While high frequency trading makes up somewhere between 50% and 70% of all U.S. stock trades, the number is even higher in the UK.Specifically, a new report by the Tabb Group shows that high frequency trading represents 77% of all UK stock trades.As Bl…
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Apple iTunes Dominates Amazon in Digital Downloads: Report
December 19th, 2010 |
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Apple iTunes continues to dominate the paid digital-download market, outpacing Amazon.com’s share, but faces a major rival if Google launches a music service. – Apples iTunes continues to dominate the paid digital-download market,
according to new data from research company NPD Group, comfortably outpacing
Amazon.com.
For the third quarter of 2010, iTunes share of that market rose to 66.2
percent, up from 63.2 percent for the same quarter in 2009. Meanw…
Why Flash Web Design Dominates the Scene? Posted By : Jack Davison
December 6th, 2010 |
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Adobe Systems contribution to the web propelled world has always been immense. In the area of web development also, Adobe has shown its good work and has germinated a completely independent services wing, called Flash website development.
Intel Dominates x86 Chip Market that Saw Record Revenues in the Third Quarter
October 28th, 2010 |
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Intel lost market share to AMD during the third quarter, which saw dismal growth but nonetheless set a record for CPU revenue, thanks to increased selling prices. – The x86 processor market, again led by Intel, set a record for revenue in the third quarter of 2010, despite posting growth that was well below expected for the season, according to a new report from Mercury Research.
The average selling price per CPU increased in the third quarter, making it a…
Google’s Android Dominates Q2 Smartphone Sales
August 2nd, 2010 |
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Shipments of smartphones running Googles Android OS grew 886 percent during the second quarter, while the worldwide market grew 64 percent annually, helped by Apple, HTC and RIM. – Apple, HTC and Research In Motion each performed well during the second quarter,
which saw a 64 percent increase in worldwide smartphone shipments,
according to an Aug. 2 report from Canalys. However it was Android,
Googles open-source mobile operating system, that proved the true star
of the qu…
ECB to hold rates, Greece dominates agenda
April 8th, 2010 |
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The European Central Bank is set to announce that it is leaving interest rates on hold as Greece’s financial crisis tops the agenda for the ECB meeting. Analysts expect the bank to say that it has left interest rates unchanged at one per cent amid signs that renewed concerns about Athens’ battle to slash its deficit and debt levels are undercutting the euro as well as hitting Greek bonds.
AMD Market Share Inches Up, but Intel Still Dominates
March 31st, 2010 |
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AMD saw its worldwide chip revenue market share grow by 1.6 percentage points to 12.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, says iSuppli. AMD took some share from both Intel and smaller rivals, but Intel continued to dominate, with an 80.6 percent share.
– Advanced Micro Devices picked up some market share in the worldwide
microprocessor space in the fourth quarter of 2009, taking some away from rival
Intel as well as from the smaller players, according to market research company
iSuppli.
In a report issued March 31, iSuppli said AMD
saw its mark…
iPhone Dominates but Android Is Fastest Growing OS: Report
March 26th, 2010 |
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The iPhone OS has Googles Android at its heels, but all that may change with the launch of the iPad, says a new report from AdMob, which tracked smartphone, feature phone and MID network traffic for a year.
– The growth of smartphones running Apple’s iPhone and Google’s
Android operating systems, coupled with users’ heavy application
adoption, is driving smartphone traffic over wireless networks, which
increased by about 193 percent between February 2009 and February 2010.
The finding comes from …
Google Dominates in Mobile Search, Touts Mobile First Rule
February 26th, 2010 |
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Google enjoys more than 9 percent of worldwide mobile searches through Opera’s Mini mobile Web browser, according to a new report. Opera said the Opera Mini was used by 50 million people to call up more than 23 billion Web pages in January. Yahoo only commands 4.3 percent of this mobile search market, with Bing notching a mere .03 percent of all page views. Meanwhile, Google said it is leveraging a Mobile First rule; when Google unveils new services for desktop computers, the company will release a mobile version of equal performance.
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More than 9 percent of all page views on the mobile Web in
the United States come through Google’s search engine in January, according to a fresh report
from browser maker Opera.
Opera calculated the statistics driven to its Opera Mini mobile
browser, which it said was used by 50 m…
Taylor Swift dominates American Music Awards
November 23rd, 2009 |
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Country singer Taylor Swift dominated the American Music Awards by scooping five awards including the Artist of the Year.
The 19-year-old singer won the coveted Artist of the Year award along with Favourite Pop/Rock Female, Favourite Country Female and Favourite Adult Contemporary Artist.
Her album Fearless was also named Favourite Country Music Album.
King of Pop Michael [...]
Can Technical Indicators Still Work When High Frequency Trading Dominates the Market?
November 9th, 2009 |
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In July, I pointed out that high-frequency trading is distorting the market, and that – at least on some days – many more high-frequency trades occur than normal trades by human investors.Friday, I quoted Senator Ted Kaufman:The chief executive of one …