Despite their success, entrepreneurs and investors in interactive industries have shied away from health care, even though most users believe that the existing online solutions are of no use (more than half of Internet users report that the health information they find online is of no help at all, according to a 2010 Pew Internet Study).
These mobile users go online not just to find information but to share what they find and even create new content much more than they did before.
In 1996, online news was considered an alternative information source -- 53 percent of online users surveyed in 1996 said they used online news because other media did not provide enough news.
CNN: Survey: Internet established as major news source in 2000 elections
For one: Make all personal tax information available online for users.
Schumer is urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to provide guidelines for social networking sites, like Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter on how private information submitted by online users can be used and disseminated.
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Non-paying users will be limited to a site showing online travel information and some free news and entertainment.
Online information storage firm Evernote has asked all users to reset their passwords, following a security breach by hackers.
In this election cycle, 56 percent of online news users said they used the medium because the information was more convenient.
CNN: Survey: Internet established as major news source in 2000 elections
Social networks such as Facebook, which boasts over 400m users, have become popular tools for communicating online and for posting information on a host of subjects.
Mr Bendelladj, who used the alias Bx1 online, is believed to be one of the "critical" controllers of the SpyEye software that infected users' computers and then stole personal information used to log in to online financial accounts.
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Facebook users' protest over Beacon, the program that shared information about their online activity with other Facebookers, was just the tip of the iceberg. 2008 will be the year when consumers finally realize how much personal data marketers have about them, thanks to the Web, and start to get really irked about it.
Driven increased response with 71 percent of smartphone users who see a TV, press or online ad doing a mobile search for more information.
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The pseudonym system allows users to build an online reputation without actually giving away their identity, and protects them from having information gathered about their personal lives, Hill said.
While some internet users are careful to project themselves online in a way that suits specific audiences, other internet users embrace an open approach to sharing information about themselves and do not take steps to restrict what they share.
Legacy Locker allows users to set up a kind of online will, with beneficiaries that would receive the customer's account information and passwords after they die.
Users can set up their accounts at www.legacylocker.com to specify who gets access to their posthumous online information, along with "legacy letters, " or messages, that can be sent to loved ones.
Sony admitted this week that hackers had stolen personal information, possibly including credit-card details, of many of the 77m-plus users of its online-gaming and entertainment networks.
Only 8 percent of online users and 28 percent of election news users visited the site of a candidate or campaign to get news or information about the 2000 elections, the survey stated.
CNN: Survey: Internet established as major news source in 2000 elections
More than half (57%) of adult internet users say they have used a search engine to look up their name and see what information was available about them online, up from 47% who did so in 2006.
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