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June 18, 2001 Published by: Nua Ltd Volume 6 Number 24
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CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL:
'An online anarchist circus?'
by Kathy Foley
ABUSE
:Online fraud not as bad as you think
ACCESS DEVICES
:Shipments of handheld devices to rocket
:Wireless revenues to soar in Europe
ADVERTISING
:Streaming media ad spend set to soar
ECOMMERCE
:Online retail spend down in May
:Traditional retailers selling more online
:Online retailers finally reaching profit
EMAIL
:Email marketing to remain killer app
:Japanese PM's ezine breaks records
ENTERTAINMENT
:Music fans downloading instead of buying
:Movie sites drive fans to cinemas
FINANCIAL SERVICES
:Aggregation is future of online banking
:Online banking gaining ground in Poland
GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS
:European Net audience still growing
:Almost 0.75 million Net users in Ukraine
:A third of US Net users have broadband
GOV/LEG
:US government fails on accessibility
INFRASTRUCTURES:
:3G awareness remains low
MARKETING/BRANDS
:Aussie charities must work harder on Web
:Share price doesn't affect brand strength
RECRUITMENT
:Traffic to job sites varies across Asia
SECURITY ISSUES
:Insiders the biggest security threat
:Market for biometrics set to grow
TRAVEL
:Travel sites continue to thrive
USAGE PATTERNS
:UK users stick to PCs but want broadband
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EDITORIAL:
'An online anarchist circus?'
by Kathy Foley
Last week, the World Bank announced that its conference on globalization and
poverty, which was to have been held in the Spanish city of Barcelona, would
be held online instead.
While it appeared to be promoting inclusiveness, in reality, the Bank was
running scared.
For the full story, go to:
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/analysis/weekly_editorial.html
For archives of editorials, go to:
<http://www.nua.ie/surveys/analysis/weekly_editorial/archives/issue1no
184.html>
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NEWS STORIES START HERE
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ABUSE
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=1
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Jupiter Media Metrix: Online fraud not as bad as you think
Jupiter Media Metrix has found that consumers believe that online fraud is
far more prevalent than it actually is.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356879&rel=true
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ACCESS DEVICES
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=26
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IDC Research: Shipments of handheld devices to rocket
The number of handheld devices shipped globally will increase from 13.6
million last year to 70.9 million by 2005, according to IDC. This represents
a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 39 percent.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356896&rel=true
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Strategis Group: Wireless revenues to soar in Europe
Total revenues from wireless messaging services in Europe are set to grow to
USD57.8 billion by 2008, up from USD14.5 million this year.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356899&rel=true
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ADVERTISING
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=2
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Yankee Group: Streaming media ad spend set to soar
Spending on streaming media-enabled advertising will grow from USD44 million
last year to USD3.1 billion by 2005, according to the Yankee Group.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356882&rel=true
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ECOMMERCE
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=14
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Forrester Research: Online retail spend down in May
Online consumer spending in the US dropped by USD400 million in May,
according to the latest release of the Forrester Online Retail Index.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356887&rel=true
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ActivMedia Research: Traditional retailers selling more online
One third of revenues for so-called 'clicks-and-bricks' companies in the US
came from the Internet last year, according to ActivMedia.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356886&rel=true
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E-Commerce Times: Online retailers finally reaching profit
In a new report, McKinsey & Company says the age of profitability has begun
in the world of ecommerce.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356893&rel=true
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EMAIL
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=16
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CRM Daily: Email marketing to remain killer app
A new report has forecast that the market for email marketing will be worth
over USD1 billion by 2003, making it a major part of CRM efforts.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356878&rel=true
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Reuters: Japanese PM's ezine breaks records
The newly launched email newsletter written by Japanese Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi is believed to have broken subscription records for a
publication of its kind.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356897&rel=true
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ENTERTAINMENT
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=48
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Reuters: Music fans downloading instead of buying
Five and a half percent of 16-40 year olds in the US have been downloading
music from the Internet rather than purchasing a single music CD or
cassette.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356877&rel=true
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Cyber Dialogue: Movie sites drive fans to cinemas
Movie websites are driving US Internet users to go to the cinema or rent
videos more often, according to Cyber Dialogue.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356898&rel=true
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FINANCIAL SERVICES
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=4
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Datamonitor: Aggregation is future of online banking
There will be over 121 million users of online banking services in Europe
and the US by 2005, according to Datamonitor.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356885&rel=true
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Warsaw Business Journal: Online banking gaining ground in Poland
About 10 percent of Polish Internet users are now banking online, only a
year after the first online bank was launched.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356891&rel=true
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GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=18
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Nielsen NetRatings: European Net audience still growing
There were just under 114 million Internet users in Europe at the end of
May, according to Nielsen NetRatings.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356883&rel=true
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Europemedia: Almost 0.75 million Net users in Ukraine
Europemedia reports that there are now between 700,000 and 750,000 Internet
users in the Ukraine.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356888&rel=true
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Arbitron New Media: A third of US Net users have broadband
Thirty-one percent of US Internet users have broadband access at home, work,
or school, according to Arbitron.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356900&rel=true
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GOV/LEG
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=19
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Newsbytes: US government fails on accessibility
Newsbytes reports that very few US government agencies will have complied
with a new website accessibility law by this week's deadline.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356895&rel=true
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INFRASTRUCTURES
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=20
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Taylor Nelson Sofres: 3G awareness remains low
New research from Taylor Nelson Sofres shows that awareness of 3G wireless
services by existing mobile phone and Internet users remains low, although
3G services are due to be rolled out in the near future.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356894&rel=true
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MARKETING/BRANDS
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=45
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Wesley Mission: Aussie charities must work harder on Web
Australian non-profit organizations are not making the best use of their
websites, according to a new study.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356884&rel=true
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Landor: Share price doesn't affect brand strength
A new multi-country survey has found that a company's stock performance has
little impact on the public perception of that company.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356889&rel=true
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RECRUITMENT
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=8
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NetValue: Traffic to job sites varies across Asia
Traffic to job sites rose in Hong Kong and Taiwan in April, but fell in
Singapore and Korea, according to NetValue.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356881&rel=true
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SECURITY ISSUES
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=30
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CNN Interactive: Insiders the biggest security threat
Malicious hackers are much less of a threat to companies than disgruntled
current and former employees, according to a new study.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356892&rel=true
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Newsbytes: Market for biometrics set to grow
Biometrics applications are slowly moving into the mainstream security
technology space.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356901&rel=true
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TRAVEL
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=33
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NFO WorldGroup: Travel sites continue to thrive
Traffic to travel websites in the US is up 27 percent among leisure
travelers and 10 percent among business travelers, according to new survey
results from NFO Plog.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356880&rel=true
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USAGE PATTERNS
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=34
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Which? Online: UK users stick to PCs but want broadband
Thirty-six percent of the general population, or over 16 million people, now
use the Internet in the UK, up from 27 percent last year. Forty-five percent
of current users are women.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905356890&rel=true
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