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XBox Pushes Microsoft Deeply Into Home Entertainment
Gartner’s third quarter study on PC shipments reported that global PC shipments grew 3.2% over the year to 91.8 million units, compared with the earlier projected estimates of 5.1% growth for the quarter. The continuing weakness in the U.S. and EMEA markets are contributing to this slow growth. U.S. PC shipments grew a mere 1.1%
IBM Looks Solid
Market analysts do not foresee a steep recovery in IT spending as both the U.S. and European markets continue their struggle to come out of the economic crisis. According to RBC experts, IT spending will grow a mere 4%-5% over the year in 2011. Gartner also expects slower growth in the coming years. Their recent
Apple After Steve Jobs
Fourteen years ago, Apple was going through a rough patch and its stock was trading at below $5 levels. Steve Jobs took the reins again and made Apple the most valuable company on the planet. Sadly, Apple’s former leader passed away this month. Though Jobs had been away from Apple’s daily affairs for a while, he
Yahoo In Limbo
According to eMarketer, Yahoo is expected to command 13.1% of display ads this year compared with 14.4% a year ago, as social networking leader Facebook’s share is expected to climb to 16.3% from 12.2% last year. U.S. online ad spending is to grow 20% this year to $31.3 billion, but given Yahoo’s situation, they may not
Google Continues To Dominate Search Advertising
Media researcher MagnaGlobal estimates that search-based advertising will grow 23% over the year in 2011 to reach $37.7 billion. The researcher further estimates that Internet ad spending will climb 20% this year. comScore data for September indicates that within search in the U.S., Google’s market share continued to rise to 65.3% from 64.8% a month
Leapfrog Enters Tablet Market
NPD’s Kids and Entertainment Content – 2011 Edition, reports that for every dollar children aged 2 to 14 spent on entertainment content, 79% was directed toward physical format content, while 21% was spent on digital content. In 2009, digital content represented 15% of each dollar spent by children on entertainment. Seventy-two percent of the content purchased
Vistaprint Continues Steady Growth
According to a survey of 750 micro business owners in the U.S., 64% of respondents indicated that they were planning to invest in marketing and business promotion expenses during the year. Eighty-eight percent of owners are planning to increase spending over with the previous year, and 34% suggested they would expand the use of social
Brightcove’s IPO Prospects
Market reports estimate the outsourced online video platform market to be worth $5.8 billion by the year 2015. For 2011, the market is estimated to be worth $2.3 billion. A study by Cisco Systems revealed that Internet video will amount for 40% of all consumer Internet traffic worldwide during the year. By 2015, that percentage