World Cup distracts workers as UK internet traffic surges 23% during office hours
Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 June 2010 08:00 Written by External Post Wednesday, 16 June 2010 08:00
It seems like World Cup fever is now having an impact on businesses as a massive 23% increase over normal daytime web traffic in the UK is recorded by managed service provider Star. With a big game between Portugal and Ivory Coast being held in the
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World Cup pushes Internet to new record
Last Updated on Saturday, 12 June 2010 10:00 Written by External Post Saturday, 12 June 2010 10:00
World Cup fever pushed the Internet to a new record on Friday, according to measurements from Akamai. Traffic to news sites globally started a steady climb about 6 a.m. Eastern time and peaked six hours later at noon, reaching nearly 12.1 million
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Google infected by World Cup fever
Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 June 2010 04:20 Written by External Post Wednesday, 9 June 2010 04:20
Google has tweaked search results for “world cup” to display upcoming matches and the teams still in the contest at the top of its results page. Search for “world cup” and a breathless message tells you: “Kickoff in 2 days!” Below that are the two first
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