John Paczkowski in News on February 8, 2011 at 2:10 pm PT
Some encouraging new search metrics for Bing. Experian Hitwise data for January shows Microsoft’s search engine with 12.81 percent of the market, up from 10.6 percent in December–-a 21 percent gain. Add to that the 14.62 percent share claimed by the now-powered-by-Bing Yahoo, and Bing’s got more than a quarter of the U.S. search market.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 28, 2011 at 6:30 am PT
All CIOs struggle to get a true understanding of the costs associated with IT infrastructure and also of the value it provides their companies. Apptio is a cloud-based service that tracks those costs every month and helps you get the most out of an IT budget.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 20, 2011 at 3:30 am PT
Time to take the pulse of the Web ad business, courtesy of Google’s quarterly report. No surprise: Wall Street thinks it’s going to be very good!
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 5, 2011 at 11:56 am PT
Amazon today released preliminary plans for its Android Appstore, which will likely do a better job of merchandising and selling apps than Google has.
Think of it as the equivalent of iTunes for Android.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 14, 2010 at 7:00 am PT
Indian start-up SMS GupShup is trying to turn text messages into some serious ka-ching by creating a host of SMS-based services that, all told, account for more than 1.5 billion text messages a month.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on December 10, 2010 at 3:00 am PT
Another handful of worrisome data points for Research in Motion, which appears to be slipping down carriers’ priority lists as the BlackBerry struggles for purchase in an increasingly sophisticated market. New Verizon sales metrics from ITG Investment Research analyst Matthew Goodman paint a picture of RIM that, while not yet dire, describe a worrisome trend.
Liz Gannes in Social on November 18, 2010 at 12:05 pm PT
Myspace and Facebook are announcing a partnership today via GoToMeeting webinar. As I wrote last night, it’s become quite obvious that the partnership will include integration of Facebook Connect into Myspace.
John Paczkowski in News on October 21, 2010 at 4:05 am PT
As Apple events go, Wednesday’s was a bit lighter on metrics than some others we’ve seen this year. Still, there were quite a few worth noting, beginning with 13.7 million–the number of Macs sold in the fiscal year that ended in September. Then there was the Mac’s installed base: 50 million; and the number of Mac developers: 600,000; and…
John Paczkowski in News on October 8, 2010 at 12:18 pm PT
The latest search market metrics are in from Hitwise and they show Bing up once again and Bing-powered search with a decent chunk of the overall market.
