Zynga Continues to Lose Ground

Online games maker Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA) is still struggling to find its mojo. The recent result announcement did not bring any respite as the company’s stock tanked to a 52-week low figure driven by a failure to meet expectations. As the fad for its existing games wanes out, Zynga needs to come up with newer,

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SAP’s New Motto: Keep it Simple

According to market reports, the growth in the global ERP and CRM markets is driven by the shift of the industry to the Cloud and Software-as-a-Solution-based offerings. According to a Gartner report, more than 40% of the sales last year in these two markets were SaaS-based. ERP market leader SAP is relying on leveraging their

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Groupon Still Struggling

Recently, online travel player Priceline purchased online restaurant reservation service provider OpenTable for $2.6 billion. The acquisition has sparked merger interest in several other local focused online players such as Yelp. Recently, analysts have also been speculating the possibility that daily deals site Groupon (Nasdaq: GRPN) could be a possible take-over target and that someone

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Twitter’s Shopping Bag Grows

According to eMarketer, social networking company Twitter’s (NYSE: TWTR) growth in the US is beginning to slow down. During the current year, Twitter’s user base is estimated to grow a modest 11.6%  in the US. Compare that to growth anticipated in the other regions. eMarketer estimates that Asia Pacific will see a growth of 33% over the year and will

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Surprise, Yelp Rings in Profits

The growing importance of local review sites like Yelp (NYSE: YELP) can no longer be underestimated. Recent studies have revealed that for every additional star that is earned on Yelp by a local business, the business sees a 5% increase in revenues. The research has found that positive Yelp reviews saw revenues of independent restaurants improve while

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All Guns Blazing at LinkedIn

Professional networking site LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) reported a stellar quarter recently. They are seeing strong growth driven by investments in international and mobile operations. Here is a quick peek into what is driving the company’s growth engine.

Competition Toughens for Pandora

According to a survey conducted by Edison research, Internet Radio popularity has been increasing over the last year. As of this year, there are 67% more people listening to Internet Radio compared to only 23% more people listening to “Over-the-Air” AM/FM Radio. The shift to the online streaming services has been driven by the increasing

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Nothing Can Stop Facebook Now

The share of mobile advertisements continues to be on the rise. According to an eMarketer report, spending on mobile advertising is projected to grow 83% over the year to $18 billion this year compared with $17 billion on newspaper and $15.5 billion on radio advertisements. Here is an interesting infographic, courtesy The Wall Street Journal, that

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