«Quase dois milhões de fotografias dos principais acontecimentos da história de Portugal e do mundo desde 1948 obtidas pela Lusa e por várias agências associadas vão estar disponíveis a partir de quinta-feira no portal Sapo. O arquivo de fotografias da Lusa "conta à sua maneira a história de Portugal e do mundo no último meio século (...)"»
Diário de Notícias
Fotos Sapo | Lusa
«comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released the results of a study of the online habits of Portuguese Internet users, based on data from the comScore World Metrix service. More than 3.8 million people age 15 and older accessed the Internet from a home or work location in Portugal in September, viewing an average 1,843 pages and spending an average 1.9 hours online per person during the month.
“Portugal represents a dynamic and growing Internet market in Europe with users continuing to be more active and engaged online,” said Mike Read, comScore managing director for Europe and Ibero America. “The average Internet user in Portugal is spending more time online engaging in different behaviors such as reading news and articles, search, conducting personal financial transactions and social networking. ” »
comScore
«Segundo o relatório "Smarter, Faster, Better eGovernment" hoje divulgado pela Comissão Europeia, Portugal apresenta-se em primeiro lugar no ranking europeu da disponibilização e sofisticação dos serviços públicos online. Na edição realizada em Outubro de 2004, Portugal apresentava-se na 16ª posição em matéria de disponibilidade e na 14ª no nível de sofisticação. Nos últimos 5 anos Portugal passou duma posição abaixo da média europeia para a liderança nos serviços públicos online.»
Plano Tecnológico
«According to Nielsen’s latest VideoCensus numbers, Facebook jumped to No. 3 behind established video powerhouses YouTube and Hulu in terms of total streams. That’s up from No. 10 just last month. Facebook generated more than 217 million streams in October to more than 31.5 million unique viewers, up from 110 million streams to 23 million viewers in September.»
NewTeeVee
«O acesso à Internet com banda larga de um mega de velocidade fará parte do denominado serviço universal em Espanha a partir de 2011, anunciou hoje o ministro da Indústria, Turismo e Comércio espanhol.
Miguel Sebastián, que falava na inauguração do 3º Fórum Internacional de Conteúdos Digitais (FICOD), em Madrid, explicou que esta decisão implica que o serviço terá que ser oferecido com qualidade e a um preço acessível em qualquer zona do país.»
Público
«Google’s Chrome OS project, first announced in July, will become available for download within a week, we’ve heard from a reliable source. Google previously said to expect an early version of the OS in the fall.»
TechCrunch
The Google Chrome OS
«News Web sites are starting to look a lot less like newspapers and a lot more like television. (...)
A major reason is commercial. At a time when other categories of advertising dollars are shrinking, video ads are booming. News sites are adding more video inventory to keep pace with the demands of advertisers, and benefiting from the higher cost-per-thousands, or C.P.M.’s, that ads on those videos command. The attention to video mirrors changes in how consumers are experiencing news. Major events — be it the presidential election or the death of Michael Jackson — bring a surge in video stream viewings by new users, and each time some of them stick around.»
The New York Times
«Hold Esquire's December issue in front of a webcam, and an on-screen image of the magazine pops to life, letters flying off the cover. Shift and tilt the magazine, and the animation on the screen moves accordingly.
Robert Downey Jr. emerges out of the on-screen page in 3-D, offering half-improvised shtick on Esquire's latest high-tech experiment for keeping print magazines relevant amid the digital onslaught.»
Associated Press
Esquire
«All telecoms companies and internet service providers will be required by law to keep a record of every customer’s personal communications, showing who they have contacted, when and where, as well as the websites they have visited.
Despite widespread opposition to the increasing amount of surveillance in Britain, 653 public bodies will be given access to the information, including police, local councils, the Financial Services Authority, the ambulance service, fire authorities and even prison governors.»
The Daily Telegraph
«People scared of flying can now press a button on their iPhone to help them deal with their panic.
Long-haul airline Virgin Atlantic Airways has launched an application, or app, for its Flying Without Fear course which boasts a success rate of over 98 percent. Apps are a source of information, games and other novelty ideas for users of Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch devices.
The airline said in a statement that this app was designed to help people overcome fear, be it of the unfamiliar aircraft, the strange noises a plane makes, or of losing control.»
Reuters
«A maioria dos responsáveis pelos jornais portugueses pondera disponibilizar os títulos no leitor de livros e jornais electrónico Kindle, como fez o grupo espanhol Prisa, mas apenas no Público a concretização da ideia foi já estudada.
O grupo espanhol Prisa anunciou recentemente que vai disponibilizar as edições do El País, do Ás e do Cinco Dias no Kindle, através de um acordo estabelecido com a empresa de comércio electrónico norte-americana Amazon.»
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