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RetailMeNot’s Growing Competition
eMarketer estimates the online coupon industry to be worth $4 billion annually. The research firm also estimates that the number of people redeeming digital coupons will grow to 100.1 million this year, compared with 92.5 million in 2012. The use of mobile devices to access coupons is also rising and is projected to grow to
Intel Back to Focusing on Mobile
According to Gartner’s latest report on the worldwide PC industry, global PC shipments during the last quarter fell 7% over the year to 82.6 million units. This was the seventh consecutive quarter where PC shipments registered a decline. This spells bad news for chipmaker Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), which is still struggling to establish its dominance in
Jive Software Yet to Turn In a Profitable Year
According to an IDC report on the enterprise social software segment published last year, the industry is projected to grow 22% annually over the period 2012 to 2017 to $2.7 billion. The market was pegged to be worth $1 billion in 2012. The report estimates IBM to be the leader in the segment with 14.2% market,
Zynga Betting on Mobile Games
Gartner’s recent report on the gaming industry estimates the worldwide games market to be worth $93 billion last year, compared with $79 billion in 2012. The growth in the industry is attributed to mobile gaming, video game console, and software sales. Globally, the gaming industry is projected to be worth $111 billion by 2015 with
LinkedIn Eyeing China for Growth
The slowing growth rate for the projected quarters has been bogging down most social media stocks. Recently, the stock market took unfavorably to the newly public social networking giant Twitter, which projected a weaker outlook on account of slowing user growth. Professional network LinkedIn fared no better when they announced a similar trend for their
IBM Re-Balancing Their Portfolio
Gartner’s recent report on worldwide IT spending estimates IT spending to grow 3.1% to $3.8 trillion in 2014. Enterprise software is expected to be the strongest growing market with spending projected to increase 6.8% to 320 billion in 2014. It is followed by a 4.5% growth in IT services to $963 billion. Spending on devices
Fat Startup Delphix Growing Rapidly
According to a recent report by IDC, the global big data market is projected to grow 6 times faster than the IT market to be worth $16.1 billion this year. Within big data, the infrastructure market is expected to be the highest growing segment and will account for 45% of the market this year. Services
Twitter’s Strategy For Addressing Slowing User Growth
Last week Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) announced results for their fourth quarter – the first result announcement since they went public. While quarterly performance exceeded market expectations, the Street wasn’t too happy with their user metrics. Twitter is looking at improving their product to counter this slowing growth.