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Global
purchases of IT goods and services will reach $1.55 trillion in 2007,
growing by 5% following 8% increases in both 2005 and 2006, according
to Forrester Research report "Global IT Spending And Investment
Forecast, 2006 To 2007".
Continue reading... "Forrester: Global IT Operating Budget to Reach 2.13 trillion in 2007" »
Sending
Text Message was by far the most popular application with nearly 75
million U.S. mobile subscribers using it September, according
to M:Metrics September Benchmark Survey. M:Metrics also reports a direct correlation between the venue of handset purchase and subscribers’ monthly spend on mobile services.
Mobile phone gamers are looking to the next generation of mobile
gaming, according
to new research from Nokia. Mobile phone gamers
frequently play mobile games for an average of 28 minutes per session, prefer to trial games before buying, and find communities increasingly integral to their overall mobile gaming
experience.
Continue reading... "Mobile Gaming Trends and Web 2.0; Average Session 28 min./Day" »
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Next Big Thing: VC Deal Flow |
| Dhruva Interactive (India- interactive gaming): $5 M |
| Mind Candy (London - gaming company): $10.86 million |
| OZ Communications (Canada- mobile messaging): $34 M |
| Danger (mobile communications s/w & services): $10.3 M |
| Where Are You Now (Travel & lifestyle social network):$11M |
| Bungee Labs (system for next-generation Web apps.): $7 M |
| Waps.cn (China- wireless application protocol firm):$8M |
| RipCode (Internet video content technology): $7 M |
| YouSendIt (online file delivery solutions): $4.7 M |
| Skelta Software (India - BPM workflow software): $1.5 M |
Due
to consumer’s concerns about the security of the Internet, nearly $2
billion in U.S. e-commerce sales will be lost in 2006, according
to a survey by Gartner, Inc. According
to the Gartner survey of 5,000 online U.S. adults in August 2006:
Continue reading... "Gartner: Nearly $2 Billion Lost in E-Commerce Sales in 2006" »
Taking
Social Networking beyond friends and communication, Social Shopping
leverages user generated content to spread the buzz on products and
services. Some 51% of respondents to a recent Opinion Research survey
said they'd be willing to go to a social-networking site to find out
about store sales or download coupons.
Continue reading... "10 Social Shopping Sites for Starters" »
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Web 2.0 ? |
More than three-quarters (79%) of marketers polled were unfamiliar with the phrase Web 2.0, according to a survey conducted by Zoomerang, a division of MarketTools. Some good news... more than 70% of those marketers utilizing Web 2.0 tools and techniques have found them to be successful. |
Continue reading... "Web 2.0 Unfamiliar to 79% Marketers; 70% of Savvy Marketers Find Success" »
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Up 42% |
During the first 24 days of November this year, total online retail spending reached $8.31 billion, a 23% jump from $6.75 billion during the same period in 2005. Online sales on Black Friday, the day-after thanksgiving, increased 42% from last year to $434 million, according to comScore Networks most recent data on consumer online non-travel (retail) spending at U.S. sites during the 2006 holiday season, which began November 1, 2006. |
Continue reading... "E-Commerce Spending on Black Friday Jumps 42%, says comScore" »
$15
Billion Solar Power Cells: Energy Conversion Devices Inc. is the
largest U.S.-owned maker of photovoltaic materials, which convert sunlight
to electricity. The exploding global PV industry has sales of $15 billion
a year. Solar power -- invented in the U.S. in the 1950s and improved on
in the space program in the 1960s -- was a made-in-America product. Today,
the U.S. holds third place in solar-power production, behind Japan and
Germany, while China is closing fast. Earlier this year, California
launched an 11-year, $2.85 billion incentive program that provides rebates
to consumers to reduce by as much as 30% the cost of solar rooftop
installations. (After
Decades, A Solar Pioneer Sees Spark in Sales)Continue reading... "WSJ By The Numbers - Top 10 for Nov.27" »
Some 48% of the
thousand largest U.S. firms
had no woman in their official listings of principal executives, according
to a new study by two Tuck School of Business researchers and a colleague
from Loyola University Chicago. Of 942 companies analyzed over a six year
period, only 7.2% had more than two women in the top ranks, and a mere
2.6% had more than three.
Continue reading... "Women CEOs Still Rare Among Top 1000 Firms - Only 1.7%" »
One
in five U.S. consumers who have purchased software via online auction
shopping over the past 12 months has experienced some kind of problem, according
to a new survey conducted by Forrester Research on behalf of the Business
Software Alliance (BSA). While 46% of US online consumers have
purchased software online in the past 12 months, only 38% of US online
consumers think that buying software online is safe.
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