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News: Social Network Usage Around the World

This morning I came across a fascinating article from a French web site at lemonade.fr that had a wonderful illustration of global social network usage trends. While I can’t read French at all, the map speaks for itself . . .

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(Image source – lemonde.fr -Tech Industry News)

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Tech: Technology and Internet: Hot Trends in Shaping Globalization

Quote from Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, Thomas L. Friedman on Globalization:

“It is the inexorable integration of markets, nation-states and technologies to a degree never witnessed before-in a way that is enabling individuals, corporations and nation-states to reach around the world farther, faster, deeper, cheaper than ever before, and in a way that is enabling the world to reach in the world to reach into individuals, corporations, and nation-states farther, faster, deeper,  cheaper than ever before”

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E-commerce: 5 Things Shoppers Don’t Want from Online Retailers

Last week I made a blog entry titled “5 Things Shoppers Want from Online Retailers.”  This week I’d like to take a look at a handful of bothersome shopping techniques implemented by online marketers that don’t just get on my nerves, but many other online shoppers that I speak with on a daily basis.  Below is a list of 5 things that I feel hinders my online shopping experiences, and make me think twice before making an online purchase:

1. “Please Register to Checkout” – Here I am, happy online shopper, going to visit www.tiffany.com to look for a nice piece of jewelry for my wife.  I find a piece I like, add it to my basket, and then I arrive at the dreaded “Sign In” page:

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Usability: Usability Resource Says Microsoft User Interface Not So Fluent

I do not have emotional reactions to the software applications I use on a daily basis.  They are necessary tools which I use to accomplish my job and produce documentation that is of benefit to my team members and to the client. I neither love nor hate them; they are merely a fact of my life.

Until Microsoft Office 2007.

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E-commerce: 5 Things Shoppers Want from Online Retailers

As each year passes by, I see great strides forward in the ease of use of online shopping sites, more information that I’m looking for to make a purchase decision, and automated payment methods that make my online purchases easier. Below is a list of 5 things that are helping me as an online shopper (and helping online retailers make their sales plan):

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News: Welcome to the MarketNet Blog

What a difference the Internet has made in the way we conduct business, go about our daily routine, interact with one another and even socialize!  Have you ever just taken a moment to think how different your life is today from how it was in 1994?

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