News Byte
John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 30 at 3:46 pm PT
Worldwide tablet sales will quintuple over the next five years. This according to NPD DisplaySearch, which sees sales of tablets surging from 72.7 million in 2011 to 383.3 million in 2017. A remarkable spike, if it proves true — even more so because of what’s driving it: Emerging markets, which are expected to generate up to 46 percent of worldwide shipments by 2017.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 13 at 1:44 pm PT
Zynga is bucking market trends today and is trading higher despite a report that came out yesterday suggesting that December sales were extremely weak across the industry.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 29, 2011 at 5:49 am PT
The number of small businesses planning to buy tablets in the next 12 months is up five percentage points in the last quarter, with Apple’s tablet leading the pack.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on December 22, 2011 at 9:53 am PT
About 27 percent of photographs and videos taken in 2011 in the U.S. were captured by smartphones.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 20, 2011 at 5:37 pm PT
Revenue from mobile and social games, among other categories, is growing, but not at a fast enough clip to offset the declines witnessed in the traditional games market.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 9, 2011 at 3:19 pm PT
Strong sales of Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 led to a record-breaking month in November for videogame sales.
Ina Fried in News on November 22, 2011 at 9:42 am PT
A new study shows that just 1.2 million non-Apple tablets were sold at U.S. retail stores during the first 10 months of 2011. And the biggest share of those were due to HP’s TouchPad fire sale.
John Paczkowski in News on November 15, 2011 at 5:30 am PT
The Mac is on track for another one of those “best quarters ever.”
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on November 11, 2011 at 4:15 pm PT
The videogame industry grew by a minuscule, but welcomed, 1 percent in October, driven by hardcore game launches such as Battlefield 3 and Batman: Arkham City.
