Metrics 2.0 Trends by the Numbers: January 02, 2007

eMarketer: 10 Key Predictions for 2007

Market research firm eMarketer makes 10 key predictions for 2007 on topics ranging from online advertising and marketing, e-commerce, mibile TV and the world of emerging media.

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January 2, 2007 6:47 PM | Permalink

IDC: Mobile Game Purchasers to Reach 50 million by 2010; Subscription Model Emerges

Mobile game purchasers will grow more than 16% annually reaching nearly 50 million customers by 2010, which will substantially increase total mobile gaming revenue by the end of the decade, according to IDC.

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January 2, 2007 6:21 PM | Permalink

18 Blogs Responsible For The 100 Most Popular Blog Posts Of 2006: BuzzMetrics

Crooks and Liars blog and David Sifry's State of the Blogosphere posts together accounted for 7 of the top 10 blog posts, while a small group of 18 power bloggers - focused on politics, blogging and humor - were responsible for the top 100 blog posts for 2006, according to word-of-mouth measurement firm Nielsen BuzzMetrics.

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January 2, 2007 6:10 PM | Permalink

BuzzMetrics: Web 2.0 Most Popular Wikipedia Entry; Top 10 Entries & Top 10 Blogs

The term "Wikipedia" was cited in blogs nearly 29,000 times in November 2006, up 54% from 2005. In addition, the use of highly indicative phrases - "according to wikipedia" OR "wikipedia says" OR "says wikipedia" - rose 200% versus last year, according to Nielsen BuzzMetrics

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January 2, 2007 5:45 PM | Permalink

U.S. VC-Backed IPOs Raised $3.7B in 2006; Venture-Backed M&A Raised $31B

There were 56 U.S. venture-backed IPOs completed in 2006, raising $3.72 billion, the most IPO activity and largest total raised since 2004. For the year as a whole, there were 404 venture-backed M&As with total deal value of $31.18 billion paid, according to the Quarterly Liquidity Report from Dow Jones VentureOne. .

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January 2, 2007 2:56 PM | Permalink

McKinsey Survey: Two Key IT Trends on CIO Agendas in 2007

Two trends in information technology, service-oriented architecture (SOA) and lean-manufacturing principles to data center operations, will become increasingly important to CIOs in 2007, according to a recent McKinsey survey of senior 72 senior IT executives in October 2006.

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January 2, 2007 2:18 PM | Permalink

Buffett Helps Set Record in Charity Pledges; Top 15 Biggest Gifts

Warren Buffett’s historic $31 billion pledge to the Gates Foundation made 2006 a banner year for US charitable giving, smashing previous records by a huge margin, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy. A record 15 individuals pledged more than $100 million each to single institutions.

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January 2, 2007 1:39 PM | Permalink

iSuppli: Semiconductor Market to Hit Growth High Point in 2007; Revenues to Top $285B

Worldwide semiconductor revenue will expand at 10.6% to $285.8 billion in 2007, compared to a 9% surge in 2006 to $258.5 billion, according to iSuppli. After 2007, iSuppli forecasts growth to decelerate to 8.7% in 2008 and then bottom out at 3.7% in 2009, before bouncing back to a 7.4% rise in 2010.

Source: iSuppli Corp., January 2007

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January 2, 2007 1:07 PM | Permalink

November Chip Sales Up 11.3%; Digital Camera Sales Jump 30% YoY

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today reported that Global sales of semiconductors reached $22.7 billion in November, an increase of 11.3% from the $20.4 billion in November 2005, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) release today.

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January 2, 2007 11:44 AM | Permalink

China 2006 Tax Revenues Up 22% to $480 billion

China's tax revenues surged 22% to 3.8 trillion yuan ($480 billion) in 2006, driven by strong economic growth and official efforts to increase tax collections from private industry, according to State Administration of Taxation.

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January 2, 2007 11:33 AM | Permalink

French Set Record with 36 million New Year Mobile Text Messages in 1 Hour

French mobile phone users set a new national record for text messages, as they sent 36 million SMSs for New Year's wishes between midnight and 1:00 am (2300 GMT and 0000 GMT), through transmitters owned by cellular majors SFR and France Telecom subsidiary Orange. (AFP reports).

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January 2, 2007 11:10 AM | Permalink

Study: 2 of 5 Bosses Don't Keep Word; Nearly as Many Fail to Give Credit When Due

Who's afraid of the big bad boss? Plenty of us, a new Florida State University study shows. Nearly 2 of 5 bosses don't keep their word and more than 25% of bosses bad mouth those they supervise to co-workers, according to findings by a Florida State University's College of Business study.

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January 2, 2007 11:04 AM | Permalink

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