I answered 11 of 12 questions correctly! What’s your score?
What does “URL” stand for? What was the first widely popular graphical Web browser? Which university was the first on Facebook?
Test your knowledge of technology and the web by taking our short 12-question quiz. When you finish, you will be able to compare your “Web IQ” with the average online American based on the results of our nationally representative survey of 1,066 adult internet users.
Consumer Awareness Grows Over the Internet
Earned media such as Google search, social media and online articles/content are the only growing influencers of consumer product awareness, according to Nielsen.
No growth in consumer purchase awareness across paid and owned media like TV, newspaper, paid advertising and in-store or brand web content.
Michelle Corsano Pellettier
There is no point at which you can say, ‘Well, I’m successful now. I might as well take a nap.
Carrie Fisher
Don’t wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations.
Charles Francis Richter (via fyp-science)
Happy Monday!
Monday Coffee
Monday Coffee. Line ‘em up! Have a good one! Illustration by the talented Megan Hess.
This week, privacy is on everyone’s minds. After the FBI demanded Apple assist in breaking into an iPhone, internet and phone users everywhere are wondering about how secure their digital interactions are. Digital Editor Natalie DiBlasio sat down with David Gorodyansky, CEO of AnchorFree, a company that makes the personal VPN called Hotspot Shield that was used to circumvent censorship during the Arab Spring in Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. He has some tips on protecting your internet privacy. (USA TODAY Tech)
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