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Research Reports

1. Mobile
Web Will Rule by 2015 (04/12/2010)
– Morgan Stanley predicts the future of the
Internet and highlights important online trends… http://mashable.com/2010/04/13/mobile-web-stats/

2. New
UK standards for measuring government websites (04/2010). http://www.coi.gov.uk/guidance.php?page=188. Highlights:

3. Making the Most of Social Media: 7 Lessons Learned from Successful Cities (03/09/2010): University of Pennsylvania Fels
Institute of Government interviewed more than two dozen early adopters
of social media. Seven distinct, practical lessons on using social media
are presented.
http://www.fels.upenn.edu/news/making-most-social-media

News

1. What the Web of
Tomorrow Will Look Like:
(01/24/2010) Watch for these 4 big trends http://mashable.com/2010/01/24/internet-of-tomorrow-column/

2. Top
10 Mobile Trends of 2010 (04/20-22/2010)
ReadWriteWeb presents the 10 leading trends of the Mobile Web in a
3-part series of posts including:

3. Tired of the same old network newscast (11/09/2009) – Watch this fascinating National Science
Foundation Video and make your own decision whether virtual
newscasts are here to help – or replace?
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/virtualnewscast.jsp

4. What
is proper digital communication (03/2010)? “With a bit of help from our friends in the fields
of psychology and information technology, we can apply the age-old
intuitions of face-to-face conversation to whatever advances in
technology come our way.” http://mashable.com/2010/02/24/social-media-trust/