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Trends emerge in app preferences of iPhone vs. Android users
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Which web and mobile properties found the largest audiences in 2012? According to Nielsen, Americans on the web were most inclined to search, socialize, shop, browse or, of course, look things up on Wikipedia.
The two US sites that averaged the greatest number of monthly unique visitors were web giants Google and Facebook: the former averaged...
Landor, Penn Schoen Berland, and Forbes announce World’s Most Powerful Brands
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New York: The battle for brand supremacy rages on, with Apple, Coca-Cola, and Microsoft taking the top three spots in Forbes’ World’s Most Powerful Brands list, published today on Forbes.com, with consumer perception data provided by Landor and Penn Schoen Berland (PSB). The results will also appear in the 22 October print...
US Digital Ad Spending to Top $37 Billion in 2012 as Market Consolidates
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eMarketer estimates that marketers will spend $37.31 billion on digital advertising in 2012. Digital ad spending will rise 16.6% this year, and will experience double-digit growth through 2014.
Based on the Interactive Advertising Bureau/PricewaterhouseCoopers data for the first two quarters of 2012, and because the digital ad spending market...
Google Remains King as Search Spending Climbs
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Tweet US search ad spending will maintain strong growth this year, boosted by major national elections and the Summer Olympic Games, before growth begins to taper off, reflecting the maturity of this online ad format.
This year, eMarketer estimates, search spending will rise 27% to $19.51 billion. By 2016, search ad spending will approach...
Microsoft to bring cable TV content to Xbox game console
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San Francisco: Microsoft announced Wednesday that it will bring cable television content to its Xbox video game console over the upcoming holiday season, expanding the console into an entertainment hub.
According to a company press release, nearly 40 world-leading TV and entertainment providers such as HBO, GO and BBC will stream their...
How Google, Facebook and Hotmail aim to stop holiday hacking
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This article titled "How Google, Facebook and Hotmail aim to stop holiday hacking" was written by Charles Arthur, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 5th August 2011 16.51 UTC
"My Google email account was recently hacked into whilst I was on holiday in Slovakia. The hacker said that I had been robbed at gunpoint in Spain and robbed,...
Microsoft’s Ashley Highfield appointed CEO of Johnston Press
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This article titled "Microsoft's Ashley Highfield appointed CEO of Johnston Press" was written by Mark Sweney, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 28th July 2011 07.13 UTC
Ashley Highfield, the former BBC and Microsoft senior executive, has been appointed the new chief executive of newspaper publisher Johnston Press – and...
Yahoo revenues slip to lowest since 2005: the Woolworths of the net?
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This article titled "Yahoo revenues slip to lowest since 2005: the Woolworths of the net?" was written by Jemima Kiss and Charles Arthur, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 20th July 2011 14.07 UTC
It's not looking good for Yahoo.
Its latest financial results, for the second quarter of 2011, showed falling revenues and earnings...
comScore expands Coverage of Latin American Market ,Google, Microsoft and Facebook Rank as Most-Visited Internet Properties in Peru
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Lima: comScore, Inc. has released its first public study of Internet usage in Peru based on data from its online audience measurement and media planning service, comScore Media Metrix. The study found that Google Sites ranked as the most-visited destination in April 2011, reaching 97 percent of all home and work Internet users in Peru, followed...
Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion
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Washington : Microsoft Corp. Tuesday announced it would buy Skype Global for $8.5 billion in its largest acquisition ever, a media report said.
The deal will give Microsoft a boost in voice and video communications, allowing the company to leverage Skype's technology on platforms, including Xbox 360, Kinect and Outlook, CNN reported....