Acclaimed filmmaker James Cameron has reportedly topped a list of Hollywood’s top earners of 2010 after taking home a staggering $257 million last year. The “Avatar” director earned the estimated figure for writing, producing and directing the 3-D blockbuster, reports contactmusic.com. Actor Johnny Depp followed with earnings of $100 million. Steven Spielberg is third with [...]
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Google Chrome Hits 10.7%, Apple Safari Tops 6%
February 1st, 2011 |
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Google’s Chrome Web browser topped 10.7 percent market share through January, up from 10 percent through December 2010. Safari grew as well, while IE 9 is performing better. – Google’s
Chrome Web browser continued to grow through the first month of 2011, reaching
10.7 percent market share through January, up from 10 percent through December
2010.
Researcher Net
Applications also noted that Apple’s Safari rose to 6.3 percent
from 5.9 percent over the same period. Thi…
Chip Shot: Intel Tops Chart with Action Film
January 27th, 2011 |
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Intel’s action-packed “Chase” mini-movie has topped the Visible Measures Top 10 Viral Video Ad Chart. The 105-second-long film had 1.13 million views last week, meaning more people watched a cunning heroine get the upper hand on a couple of thugs than Evian’s roller-skating babies and ads from BlendTec, DC Shoes and Verizon, which also made the Top 5. “Chase,” which debuted Jan. 5, illustrates the performance and advanced features of Intel’s new 2nd Generation Core i5 processors. The spot demonstrates the performance capabilities of the new processors by creating an action-movie style chase sequence that takes place through a wide variety of program windows on a computer desktop. Filmed on location in Prague, Czech Republic, the video features a multitude of programs and sites, including Apple’s iTunes, Facebook, YouTube, Microsoft Office and the Adobe Creative Suite.
Brazil’s flooding death toll tops 500
January 14th, 2011 |
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More than 500 people are now known to have died in one of Brazil’s worst natural disasters in decades. Raging floods and landslides have left a trail of destruction through the mountainous Serrana region near Rio de Janeiro.
Bon Jovi tops Billboard’s touring chart for 2nd time in 3 years
December 14th, 2010 |
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Hard rock band Bon Jovi has topped Billboard’s annual tours chart once again, making it twice in three years. Billboard magazine revealed they were the most successful live act of the year earning up to 146.5 million dollars from 1,591,154 tickets sold in 69 gigs as part of their The Circle tour between November 2009 [...]
Bing-Facebook Partnership Tops SEO Priorities in 2011: Report
December 13th, 2010 |
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Searchmetrics also predicts that in 2011 marketers will be using the term "social media optimization." – As a year dominated by social media comes to a close,
Searchmetrics, provider of search analytics software, reveals its insights and
predictions for the search engine optimization (SEO) landscape in 2011. Looking
back at the evolution of Web usage and trends in 2010, Searchmetrics noted the
game…
Samsung Galaxy Tab Tops 1 Million Units Sold
December 4th, 2010 |
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Samsung confirmed it has sold more than 1 million Apple iPad rival Galaxy Tab tablet computers worldwide, up from 600,000 just two weeks ago. The holiday rush helped sales. – Samsung has sold more than 1 million Apple iPad rival Galaxy Tab tablet
computers worldwide, a significant jump for a product that notched 600,000
units sold two weeks ago before the Thanksgiving holiday rush.
Samsung spokesperson Kim Titus confirmed the milestone to eWEEK Dec. 3, but
declined m…
Rihanna tops ‘Most Active Music Artists On Social Media Websites’ list
December 3rd, 2010 |
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Rihanna has landed the top spot on a new list of the most active music artists on social media websites. Justin Bieber and Eminem are ranked second and third, while Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj round out the top five. Billboard magazine, which is most famous for its charts of top-selling singles and albums in [...]
