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Yahoo! to Support Safer Internet Day on February 8, 2011 With a Global Commitment to Creating Safer Online Experiences for Young People

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*Yahoo! launches safety sites across more than 26 countries, providing online safety tips for educators, parents, and teens around the world* 

SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Yahoo! Inc. today announced that it is launching Yahoo! Safely worldwide, demonstrating its longtime commitment to fostering safer online experiences. Through Yahoo! Safely (https://safely.yahoo.com), users across 26 countries and 14 languages can now access information and advice on making smart choices online. This global resource aims to inform parents, educators, and young people in their own languages about important topics, such as managing digital reputations, avoiding cyber-bullying, and learning how to minimize risks on mobile devices.  (more…)

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Email Evolution: Web-based Email Shows Signs of Decline in the U.S. While Mobile Email Usage on the Rise

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*Growing Number of Communication Channels Prompts Shift in Consumers’ Email Behavior*  

RESTON, VA, January 20, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released results from a study on U.S. consumers’ evolving email behaviors using data from its comScore Media Metrix and MobiLens services. The study found that in November 2010, the number of visitors to web-based email sites declined 6 percent compared to the previous year, while email engagement declined at an even greater rate. During the same time period, the number of users accessing email via their mobile devices grew by 36 percent as an increasingly complex digital environment influenced consumers’ communication habits.  (more…)

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Video Makes it Big on the Small Screen in Europe

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*On-Demand Programme Viewing on Mobile Devices Grows 99 Percent in Past Year*

LONDON, U.K., 29 September, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from its comScore MobiLens service showing that the number of people viewing video on mobile devices has increased 66 percent in the past year to 12.1 million mobile consumers across the EU5 countries (U.K., France, Germany, Spain and Italy). (more…)

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