Pandora’s Business Model Woes

According to market reports, broadcast advertising on the radio accounts for 83% of the overall radio advertising market. Broadcast advertising is projected to grow 2.7% annually from 2011 through 2016. Growth will be driven by the online radio advertising market, where analysts project an annual growth rate of 11.5% over the period.

Need for Better Mobile Strategy Grows More Urgent at Dell

The recent Gartner report on the PC market saw worldwide PC shipments fall 8.3% over the year to 87.5 million units. As we saw in yesterday’s Tech Stocks post, HP fell from its leading position to the second spot, with market share declining from 17% to 15.5% as Lenovo’s share grew from 13.1% a year

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Identity Crisis at HP

According to Gartner’s latest Worldwide PC shipment report, during the third quarter of this year, worldwide PC shipments fell 8.3% over the year to 87.5 million units. Gartner estimates that the decline was partly on account of delay in consumer buying decisions as many waited for Windows 8 to be released this quarter. HP finally

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Competition Continues for Solid CRM Acquisitions

Cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings continue to remain a high-growth segment according to several research reports. Recently published Gartner’s Market Trends: Platform as a Service, Worldwide, 2012-2016 estimates that SaaS and cloud-based business application services will grow at an annual rate of 19% from 2011 through 2016. The industry will be worth $32.2 billion

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Gilt Groupe Needs to Focus on Profitability

According to comScore, during the first quarter of this year, online retail sales grew 17% over the year to $44 billion. The quarter was the tenth consecutive quarter of positive growth, and the sixth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth. Online retail sales were driven by growth in digital content and subscriptions, computer software, consumer electronics,

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AppNexus Waits for the Right IPO Moment

The U.S. display advertising market is estimated to be worth $14.98 billion this year, compared with $12.33 billion a year ago. eMarketer estimates that this market will be worth $20.69 billion in 2014 and $17.67 billion in 2013.

Glam Media’s Delayed IPO

IPOs of Web-based companies have not necessarily gotten the results that companies or their investors were hoping for. The biggest fall-outs have been from Facebook, Groupon, and Zynga, which had many hopes pinned on them but have seen their market values plummet since their public offerings. As a result, several other IPO favorites have decided

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Microsoft Counting on Nokia and Vice Versa

Nokia has managed to surprise the market this quarter by announcing better than expected financial results. However, its continuing decline in the smartphone market has done little to improve its market valuation. Analysts remain skeptical of whether Nokia will ever regain its market leadership again. A recent report saw Nokia fall to the 7th position

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