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For-profit Education Sector Still Under Scrutiny
The for-profit education sector was in the news recently when President Obama mentioned in one of his gatherings [press conferences?] that they were “making out like bandits.” The president has been vocal about how the for-profit industry admits students, gets federal funding but have low graduation rates. He mentioned how the government was going to spend
Electronic Arts Preparing for Next-Gen Console Market
Gaming aficionados have been waiting for this holiday season when both Microsoft and Sony released their next-gen consoles. XBox One and PS 4 are touted to be the biggest upgrades for the gaming console market and are being called the next-gen consoles. These machines come equipped with higher processing power and memory, making them capable
OpenTable Prepares to Battle Apple
Recently, the restaurant technology market made news when none other than the tech giant Apple filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for a new ordering and reservation system that could work with their products. Apple’s patent application covers systems, methods, and storage media that will help with making reservations and
Zulily’s Successful IPO
According to the Euromonitor, the North American retail market was worth $3.1 trillion last year with online sales accounting for $183 billion of the retail sales. The researcher estimates that the North American online retail market will grow 14.5% annually to $360 billion by 2017. Within the online retail sales market, flash sales are an
Adobe Counting on Digital Marketing Growth
In a survey of 253 marketers for U.S.-based companies earning more than $500 million in annual revenues, Gartner found that digital marketing budgets accounted for 2.5% of their revenues. These marketers were looking to increase their digital marketing budgets for this year to 9% of revenues. Digital publishing company Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) is focusing on this
Athenahealth Counting on Product Launches
According to a recent report, US EMR Market Outlook to 2017, the electronic medical records (EMR) market is project to grow 15% annually over 2013-2017. Growth will be driven by both private and public players as they continue to invest in services such as the need to adhere to the Meaningful Use Stage 2 (MU2).
Privacy Debate May Hurt Palantir
According to a report by research firm MarketsandMarkets, the global big data market is projected to grow 26% annually from $14.87 billion this year to $46.34 billion by 2018. The report also estimates that the predictive analytics market is projected to grow 25% annually from $1.7 billion in 2013 to $5.24 billion in 2018.
Online Travel Sites Growing as Usual
According to the U.S. Commerce Department, international travel to the country is projected to grow nearly 4% annually from 2013 through 2017. The fastest growth is expected from visitors from China, Saudi Arabia, and the Russian Federation. The World Travel Monitor expects global travel to grow 2-3% this year, with Asia-Pacific seeing the strongest growth.