Interop: The Promise and Perils of Highly Interconnected Systems (Basic Books, forthcoming, June 2012). The… Continue Reading
WSJ – E-book publishers and retailers collecting data on readers
WSJ: “In the past, publishers and authors had no way of knowing what happens when a reader sits down with a book. Does the reader quit after three pages, or finish it in a single sitting? Do most readers skip over the introduction, or read it closely, underlining passages and scrawling notes in the margins?… Continue Reading
