Category Archives: Technology

comScore Releases July 2010 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

RESTON, VA, August 17, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. With the July 2010 qSearch data release, comScore will now be reporting “Explicit Core Search” results alongside its standard “Total Core Search” results in order to provide transparency around the impact of contextually driven searches.

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Microsoft Heralds a New Age of Gaming With “Age of Empires Online”

COLOGNE, Germany — Aug. 17, 2009 On the eve of gamescom 2010, the world’s largest consumer-oriented games showcase, Microsoft Corp. unveiled the newest addition to the famed “Age of Empires” franchise, “Age of Empires Online.” Microsoft also announced the development of “Microsoft Flight,” a new entry inspired by the best-selling “Microsoft Flight Simulator” franchise. Published by Microsoft Game Studios, these new titles, along with the previously announced “Fable III,” fully integrate the free* Games for Windows – LIVE online service to deliver compelling socially connected gameplay experiences. (more…)

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Back to School: Are Teachers Equipped to Teach ‘Digital Natives’?

*Many teachers are using Microsoft tools and training to help prepare their students for the future, and are encouraging their peers to embrace using the technology that students are growing up with.* 

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 16, 2010 Educators are preparing to go back to school, and they’re starting to do so with more than pencils and books. The “digital natives” that fill their classrooms are restless, and teachers are altering their curricula to keep those students engaged and prepared for the future. Microsoft wants to help. 

Digital natives are people who have had access to digital technology for most of their lives—in other words, most of today’s school children.

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comScore Releases July 2010 U.S. Online Video Rankings

*Facebook.com Climbs to Third in Online Video Content Ranking with 46 Million Viewers*  

RESTON, VA, August 16, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released July 2010 data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 178 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content during the month for an average of 14.7 hours per viewer.

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All Nine Women in Brown University Computer Science Class Intern at Microsoft

After spending a summer working in Redmond, the junior class women of Brown University’s computer science department find new confidence

REDMOND, Wash. This summer, all of the junior class women of Brown University’s computer science department found themselves interning at Microsoft.  (more…)

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IBM to Acquire Unica Corporation

ARMONK, N.Y. & WALTHAM, Mass. – 13 Aug 2010: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Unica Corporation (NASDAQ: UNCA) today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire Unica in a cash transaction at a price of $21 per share, or at a net price of approximately $480 million, after adjusting for cash.   

A publicly held company in Waltham, Mass., Unica will expand IBM’s ability to help organizations analyze and predict customer preferences and develop more targeted marketing campaigns.

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Indonesia, Brazil and Venezuela Lead Global Surge in Twitter Usage

*Global Audience to Twitter.com Doubles in Past Year, as Latin American Audience Grows Fourfold* 

Reston, VA – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, on Aug 11. released a report on Twitter.com growth worldwide. The study found that in June, nearly 93 million Internet users visited Twitter.com, an increase of 109 percent from the previous year, as the social networking site achieved strong gains across all global regions. Indonesia reported the highest penetration, with 20.8 percent of Internet users in the country visiting Twitter.com that month, followed by Brazil and Venezuela, with Venezuela’s growth fueled in large part by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s decision to join Twitter in late April.

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