September

Apple Launching iPhone 5 in October

John Paczkowski in Mobile on August 1, 2011 at 2:40 am PT

It’s an October surprise for the Apple iPhone 5.

News Byte

Nokia N8 Ships

John Paczkowski in News on September 30, 2010 at 6:16 am PT

Market availability will vary by country and carrier, but Nokia’s N8–the first smartphone running the company’s new Symbian 3 operating system–is headed to market after some delay. Last week Nokia warned that preorder customers who’d expected to receive the N8 by September’s end would now have to wait until October, offering no explanation for the delay. So to hear that the device is actually on the trucks is good news for those looking to purchase them and for Nokia and its shareholders as well. At $10.14, the company’s stock is up 3.26 percent with the news.

Twitter’s Annual Growth Rate as of January: 1,107 Percent

John Paczkowski in Social on February 17, 2010 at 9:16 am PT

If Twitter’s astonishing month-over-month growth rate hit a ceiling last fall, the microblogging service has clearly broken through it. According to new metrics from comScore, Twitter.com saw 73.5 million unique visitors in January, up eight percent from the 65.2 million who visited it in December 2009.

The Chips Are Up, Redux

John Paczkowski in News on November 30, 2009 at 4:50 am PT

A bit of good news after the chip industry’s seemingly endless procession of bad. Worldwide sales of semiconductors in October rose 5.1 percent over September, racking up their eighth month of consecutive gains, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.

ComScore’s October 2009 Search Data: Google and Microsoft Up, Yahoo Down

John Paczkowski in News on November 16, 2009 at 4:06 pm PT

ComScore’s October search market analysis is in and it’s good news for two of the Big Three search engines. Google and Microsoft both posted gains for the month, while Yahoo suffered a decline.

Dell Dials Up Smartphones

John Paczkowski in News on November 13, 2009 at 11:00 am PT

Video Game Sales Tank

John Paczkowski in News on November 13, 2009 at 5:50 am PT

If the latest sales data are any indication, the videogame industry may be headed for a rough holiday season. NPD Group reports that revenue from consoles and software plummeted during October, falling 16.4 percent from September and 19 percent year-over-year. It was the industry’s seventh consecutive monthly decline.

Bing Back With a Bang

John Paczkowski in News on November 11, 2009 at 9:52 am PT

Looks like Bing’s September market share decline was more an anomaly than anything else. According to the latest figures from Hitwise, Bing’s share of the search market increased seven percent in October, evidently at the expense of both Google and Yahoo.

Semiconductor Industry Ends Disaster Preparedness Drills

John Paczkowski in News on November 2, 2009 at 10:17 am PT

2009 semiconductor sales are down from 2008 by nearly record amounts, but they’re improving. That’s the latest word from the Semiconductor Industry Association, which said today that global chip sales rose in September from the previous month–the seventh straight month of gains.

Not With a Bing, but a Whimper IV

John Paczkowski in News on October 7, 2009 at 11:00 am PT

Looks like Bing’s steady upward trend of market share gains may have reversed itself. Microsoft’s new search engine saw its U.S. search share fall in September, according to figures from Hitwise. Troubling news for Microsoft. Hitwise’s latest numbers are the second set of metrics from a Web analytics firm showing Bing’s market share in decline.

Apple Launching iPhone 5 in October

Nokia N8 Ships

Twitter’s Annual Growth Rate as of January: 1,107 Percent

The Chips Are Up, Redux

ComScore’s October 2009 Search Data: Google and Microsoft Up, Yahoo Down

Dell Dials Up Smartphones

Video Game Sales Tank

Bing Back With a Bang

Semiconductor Industry Ends Disaster Preparedness Drills

Not With a Bing, but a Whimper IV

Not With a Bing, but a Whimper III

NPD: Mac Sales Up Seven Percent, iPod Sales Down 16 Percent

BoomTown Will See You in September

Not Dead Yet! The CD Still Rules Music (But iTunes Is Closing the Gap).

Here’s Why McKinsey’s Coming to Condé Nast: The Coming Black September

Think of It as an AT&T-Free iPhone

Think of It as an AT&T-Free iPhone

Upgrading to the iPhone 3G S

Yahoo Video: You've Come a Long Way, Baby

Yahoo Video: You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby

OS X Market Share: 8.23 Percent Down, 82.06 Percent to Go …

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