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Saturday, 23 October 2010 19:13 - RP has most avid users of Facebook, Yahoo, and Twitter in ...

Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:13:12 +0100

Information technology research and advisory firm Gartner Inc. said in its latest report on worldwide social media usage that that the Philippines leads Asia in terms of its adoption of "major global operators" of social media.

"While Asia's biggest economies have been slow to embrace the global social communities of Facebook, Yahoo and Twitter, many countries in the region have followed the adoption patterns of Europe and the US. The most avid social networkers are in the Philippines, where Facebook is the country's most visited Internet site," thereport said.

The report noted that countries in the Asia Pacific region —particularly China, Japan, South Korea, and India— have developed their own social network services and consumption habits that are distinct from North American and European markets. According to the report, this divergence from Western consumption patterns is spurred largely by high consumer interest in services such as online gaming and matchmaking.

Moreover, according to the report, such niche content has proven to be a lucrative growth driver for locally developed social sites, such as Cyworld, Mixi and Renren.

"Niche social sites serving the business and dating communities appear to have the greatest longevity in Asia Pacific. Building an early critical mass of local users, featuring local language and content provides a good basis for sustaining a long term and loyal user base," explained Gartner research director Nick Ingelbrecht.

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http://www.gmanews.tv/story/204148/rp-has-most-avid-users-of-facebook-yahoo-and-twitter-in-asia-gartner-study

Saturday, 23 October 2010 18:37 - Farmville creator Zynga faces privacy breach lawsuit

Sat, 23 Oct 2010 10:37:43 +0100

The maker of the immensely popular "Farmville" Facebook game is facing charges that it shared private information with advertisers.

Facebook game and application maker Zynga.com is being accused of violating federal law by sending indentifying information to advertisers and Internet tracking companies, according to the The Wall Street Journal blog.

Nancy Walther Graf, a resident of California, filed a lawsuit against Zynga, alleging that the game maker divulged personally identifiable information to third parties "for substantial profit." Graf insists that Zynga had violated federal as well as state laws.

"These third parties like Zynga, if they’re going to get access to personally identifiable information in order to make these applications more useful to Facebook users, they’re going to have to be trusted with that information," said Graf's lawyer, Atty. Kassra Nassiri.

However, Zynga denied the accusations.

"We believe that the complaint is without merit and we intend to defend against it vigorously," the company told the Wall Street Journal in an emailed statement.

The lawsuit follows in the wake of similar allegations against Facebook itself, which is also currently embroiled in privacy concerns. - GMANews.TV

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/204155/farmville-creator-zynga-faces-privacy-breach-lawsuit

Saturday, 21 August 2010 00:00 - Solar-powered audio Bible sends good news to the blind

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:00:00 +0100

A new solar-powered audio Bible allows visually impaired people to listen to the New Testament, announced the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).

Dubbed "The Proclaimer," the audio Bible covers the 27 books of the New Testament, from Matthew to Revelation.

“The Faith-Comes-By-Hearing program audio player contains the New Testament in the heart language on an embedded microchip. It can play by solar panel, rechargeable batteries, hand crank or AC adapter," CBCP Episcopal Commission on Biblical Apostolate executive secretary Fr. Oscar Alunday said in an article on the group's news site.

The audio Bible is a special supplement of the May They Be One (MTBO) project -a joint undertaking of the CBCP ECBA and Philippine Bible Society (PBS).

Under the system, more than 300 groups of listeners called Bible Listening Groups can listen to God’s Word. Listening sessions are held once a week, facilitated by Church Leaders, beginning with the Book of Matthew.

Alunday said that each session is from one to one-and-a-half hours long.

“The 'Chapter – Play, Pause & Share' method is very effective. This program is a ‘Leader-Facilitator/Member discussion," he said.

Alunday explained that the audio Bible is dramatized by over 27 talents, with music background and sound effects, and contains audible cues so that the listeners can tell what book or chapter they are about to hear.

ECBA and PBS presented the audio Bible to the Northern Luzon Association for the Blind Campus Ministry last August 8 in Baguio City. - GMANews.TV