Social Network use by the Adult Americans on the rise: Surveys 0 comments

Adult Americans who use the internet are joining social networks at a rapid rate and the number with an online profile has quadrupled in the past three years, according to a new survey.
Thirty-five percent of US Web users aged 18 or older have a profile on a social network such as Facebook, Myspace or Linkedln, the Pew Internet and American Life Project Survey Found.This is a significant increase from eight percent in 2005.While the number of online adult.Americans loggin onto social networks is rising, they laged behind the number of online American teens who do so, the Washington-based Pew Research Centre said in report released on Wednesday,
Sixty-Five percent of online Americans aged 12 to 17 years old use social networks,it said.Adults, however, still make up the bulk of American users of social network websites because they make up a larger portion of the US population than teens.

China Internet Users Soar to 298 Million 0 comments

The number of internet users in China jumped nearly 42 percent to 298 million by the end of 2008 from the previous year, cementing the country's position sa the world largest internet population,the China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC) said.
The number of mobile web surfers surged 113 percent cent to 117.6 million in 2008 and mobile internet is expected to grow explosively in the next few years after the recent issuance of third generation (3G) license, the state-run agency said
The internet penetration rate in China has risen to 22.6 percent, slightly higher than the world's average of 21.9 percent,CCNIC said in a recent report.
In addition, the number of internet news readers has risen to 2.34 million and websites have become crucial area for publicity, the report said.