Companies that sell data about individuals online say it is difficult to completely remove people's information from their sites because personal records are difficult to match.
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The research also addressed political advertising. 68 percent of those active in political conversations online say they are more likely to pay attention to advertising on a site where they participate in political discussion and debate.
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Only 16% of the women who play online games say that connecting with people is why they play.
Meanwhile, objectors who have backed an online petition say the Heaths building has "significant historical importance" and should be preserved.
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To be sure, more than 6 million students in the U.S. are now taking at least one course online, and 65 percent of higher education institutions say online learning is a critical part of their long-term strategy, according to a 2011 report from the Babson Survey Research Group .
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Conversely, main street merchants and big box stores say online sellers have an edge.
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Despite their efforts, some experts say online travel agencies have a long way to go.
Knowing that anything you say online may show up when someone Googles you, use your postings to your advantage.
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Both online media buyers say their Google spend is slowing down.
In addition, according to Babson and College Board, 65 percent of higher education institutions say online education is now a critical part of their long-term strategy.
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Analysts say that banks are unlikely to make great profits from online banking, but say the competition among banks to cut costs will be passed onto the consumer.
Perhaps it is only because this case will force journalists and wealthy media corporations to think more carefully about what they say online that they are complaining so loudly.
Recruiting experts say online job boards in China often attract a glut of unqualified candidates for well-known companies and none for smaller firms, while there are simply too many headhunters with varying degrees of credibility, making the market chaotic.
Google says it is trying to make it easier to create digital marketing campaigns, but online ad experts say the shake-up also appears to an attempt to harvest more revenue from the rapidly growing usage of smartphones and tablets.
For example, Wufoo, which has tested Stripe Connect, can let users accept payments with its online forms, when, say, a soccer league has an online registration form and registration fee.
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Fervent online supporters of Matthew Keys say the journalist was just taking part in an online prank that briefly altered the Los Angeles Times' website, and he shouldn't ever have been suspended from his job.
Fervent online supporters of Matthew Keys say the journalist was just taking part in an online prank that briefly altered the Los Angeles Times' website, and he shouldn't even have been suspended from his job.
''Let us be mindful of what we say, online and in person, '' Mr Lee said in a post on his Facebook page.
There are no indications that the two men ever boxed together, and Russian officials haven't yet produced any of the online communication that they say exists.
They didn't have much to say about online, and what they said was more than what they've said before, which I think is an interesting thing.
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Some experts say communicating online before meeting IRL (that's In Real Life) can actually foster strong relationships by helping those with similar interests come together over great distances.
But Jaron Lanier, Douglas Rushkoff and the other digital humanists are correct to say that online discourse is best when we express ourselves in our own name.
KCR, a research firm, has found that in America far more 18- to 34-year-olds than any other age group say socialising online is a substitute for some car trips.
Less ambitious projects could be, say, online health education via Skype for villagers in rural India or Africa, perhaps by charitable volunteers in developed nations, or remote diagnostics aided by camera phones, Mr Shibulal suggests.
Industry sources say the online search and advertising specialist could publicly detail its long-rumored mobile-phone project as early as next week--with tech-gadget bloggers gossiping about every aspect of the look and feel of the latest tech toy.
In fact, 90% of executive recruiters say they conduct online research of potential candidates, according to ExecuNet.
One part of that effort includes the use of secure messaging to share health information with patients through, say, an online portal.
Personal attacks are never what anyone wants to see, but they will continue to exist and gaming could be a potential fountain to draw from unless gamers are careful about what they say and do online.
Others though, like Rouiller, say that while online material can put an individual onto the wrong track, ultimately there is almost always a terrorist "mentor" who plays a key role in pushing someone towards violence and that mentoring almost always takes place face-to-face, in somewhere like a mosque, high school or university.
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