New Products from Google
Labs
Google Labs rolls out new free
services one after the other: Gmail, Google Maps, Google Blog Search, Google
Print, and now Google Talk. (For using Google Talk you need a
Gmail account, Windows XP or 2000, and a fast Internet access.)
All great products and free. Check them out at the Google Help
Center Google Labs. The site is
loaded with useful information about the features of these
products and how to use them.
Google's Firefox Toolbar
Application, in beta testing since
early July, was officially released last week with a set of new
Firefox-only functions. Among the new features are the ability to
rearrange the toolbar interface and to move around the search
bar, and the incorporation of Google Suggest, which suggests
queries based on what the user has already typed.
By the way, Mozilla Foundation has announced a new security
update to the Firefox browser. For safer and faster
navigation download Firefox 1.0.7 now. It is available now in
several languages.
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Internet Usage Stats
Update
According to our records, as of September
27, 2005 there are 957,783,222 Internet users in the world. This
corresponds to a 14.9% penetration rate for the world, based on a
total population of 6,420,102,722. The five year growth
percentage to date is a healthy 165.3 %. The Internet growth in
each world region is as follows, ordered by the penetration
rates:
World
Regions
|
Internet
Users, 2000
|
Internet
Users, 2005
|
Growth
|
% Pop.
2005
|
Northern
America
|
108,096,800
|
223,779,183
|
107.0 %
|
68.1 %
|
Oceania
|
7,619,500
|
17,655,737
|
131.7 %
|
52.8 %
|
Europe
|
103,096,093
|
273,262,955
|
165.1 %
|
37.4 %
|
Latin America +
Caribbean
|
18,068,919
|
70,729,084
|
291.4 %
|
12.9 %
|
Asia
|
114,303,000
|
327,066,713
|
186.1 %
|
9.0
%
|
Middle
East
|
5,284,800
|
21,422,500
|
305.4 %
|
8.2
%
|
Africa
|
4,514,400
|
23,867,500
|
428.7 %
|
2.7
%
|
Total
World
|
360,983,512
|
957,753,672
|
165.3 %
|
14.9 %
|
Source: Internet World Stats, September, 2005.
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Note1: % Pop. is the Internet
Penetration Rate, expressed as population percentage.
Note2: Internet Growth Percent is between December, 2000 and
September, 2005.
The Internet World Stats website statistics will be updated
towards the middle of October, 2005 with complete country figures
included in the charts and tables. To reach the target mark of
one billion Internet users, expected by the end of year 2005,
only 42,216,788 new Internet users are required.
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Online Profits at the Speed
of Light
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