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Adults E-Mail, Teens IM

Print/Share This Post Email This Post Published by rwatstein December 9th, 2007 in email, demographics and instant messages. 0 Comments

Some things are better said at a distance. Nearly half of teens ages 13 to 18 use instant messaging, according to an AP-AOL study conducted by Knowledge Networks. Three-quarters of adults said they sent more e-mails than instant messages. The ratio was nearly reversed for teens, many of whom liked the distance that IM put between them in some conversations.

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Turn Gmail (Or Any E-mail Account) Into a Social Network Hub

Print/Share This Post Email This Post Published by rwatstein October 7th, 2007 in email and social networking. 0 Comments

There’s been a lot of chatter about the entire concept of social graphing. I have no idea if there is validity here or not. And certainly people smarter than I am are talking about the potential viability of the entire concept. However, what I do know is that a lot of us are increasingly participating in social networks and we need a way to track it all. Also, most of us are hooked on email too. So, the good news is you can easily combine these addictions (um I mean “tools”) to your advantage. Thanks to gobs of storage, a pretty strong reason to stay locked-in (three and a half years of heavy email use), my Gmail account is the nerve center that runs my life. Yes, just as Gmail remains my personal nerve center, it now also tracks my social graph.

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Remember the First Time You Tried Email…

Print/Share This Post Email This Post Published by rwatstein September 15th, 2007 in YouTube and email. 0 Comments

Seniors learn to use e-mail at the Tunbridge, Vt., public library. This video comes from librarian/bloggger Jessamyn West.

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Royal (e)mail

Print/Share This Post Email This Post Published by rwatstein June 25th, 2007 in email and users. 0 Comments

The Queen has set up her own email account, it has emerged. But she does not actually type her emails herself - she dictates them, according to the Daily Telegraph. The 81-year-old monarch, who also has a mobile phone and an iPod mini, revealed her acquisition of an email address at a recent Buckingham Palace garden party.

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