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Worldwide
consumer spending will increase 32% on digital home devices to reach $159
billion in 2006, according to Strategy Analytics research.
Europe, as the world's largest market, will grow by 38% to hit revenues of $51.5 billion. In the US, revenues will grow by 28% to reach $49.1 Billion.
Continue reading... "Worldwide Digital Home Market Growing at 32% to Hit $159B This Year" »
The average installed storage capacity in
Fortune 1000 organizations has jumped from 198 TB in early 2005 to 680
TB in October 2006, according to TheInfoPro
(TIP)'s Wave 8 Storage Networking Fortune 1000 report.
The research reveals that
average Fortune 1000 installed storage capacity has doubled every 10 months
for the last four waves of its research.
Continue reading... "Average Fortune 1000 Computer Storage Capacity Doubling Every 10 Months" »
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Worldwide PC Unit Shipment Estimates for 3Q06 (000s Units) |
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3Q06 Shipments |
3Q06 Market Share (%) |
3Q05 Shipments |
3Q05 Market Share (%) |
3Q06-3Q05 Growth (%) |
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Hewlett-Packard |
9,652 |
16.3 |
8,361 |
15.1 |
15.4 |
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Dell Inc. |
9,541 |
16.1 |
9,210 |
16.6 |
3.6 |
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Lenovo |
4,444 |
7.5 |
4,035 |
7.3 |
10.1 |
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Acer |
3,468 |
5.9 |
2,600 |
4.7 |
33.4 |
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Toshiba |
2,551 |
4.3 |
1,955 |
3.5 |
30.5 |
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Others |
29,486 |
49.9 |
29,256 |
52.8 |
0.8 |
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Total |
59,143 |
100.0 |
55,417 |
100.0 |
6.7 |
| Source: Gartner Dataquest (October 2006) | |||||
Continue reading... "HP Reclaims the No.1 Position on Worldwide PC Shipments, reports Gartner" »
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In-Game Advertising Market Size Estimates ($ Millions) |
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| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | Notes | |
| Microsoft | 1,000 | ||||||
| Yankee Group | 34 | 56 | 732 | ||||
| Park Associates | 80 | 400 | PC in-game | ||||
| Massive, Inc CEO | 1,600 | $1.6-$1.8B | |||||
| Analysts | 200 | 400 | 500 | 1,000 | |||
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Metrics 2.0 |
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Continue reading... "In-game advertising - sizing the market opportunity" »
Worldwide
spend on mobile advertising will rise to US$11.35 billion by 2011, up from
$871 million this year, according
to Informa Telecoms & Media report "Mobile Advertising Services:
generating revenue through subsidised content". In
2007, mobile advertising spend will more than double from 2006 levels to
over US$1.5bn.
Infroma forecasts that search-related mobile ad revenue will climb to $1.5 billion in 2011, up from just $3 million this year.
Continue reading... "Mobile advertising to hit US$11.35B; Will Google stay No.1 in Mobile Search?" »
The founding of Genentech in April 1976 is considered the birth of U.S. biotech industry. Revenues of U.S. biotech firms topped $50 billion last year, up almost 16%, double the 8% growth rate of the traditional drug makers ($600B global pharma sales in 2005). Here are Some revealing stats on the U.S Biotech industry:
American consumers were particularly in tune to television,
sports, and news Web sites in September as the Fall TV season
premiered, football season kicked off, Suri Cruise was introduced
to the world, and September 11th was remembered,
according to the comScore
Media Metrix monthly analysis of U.S. consumer
activity at top online properties and categories for September
2006.
Continue reading... "comScore September Top 50 Web Rankings - TV, Sports & News Sites Gain" »
The
Commerce Department reported
that housing starts rose by 5.9% in September to a seasonally adjusted
annual rate of 1.772 million units. It was the first increase after three
consecutive monthly declines. Single-family housing starts in rose by 4.3%
in September to an annual rate of 1.426 million units.
Continue reading... "Housing starts posted an unexpected 5.9% increase in September" »
The
Labor Department reported
that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell 0.5% in September, compared to
the 0.2% increase in August. It was the biggest decline since a 0.7% fall
in November, 2005, driven by a large 7.2% drop in energy prices. Gasoline
prices fell by 13.5% last month, the biggest one-month decline since a
drop of 16.1% last November. Core inflation (core CPI) - which excludes
energy and food - edged up by 0.2%.
Continue reading... "Consumer prices fall by largest amount in 10 months; Core Inflation Edges Up" »
Yahoo
Faces Pressure From Rivals In Its Search for Online Ad Dollars: Unique
U.S. users of MySpace site climbed 170% in September from a year earlier,
while Google's users rose 25%, according to research firm NetRatings Inc.
Yahoo's users rose only 6%, though it remains the top U.S. brand on the
Web in terms of users, with its 106 million users in September.
MySpace had 47 million users, while Google had 99 million. eMarketer predicts Google will command 25% of U.S. online-ad revenue this year, compared with 18% for Yahoo. Both had a roughly 19% market share last year, according to the research firm.
Continue reading... "WSJ By The Numbers - Top 10 for Oct.18" »
U.S. businesses will be spending nearly $615
billion on marketing this year, according
to consulting firm Blackfriars Communications. This forecast is down $385
billion from 2005. In Blackfriars' second annual sizing of the U.S.
marketing market, it found that 2006 marketing spending dropped to 4.7% of
revenue this year from 8.9% last year. The manufacturing industry again
spent the most on marketing in 2006 with spending of $59 billion.
Continue reading... "Businesses plan to spend $2,000 per every living person in U.S. on marketing" »
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