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comScore Releases December 2010 U.S. Online Video Rankings

By Guest PostJanuary 21, 2011Technologyadap, brightroll video network, Comscore, comscore video metrix, Google, hulu, online video, tremor media video network, tv, us internet online video content, vevo, viacom digital, Yahoo, YouTube

*VEVO Rakes in 50 Million Viewers One Year After Its Launch*

RESTON, VA, January 21, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 172 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content in December for an average of 14.6 hours per viewer. The total U.S. Internet audience engaged in nearly 5.2 billion viewing sessions during the course of the month. (more…)

Amazon’s Kindle Digital Text Platform Extends 70 Percent Royalty Option to Books Sold to Canadian Customers

By Guest PostJanuary 21, 2011TechnologyAmazon, android, book, canadian customers, dtp, ipad, iPhone, ipod, kindle 3g, kindle digital text platform, kindle direct publishing, kindle dx, royalty, russ grandinetti, windows phones, worldwide

*Authors and publishers can now earn more money on every book sold to Canadian customers Kindle Digital Text Platform changes name to Kindle Direct Publishing*

SEATTLE, Jan 21, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that the popular Kindle Digital Text Platform (DTP) is extending the 70 percent royalty option to include books sold to Canadian customers. This royalty option is available for books sold to Canadian customers from the Kindle Store for Kindle, Kindle 3G, Kindle DX, or one of the Kindle apps for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry, PC, Mac, Windows Phones and Android-based devices. Kindle Digital Text Platform is also changing its name to Kindle Direct Publishing. (more…)

Email Evolution: Web-based Email Shows Signs of Decline in the U.S. While Mobile Email Usage on the Rise

By Guest PostJanuary 20, 2011Technologyamericans, Comscore, comscore media metrix, data, demographic characteristics, digital communication, email, email behavior, internet users, mark donovan, Media, mobile devices, mobilens, period of time, smartphone era, smartphone population, social media, web based email sites

*Growing Number of Communication Channels Prompts Shift in Consumers’ Email Behavior*

RESTON, VA, January 20, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released results from a study on U.S. consumers’ evolving email behaviors using data from its comScore Media Metrix and MobiLens services. The study found that in November 2010, the number of visitors to web-based email sites declined 6 percent compared to the previous year, while email engagement declined at an even greater rate. During the same time period, the number of users accessing email via their mobile devices grew by 36 percent as an increasingly complex digital environment influenced consumers’ communication habits. (more…)

Amazon to Acquire LOVEFiLM International Limited

By Guest PostJanuary 20, 2011Technologyacquire, Amazon, denmark, enjoyment, european subscription entertainment service, games, Germany, greg greeley, internet to pc, internet-enabled tv, lovefilm, lovefilm international limited, movie rental, norway, online dvd, playstation, rental by post, simon calver, Sweden, uk

LUXEMBOURG & LONDON – January 20, 2010 – Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire the remaining shares in LOVEFiLM International Limited (www.LOVEFiLM.com). LOVEFiLM is a leading European subscription entertainment service which combines the benefits of online DVD and games rental-by-post as well as streaming films and TV shows instantly over the internet to PCs, internet enabled TVs and Playstation®3. LOVEFiLM operates today in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Amazon already has a significant minority shareholding in LOVEFiLM and does not itself operate any similar business in Europe. (more…)

Amazon Web Services Introduces AWS Elastic Beanstalk

By Guest PostJanuary 19, 2011Technologyamazon web services, aws elastic beanstalk, aws services, elastic beanstalk

Easy to begin and impossible to outgrow, Elastic Beanstalk enables developers to deploy applications to AWS in minutes without giving up the ability to take back control of the underlying resources

SEATTLE, Jan 19, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon Web Services LLC, an Amazon.com company, today announced AWS Elastic Beanstalk, an even easier way for developers to quickly deploy and manage applications in the AWS cloud. Developers simply upload their application, and Elastic Beanstalk automatically handles the deployment details of capacity provisioning, load balancing, auto-scaling, and application health monitoring. (more…)

Oil and Gas Industry Sees Boom in High-Tech Collaboration

By Guest PostJanuary 18, 2011Technologyaccenture survey, area of collaboration, bharat petroleum, chevron, cost efficiency, craig hodges, geographical and demographic landscape, global energy forum, Houston, management problems, Microsoft, microsoft lync, microsoft technologies, oil and gas industry, oil and gas professionals, people, pipelines, radar screens, real time collaboration technologies, sql azure, windows phone 7

*The adoption of real-time collaboration technologies continues to grow among oil and gas professionals, according to a Microsoft and Accenture survey released today at Microsoft’s Global Energy Forum.*

HOUSTON – Jan. 18, 2011 – The oil and gas industry has realized that keeping information flowing among its workers is key to continued flow in its pipelines.

According to a survey released today at Microsoft’s Global Energy Forum in Houston, oil and gas professionals are relying more than ever on collaboration – and real-time collaboration tools like social networking – to get their jobs done and remain competitive within their industry. The survey, conducted by Microsoft and Accenture, shows that the global nature of the oil and gas industry is driving the demand for real-time information and knowledge sharing, said Craig Hodges, Microsoft’s general manager of U.S. Manufacturing and Resources. (more…)

comScore Releases December 2010 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

By Guest PostJanuary 15, 20112 commentsTechnologyalgorithmic explicit searches, aol llc network, ask network, bing, Comscore, comscore qsearch, core searches, digital world, Google, google sites, Microsoft, organic search, powered by, search landscape, share, total core search queries, u.s. search marketplace, yahoo! Sites

RESTON, VA, January 14, 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 December with 66.6 percent of searches conducted. (more…)

comScore Launches Video Metrix 2.0 in the UK to Measure Evolving Online Video Landscape

By Guest PostJanuary 13, 20111 commentTechnologyad impressions, bbc, Comscore, digital world, Europe, google sites, internet users, itv, mike read, online video, online video measurement service, spotxchange video network, traditional media, uk, uk internet users, video landscape, video metrix, video metrix 2.0, YouTube

*New Metrics Offer Detailed Market Intelligence for UK Industry*

London, UK, 13 January, 2010: comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the UK launch of Video Metrix 2.0, the next generation of comScore’s industry leading online video measurement service. The new service offers several enhancements – including reporting of online video ad impressions – designed to better align with the realities of today’s online video landscape. For more information on Video Metrix 2.0, please visit www.videometrix2.com. (more…)

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