Apr 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
Financial mobile sites are popular with older users, while entertainment content appeals most to teens, according to a new looking at European mobile Internet use. The study, from comScore, reveals how age and gender impact mobile web destinations and device choices,...
Apr 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
Active internet users connected at home (m) Source: Nielsen Online, 2009 Nielsen Online: http://www.nielsen-online.com
Apr 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
Audience reach for top 10 online media groups Source: Nielsen Online home and work panel monthly statistics Nielsen Online: http://www.nielsen-online.com
Apr 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
New data from Forrester Research and Shop.org has found that online retail in the US rose an average of 11% in the first three months of 2009, writes eMarketer. Of 80 firms surveyed 58% saw a year-on-year rise in quarterly online sales. Further research from Citi...
Apr 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
First quarter results for Amazon beat expectations as revenues grew 18% to $4.89bn (£3.33bn), writes The BBC. Profits were up 24% to $177m (£121m) as sales for the firm’s new Kindle 2 e-book reader soared. US sales were up 21% during the quarter, with overseas...
Apr 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Revenues at Microsoft have been hit by the global economic slowdown as sales of PCs have fallen, writes Brand Republic. Revenues for the quarter ending March 31 were down 6% year-on-year reaching $13.65bn (£9.31bn). Revenues from the firm’s PC software division...
Apr 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Growing iPhone sales helped Apple generate revenues of $8.16bn (£5.61bn) in the three months to 28 March – up 9% from $7.96bn (£5.6bn) the previous year, writes Telecoms.com. Profits reached a record $1.21bn (£832m). Apple sold 3.79m iPhones during the period, a...
Apr 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
Facebook has started the gradual roll-out in the UK of its previously announced instant messaging service Facebook Chat, writes Brand Republic. The service was first launched in the US at the start of the month. Facebook Chat is an internal IM service which lets users...
Apr 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
Yahoo! has announced it is to cut 5% of its workforce following news that its revenues dropped 13% to $1.58bn in the first quarter of this year, writes Brand Republic. Year-on-year profits fell 78% to reach $118m (£81m) during the same period. The firm is continuing...
Apr 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
The annual Internet Ad Barometer report from the European Interactive Advertisers Association (EIAA) has found that 70% of European advertisers intend to increase their online adspend during 2009. In addition, only 8% of firms are intending to cut their online budgets...
Apr 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google has posted its first ever quarterly drop in revenues, writes Netimperative. The firm saw revenues of $5.51bn (£3.7bn) during Q1 2009 – a 3% drop from the last three months of 2008. However year-on-year revenues were up 6% from the first quarter of 2008....
Apr 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
CNN has taken over the popular @cnnbrk Twitter account, gaining almost a million followers in the process, writes netimperative. The account, owned by London-based web developer James Cox, is one the largest on Twitter with more than 947,000 followers. Financial terms...
Apr 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
eBay has raised its outlook for Q2 following a 24% year-on-year increase on Q1 results, writes ENN. The auction firm took $2.19bn (£1.10bn) during the first three months of the year, up $424m (£214) on the same period in 2007. Growth was mostly driven by eBay’s...
Apr 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
Internet audience and reach for leading websites in Brazil, Mar 2009
Apr 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
The latest forecast from ZenithOptimedia predicts that global media spend will decrease by 6.9% during 2009, writes Brand Republic. In particular the firm expects drops of 8.7% in the UK, 8.3% in the US, 5.5% in Germany and 5% in Japan. All forms of media will see...
Apr 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
A new study by Forrester Research on behalf of Shop.org predicts that US online retail will grow 50% to reach $300bn (£151bn) by 2013, writes The Financial Times. The study showed that US online retail (excluding travel) was up 17% during 2007 to $175bn (£88bn)...
Apr 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
Facebook has added over 50m new users since January 2009, bringing its total membership to over 200m – nearly half of whom are in Europe, writes Brand Republic. Worldwide over 500,000 new users are joining the site every day. According to the figures more than...
Apr 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
When Wilmington, publishers of the iconic ‘Press Gazette’ announced today they were stopping printing it underscored the scale of shift to the web. Like so many business journals, there’s a website that continues more content tools planned, but the...
Apr 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
The IPA’s latest Bellwether survey indicates that the rate of adspend budget cuts slowed in Q1 2009, writes Brand Republic. The IPA also found that the number of firms with positive outlooks grew from 5% to 14%. The IPA believes that the bottom of the market has...
Apr 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
According to new research from Netpop Research, 56% of subscribers with web-enabled phones in China (102m people) use them to go online, writes ClickZ. In comparison only 31% of people in the US with web-enabled phones use them to connect to the web (18m users)....
