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Facebook Soaring in Search, Popularity, Researchers Say

March 16th, 2010 | No Comments

Facebook saw search queries grow 10 percent in February 2010 and surpassed Google in the U.S. to become the most visited Website for the week ending March 13. Facebook.com reached the No. 1 ranking on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day as well as the weekend of March 6th and 7th, said HitWise. Meanwhile, comScore said search queries on Facebook grew from 395 million in January 2010 to 436 million in February 2010, a growth of 10 percent. Facebook is becoming a fine referrer to other Web services, which could end up helping Microsoft Bing.
– Facebook saw search queries grow 10 percent in February 2010 and surpassed
Google in the United States
to become the most visited Website for the week ending March 13, according to
studies from leading market researchers.
Facebook.com recently reached the No. 1 ranking on Christmas Eve, Christm…

Mobile App Revenue Soaring, Although Most Are Free

January 18th, 2010 | No Comments

Worldwide mobile application revenue is expected to reach $6.8 billion in 2010, before soaring to $29.5 billion in 2013, Gartner said in a new report. Advertising profits are also expected to climb, even as eight out of 10 downloaded apps will be free to end users.
– Mobile application stores will continue to draw in customers and drive up
profits, according to new
report from Gartner.
The firm expects that in 2010, consumers will spend $6.2 billion in mobile
application stores, while advertising revenue in app stores is expected to
generate $0.6 billion wo…

One Reason that the Stock Market is Rising While Unemployment is Soaring

November 9th, 2009 | No Comments

Daniel Gross points out that part of the reason that the American stock markets are going up even though unemployment is rising and the real economy suffering is because multinational corporations headquartered in the U.S. are experiencing strong sales…

Facebook, Twitter and Other Social Network Participation Soaring in Users Aged 35+

August 26th, 2009 | No Comments

Forrester Research finds that more than four in five U.S. adults online use social media at least once a month, with half engaging with friends, family, colleagues and strangers via social network sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Digg and Reddit. Among those who embrace social media tools, adults age 35 to 54 boosted their participation by more than 50 percent, with more than half of adults age 35 to 44 now in social networks.
– The belief that social networks are limited to teenagers is looking increasingly misguided.
More than four in five U.S. adults online use social media at least once a
month, with half engaging with friends, family, colleagues and strangers via
social network sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and T…

Apple, Google, Nokia Among Those Grabbing at Soaring Wireless Data Revenues

August 14th, 2009 | No Comments

A new iSuppli report details the strategies carriers need to adopt to benefit from soaring wireless data revenues. With Apple, Google, Nokia, Microsoft and RIM among those muscling in on the action, the balance of power in the mobile data chain is sure to shift, says iSuppli.
– A new report from researcher iSuppli suggests that the now-prickly relationship between Apple and Google
is directly related to the continued rise of wireless data revenues and
the desires of all major parties to grab as large a portion of this as
possible.

iSuppli estimates that global reve…

PhD Economist: Fed has Caused Soaring Unemployment, Millions of Foreclosures, Millions Losing Life Savings and More than $6 Trillion in Lost Output

July 30th, 2009 | No Comments

In endorsing the bill to audit the Fed, PhD economist Dean Baker wrote last week:The country now has almost 25 million people who are unemployed or underemployed as a result of the Fed’s disastrous policies. Millions of people are losing their homes an…