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Tablet Competition Heats Up: Kindle Fire Captures more than Half of Android Tablet Market

By Guest PostApril 26, 2012Technologyacer picasso, amazon kindle, android tablet, apple ipad, california, Comscore, content, dell streak, device essentials product, digital device, florida, galaxy tab, illinois, internet traffic pattern, kindle fire, market, motorola xoom, non wifi traffic, serge matta, smartphone, tablets, texas, toshiba at100, udm data, us market, usage, verizon, web page

10″ Tablets Have 39 Percent Higher Content Consumption Rate than 7″ Tablets

comScore Device Essentials™ Introduces Unique Device and Local Market Reporting to Cross-Device Digital Traffic Measurement

RESTON, VA, April 26, 2012 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the next generation of its Device Essentials™ service, offering new insight into global digital device usage. Based on comScore’s global Unified Digital Measurement (UDM) data, which utilizes census-level information from tagged web page content, Device Essentials includes reporting of brand and operating system for digital device and Internet traffic patterns (i.e. page views) from computers, smartphones, tablets, music, players, e-readers and gaming devices.

“comScore is excited to introduce our next generation Device Essentials product, which provides new insight into digital device usage and detailed reporting of traffic patterns within local markets,” said Serge Matta, comScore president of mobile & operator solutions. “These new insights are invaluable to all stakeholders in the mobile ecosystem as they seek to provide valuable services and optimize the mobile media experience for their customers.” (more…)

Number of European Smartphone Users Accessing News Surges 74 Percent Over Past Year

By Guest PostMarch 22, 2012Technologybenchmark data, Comscore, eu5, european markets, france, Germany, hesham al jehani, intelligent online, italy, mobile, mobile industry, mobile news, secondary device, small screen, smartphone, spain, spanish smartphone, united kingdom

*Nearly Half of UK Smartphone Users Access News At Least Once Each Month*

LONDON, UK, 22 March 2012 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released an overview of mobile news access across the five leading European markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) using the comScore MobiLens service. The study showed that nearly 37 percent of smartphone users in EU5 reported accessing news sites via an app or browser in January 2012, showing an increase of 74 percent over the past year. For EU5 smartphone users who accessed news sites on a near-daily basis, the growth rate was even stronger at 82 percent. The UK showed the highest penetration with nearly half (46.8 percent) of smartphone users reporting having accessed news sites at least once in the past month. (more…)

comScore Releases the “2012 U.S. Digital Future in Focus” Report

By Guest PostFebruary 9, 2012Technology2012 us digital future, advertising ecosystem, american, bing, Comscore, comscore media metrix, digital advertising, digital traffic, ecommerce, Facebook, focus, goodman, Google, jeff hackett, linda abraham, mobile, online activity, online video, search, smartphone, social media, us search market, Yahoo

*Report Offers Insights on Key Trends from 2011 and What They Mean for the Coming Year*

RESTON, VA, February 9, 2012 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released the 2012 U.S. Digital Future in Focus report. This annual report examines how the prevailing trends in social media, search, online video, digital advertising, mobile and e-commerce are defining the current marketplace and what these trends mean for the year ahead.

“2012 promises to be an exciting year for the digital media industry as the explosion of available content and proliferation of web-enabled devices drive the evolution of the digital consumer, creating new opportunities and challenges for the entire digital ecosystem,” said Linda Abraham, comScore CMO and EVP of Global Product Development. “In order to be successful in this new paradigm, digital marketers must understand the key trends shaping the current marketplace and what that means for the future of their businesses.” (more…)

Researchers Discover Potential Key To Lowering Energy Costs of Cell Phones and Data Centers

By Guest PostFebruary 8, 2012Technologyalgorithm, apple, austin, australian national university, cellphone, computer science, data center, Google, gps, hardware, intel, kathryn mckinley, microprocessor, microprocessors function, Microsoft, power usage, professor, smartphone, software, stephen m blackburn, university of texas

AUSTIN, Texas — A systematic analysis of power usage in microprocessors could help lower the energy consumption of both small cellphones and giant data centers, report computer science professors from The University of Texas at Austin and the Australian National University.

