Platforms & Services

NEW YORK, May 16, 2005 – Experimental research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project and BuzzMetrics suggests that political bloggers can make an impact on politics, but they often follow the lead of politicians and journalists. A preliminary report released today, entitled “Buzz, Blogs and Beyond: The Internet and the National Discourse in […]

The number of people who make charitable donations online has roughly doubled since 2002, but there's plenty of room for growth.

The Kansas State Board of Education has begun hearings on whether to change the way that biology is taught in public schools to include the teaching of intelligent design, a contrary theory to that of evolution and natural selection.

About 6% of U.S. adults have created blogs and 16% of them read blogs

Bill Gates sounds off on music file sharing.

Despite the rapturous speed with which the news of the newly elected Pope disseminated in digital bits and bytes throughout the world today, the source that first announced the breaking story was the same brick-and-mortar reporter we’ve relied on ...

Meetup.com, the favorite web business of political sociologists, announced yesterday that it will institute a fee for its community organizing service beginning May 1.

The presentation is an overview of several trends, including broadband adoption and a surge of interest in “every day” health topics, and how they affect the internet health landscape.

There is a new online cat-and-mouse game between the United States and China, the two internet superpowers.

Google Maps takes "vanity searches" to a whole new level.