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Nearly 1 in 5 Smartphone Owners Access Check-In Services Via their Mobile Device

By Guest PostMay 12, 2011Technologyandroid, apple, check in services, Comscore, comscore mobilens, facebook places, foursquare, gowalla, iPhone, mark donovan, Microsoft, mobile population, mobile social networking, palm, rim, smartphone population, smartphone user, symbian

*70 Percent of Mobile Users “Checking-In” from an Android or Apple Phone*

*Check-In Service Users Demonstrate Strong Propensity for Mobile Media Usage*

RESTON, VA, May 12, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released the results from a study of mobile social networking check-in service users based on data from its comScore MobiLens service. The study found that 16.7 million U.S. mobile subscribers used location-based “check-in” services on their phones in March 2011, representing 7.1 percent of the entire mobile population. 12.7 million check-in users did so on a smartphone, representing 17.6 percent of the smartphone population. The study also found that check-in service users showed a high propensity for mobile media usage, including accessing retail sites and shopping guides, and displayed other characteristics of early adopters, including a stronger likelihood of owning a tablet device and accessing tech news, when compared to the average smartphone user. (more…)

comScore Releases April 2011 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

By Guest PostMay 11, 2011Technologyaol, april, ask network, bing, Comscore, comscore qsearch, google sites, Microsoft, qsearch data, u.s. search marketplace, web search, yahoo search direct

RESTON, VA, May 11, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in April with 65.4 percent of search queries conducted.

The April 2011 qSearch data reflect the impact of Yahoo! Search Direct, Yahoo!’s new feature that delivers search results in real-time while users type their query. Yahoo! Search Direct was available only on Yahoo! U.S. Web Search for the month of April. (more…)

comScore Reports $38 Billion in Q1 2011 U.S. Retail E-Commerce Spending, Up 12 Percent vs. Year Ago

By Guest PostMay 10, 2011Technologyandrew lipsman, computer software, Comscore, consumer electronics, double digit, gian fulgoni, market share, per transaction, retail ecommerce sales, video games

*comScore Chairman Gian Fulgoni to Present Update on Q1 2011 E-Commerce Trends in Upcoming Webinar*

RESTON, VA, May 10, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its Q1 2011 U.S. retail e-commerce sales estimates, which showed that online retail spending reached $38.0 billion for the quarter, up 12 percent versus year ago. This growth rate represented the sixth consecutive quarter of positive year-over-year growth and second consecutive quarter of double-digit growth rates. (more…)

Microsoft to Acquire Skype

By Guest PostMay 10, 2011Technologyandreessen horowitz, cpp investment board, ebay, egon durban, europlay capital advisors, hotmail, joltid limited, kurt delbene, lync, messenger, Microsoft, microsoft acquisition of skype, microsoft ceo, neil stevens, outlook, silver lake, skype, skype ceo, steve ballmer, tony bates, xbox and kinect, xbox live

*Combined companies will benefit consumers, businesses and increase market opportunity.*

REDMOND, Wash., and LUXEMBOURG – May 10, 2011 – Microsoft Corp. and Skype Global S.à r.l today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Skype, the leading Internet communications company, for $8.5 billion in cash from the investor group led by Silver Lake. The agreement has been approved by the boards of directors of both Microsoft and Skype.

The acquisition will increase the accessibility of real-time video and voice communications, bringing benefits to both consumers and enterprise users and generating significant new business and revenue opportunities. The combination will extend Skype’s world-class brand and the reach of its networked platform, while enhancing Microsoft’s existing portfolio of real-time communications products and services. (more…)

IBM Delivers Technology to Help Clients Protect and Retain “Big Data”

By Guest PostMay 9, 2011Technologybig data, cloud computing, gunther weiss, ibm, ibm 726 magnetic tape recorder, ibm linear tape file system library edition, ibm system storage, klinikverbund suedwest gmbh, ltfs le, mobile devices, national institute of water & atmospheric research, new zealand, niwa, scale out network attached storage, social networks, sonas, southwest germany, tape storage, ts3500, ts3500 tape library, web

*Introduces industry-first tape library technology capable of storing nearly 3 exabytes of data — enough to store almost 3X the mobile data in U.S. in 2010*

ARMONK, N.Y., – 09 May 2011: IBM today announced new tape storage and enhanced archiving, deduplication offerings designed to help clients efficiently store and extract intelligence from massive amounts of data.

The amount of information generated is increasing dramatically each year driven by armies of sensors, mobile devices, social networks, cloud computing and public sources of information like the Web. At the same time, demand for storage capacity worldwide will continue to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 49.8 percent from 2009-2014, according to IDC (1). Clients require new technologies and ways to capitalize on the growing volume, variety and velocity of information known as “Big Data.” (more…)

New Use for Kinect: Teaching Kids in Africa

By Guest PostMay 7, 2011Education, Technologykinect for xbox, kinect games, kwazulu, larry venter, school in vryheid, south african schoolchildren, structured gaming

*Microsoft employee Larry Venter, a native South African, had a hunch that Kinect for Xbox 360 could help the children at a rural school in his hometown get excited about learning English and that gaming could help in the fight against widespread illiteracy.*

REDMOND, Wash. – A story that began with a mischievous Icelandic volcano has ended happily with South African schoolchildren using Kinect for Xbox 360 to learn English. (more…)

Bing Travel Summer Forecast: Airfares Rise Nearly 15 Percent, Hotels Up 7 Percent

By Guest PostMay 5, 2011Technologyairfare, bing, bing travel, bing travel hotel rate indicator, facebook app, fareologists, global travel industry, hotel costs, krista pappas, microsoft corp., summer flights, summer travel season, Wi-Fi, wish list

*Fareologists offer insight for how travelers can save money during a tough travel season.*

REDMOND, Wash. — May 4, 2011 — The Fareologists at Bing Travel (https://www.bing.com/travel) today issued their forecast for the 2011 summer travel season, predicting airfare and hotel costs will continue to swell. Compared with last year, airfare is expected to be up 15 percent, with tickets averaging $561, up from $485 last summer. Summer hotel costs will rise by more than 7 percent, with average costs at $242, versus $227 last year.

“Airlines are making deeper cuts in capacity, and surcharges are burgeoning,” said Krista Pappas, global travel industry director at Bing. “With oil prices on the rise, travelers can expect fares to continue to climb to offset fuel costs. Airlines also will continue to charge fees for their services, such as more leg room, premium boarding, baggage fees, Wi-Fi, food and entertainment.” (more…)

U.S. Online Display Advertising Market Delivers 1.1 Trillion Impressions in Q1 2011

By Guest PostMay 4, 2011Technologybrand equity, Comscore, display ads, Facebook, general mills and kraft foods, groupon, intuit, jeff hackett, microsoft sites, popular social networking site, progressive, q1 2011, scottrade, sprint nextel, to u.s. internet users, us online display advertising market, verizon, Yahoo

*Facebook.com Now Accounts for Nearly 1 in 3 Online Display Ads in U.S.*

RESTON, VA, May 4, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released an overview of the U.S. online display advertising market for Q1 2011 based on data from comScore Ad Metrix, indicating that nearly 1.11 trillion display ads were delivered to U.S. Internet users during the quarter. Facebook accounted for 346 billion impressions, nearly double the number it delivered in Q1 2010, and accounting for nearly one third of all display ad impressions delivered. (more…)

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