WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg said over 72,000 blog posts per hour defect from Tumblr after Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) announced its $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr. In his personal blog on Sunday, Matt Mullenweg indicated that imports from Tumblr have spiked to over 72,000 posts per hour as against the usual 400-600 imports per hour. Last week, All Things D reported that both Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) and the social networking site Tumblr were in serious...
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) remained as the number one smartphone manufactures in the United States with 37.8 percent market share in January, up by 3.5 percent compared its 34.3 percent market share in October last year, according to the latest study released by comScore. Samsung ranked as the second largest manufacturer in the country with 21.4 percent. The South Korean electronics manufacturer also gained 1.9 percent from its previous market share during the previous quarter...
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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) extended its lead in mobile platforms in December last year. A report compiled and published by Cantor Fitzgerald Research highlighted this improvement, adding that the social network outpaced its peers in mobile engagement. According to new data released by COMSCORE, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR), Facebook not only has the competitive edge in mobile engagement growth, but negative PC growth has also seen an unpredicted increase in the past month. More notably Facebook’s combined...
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A research report from Oppenheimer raised its estimates on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), owing to improved U.S. Desktop usage and the impact of the Facebook Exchange (FBX). As a result, the report believes that cannibalization from mobile usage may have slowed. Desktop inventory should flow through FBX, with pricing 2X Marketplace, based on this, for 2013 and 2014, it expects Desktop revenue to grow by 3 percent and 27 percent year over year, against -30...
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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (LON:BC94) continues to hold the lion’s share of the mobile handset market according to COMSCORE, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR)’s latest mobile subscriber market share report. The report covers the three months ending with November 2012. The study examined over 30,000 mobile phone subscribers in the U.S. The report shows that 26.9 percent of the mobile subscribers surveyed use phones made by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (LON:BC94). Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) follows with 18.5 percent,...
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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is expected to have a ‘Brighter Outlook’ according to a research report released from Evercore Partners Inc. (NYSE:EVR). As per the data provided by COMSCORE, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR), the social networking giant will experience a strong increase in mobile ad coverage in addition to better than expected mobile traffic data. On the basis of the data from comScore, Evercore partners believe that the company has the potential to beat its prior estimates....
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U.S Online spending for the first 32 days of the hyped November-December holiday season surpassed the $21 billion mark by $400 million, increasing 14 percent from last year a time like this. These revelations come from a study conducted by leading analytics firm comScore. Over the recent weeks, online spending was noted to have risen dramatically, particularly so at the onset of Thanksgiving and continuing until Cyber Monday. Cyber Monday was found to have...
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Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) & Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) remains leader in the Mobile Market, with 53.6 percent and 34.3 percent market shares, respectively. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (LON:BC94) remained continue to lead the mobile market, according to the latest survey released by COMSCORE, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR), a digital business analytics firm. Based on data from COMSCORE, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s Android operating system is the number one smartphone platform among users. The...
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In a report published Sunday, digital analytics company COMSCORE, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR) reported that this year’s Black Friday online sales surpassed the $1 billion mark for the first time. ComScore, highly regarded as a leader in measuring the digital world, published a report detailing the U.S. retail e-commerce spending for the first 23 days of the November – December 2012 holiday season. According to the report, there was a 26 percent increase in the online...
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COMSCORE, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR) released its forecast for the November-December holiday e-commerce spending. U.S. consumers have already spent $10.1 billion online during the first 18 days of the November-December holiday season, a 16 percent increase from the same period last year. According to comScore, November 8, has been the heaviest day of the season for online spending so far, as consumers spent $829 million online. COMSCORE, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR) is a global leader in digital business analytics....
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On Wednesday, comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR), released its August analysis of U.S. web activity for the top online properties. This comes from its comScore Media Metrix service data. Before we get to the top properties list, comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR) cited three methodology enhancements for its August 2012 release, which affected data. Take a look. The first enhancement is the inclusion of updated demographic estimates using data from the 2010 U.S. census. The second one is an improved...
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