Their results may point the way to how companies such as Google, Apple, Intel and Microsoft can make software and hardware that will lower the energy costs of very small and very large devices. (more…)

Customer Satisfaction Grows for Financial Institutions and Banking Websites in 2011

By Guest PostFebruary 2, 2012Technologybanking websites, Comscore, customer, digital channel, Facebook, financial institution, internet, lda, linkedIn, liquid deposit account, mobile, mobile platform, online, opt in, sarah lenart, smartphone, social networking site, Twitter

*16 Percent of Mobile Users Access Financial Information or Accounts on Mobile Devices*

*comScore Releases 2011 U.S. State of Online and Mobile Banking Report*

RESTON, VA, February 2, 2012 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released the 2011 edition of its annual State of Online and Mobile Banking report, which provides a comprehensive view of the key online and mobile banking trends in the U.S. in 2011. The report draws its analysis from a survey of more than 2,000 U.S. Internet users, supplemented by data from the comScore Mobile Financial Services Advisor report and the comScore opt-in behavioral panel of over 1 million U.S. Internet users. Among its findings, the report shows an upward trend in customer satisfaction with financial institutions and their banking websites early in 2011 following a decline in previous years. To download a complimentary copy of the report, please visit: https://www.comscore.com/OnlineBanking. (more…)

Smartphone Adoption Reaches 40 Percent in Canada

By Guest PostNovember 30, 2011Technologyapple, canada, canadians, Comscore, google android, Microsoft, mobile phone, mobile phone industry, nokia, oems, original equipment manufacturers, os, qr codes, rim, Samsung, smartphone, smartphone operating system, symbian

RIM Continues to Lead Smartphone Market, with Apple a Close Second

Google Android Doubles its Smartphone Market Share in Past Six Months to 25 Percent

TORONTO, CA, November 30, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the Canada mobile phone industry for September 2011. The report ranked the leading mobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and smartphone operating system (OS) platforms in Canada according to their share of current mobile subscribers ages 13 and older, and reviewed the most popular activities and content accessed via the subscriber’s primary mobile phone. The September report found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 25.2 percent market share, while RIM led among smartphone platforms with 35.8 percent share of that market segment. (more…)

Mobile Social Networking Audience Grew 44 Percent Over Past Year in EU5

By Guest PostNovember 21, 2011Technologybehavior, Comscore, comscore mobilens, Europe, Facebook, five leading european markets, france, Germany, intelligent online survey, italy, jeremy copp, linkedIn, mobile, mobile social media usage, mobile users, mobilens data, smartphone, Social networking, spain, Twitter, united kingdom

*Twitter and LinkedIn Mobile Audiences Doubled in Past Year*

LONDON, UK, 21 November 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released an overview of mobile social media usage across the five leading European markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) from the comScore MobiLens service. The study showed that the audience for mobile social networking in the EU5 region grew 44 percent in the last year with 55.1 million mobile users in the EU5 accessing social networking sites or blogs via their mobile devices during September 2011. (more…)

Social Networking On-The-Go: U.S. Mobile Social Media Audience Grows 37 Percent in the Past Year

By Guest PostOctober 20, 2011Technologyamericans, blogs, Comscore, comscore mobilens, Facebook, linkedIn, mark donovan, mobile device, mobile social media usage, smartphone, social media, social networking brands, Social networking sites, Twitter, us mobile users

*Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn Post Mobile Growth of at Least 50 Percent*

*Majority of Mobile Social Networkers Read Posts from Brands While on Their Device*

RESTON, VA, October 20, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released results of a study on mobile social media usage based on data from its comScore MobiLens service, which showed that 72.2 million Americans accessed social networking sites or blogs on their mobile device in August 2011, an increase of 37 percent in the past year. The study also provided new insights into how mobile users interact with social media, finding that more than half read a post from an organization, brand or event while on their mobile device. (more…)