“Glee†Katy Perry “Teenage Dream†Cover Tops iTunes
November 10th, 2010 |
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If you missed last night’s buzzed-about “Never Been Kissed” episode of Glee, not only did you miss out on a pair of liplocks heard around the web (Kurt and Coach Beastie get their first kisses…), you probably didn’t see the riveting all-male rendition of Katy Perry‘s smash hit “Teenage Dream†— featuring newcomer Darren Criss. [...]
Singapore Air profit tops estimates on travel rebound
November 9th, 2010 |
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Singapore Airlines, the world’s second-largest carrier by market value, posted better-than- expected quarterly profit as the rebounding global economy revived air-travel demand.
Net income was $380 million in the three months ended September, compared with a loss of $159 million, a year earlier, the carrier said in a statement today. That surpassed the $366 million average of seven analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Second-quarter revenue increased 18% to $3.6 billion.
Android Tops iPhone Among New Smartphone Users: Nielsen
October 6th, 2010 |
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Google Android smartphones outsold RIM’s BlackBerry and Apple’s iOS in 2010, said Nielsen. Lawsuits by Apple, Microsoft and Oracle are geared to check Android’s growth. – Android handsets have been the hottest selling smartphones in 2010,
comprising 32 percent of all smartphones sold, according to new statistics from The Nielsen Company.
Research In Motion’s BlackBerry platform and Apple’s iPhone trailed
Google’s platform from January 2010 through August 2010, wi…
iPhone Again Tops Smartphone Satisfaction Survey
September 29th, 2010 |
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CNET reports that for the fourth consecutive year, J.D. Power and Associates has ranked Apple highest in customer satisfaction among smartphone manufacturers. The study showed that iPhone scored particularly well in ease of operation, operating system, features, and physical design.
iPad Tops Consumer Satisfaction Survey
September 22nd, 2010 |
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CNBC reports that iPad is the highest-scoring product the American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) has ever tracked.
Apple Tops in PC Customer Satisfaction: Survey
September 21st, 2010 |
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Apple tops PC manufacturers in customer satisfaction, according to new data from the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Dell, Acer and Hewlett-Packard also reported rises in satisfaction. – Customers are generally happier than ever with the quality
of their PCs, according to the newest yearly update of the American Customer
Satisfaction Index. The Index relies on customer interviews, with the
resulting data inputted into a model originally developed by the University of
Michigans R…
Google Android 2.1, 2.2 User Base Tops 70%
September 13th, 2010 |
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Google’s Android 2.1 is running on 41.7 percent of Android-based smartphones, including the Samsung Galaxy S line. Android 2.2, which is on 28.7 percent of Android units, launched in the Motorola Droid 2 and is arriving on several others. – Google’s two most recent iterations of Android are being
used on more than 70 percent of smartphones running the mobile operating
system.
Android 2.1 is running on some 41.7 percent of
Android-bearing devices, with the latest Android 2.2 powering apps on 28.7
percent of Android handsets. That…
HP Again Tops Dell’s Latest Bid for 3PAR
September 2nd, 2010 |
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Hewlett-Packard takes only minutes to snap back with a higher offer after Dell takes three full days to tender its offer. Bidding now up to about $2.07 billion. – The 10-day-old bidding war between two stubborn IT superpowers over a relatively small storage company went up another level Sept. 2 when Dell increased its standing offer for 3PAR from $27 to $32 per share, with Hewlett-Packard subsequently upping its own to $33 from $30 a few minutes later.
Del…
HP Tops Dell Bid for 3PAR Again, This Time by $200M
August 26th, 2010 |
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Hewlett-Packard’s move to up the ante in its attempt to acquire 3PAR comes only about 5 hours after Dell bid $1.6 billion, topping HP’s previous bid of $1.5 billion. – Hewlett-Packard Aug. 26 wasted little time in firing a serious monetary
salvo across Dell’s bow, increasing its bid by nearly $300 million to $1.8
billion $200 million more than Dell’s last offer in the bidding war for utility
storage maker 3PAR.
The move came only about 5 hours after Dell
ha…