“Impressive 29% of USA Adults Own Tablet / eReader,Up from 2% Less Than Three Years Ago”

Statistics Source: KPCB

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“Forrester estimates that India’s public sector IT purchases will grow at a CAGR of 14% between 2012 and 2017, reaching $108.5 billion in 2017. In 2014, we anticipate a decrease in government spending due to parliamentary elections — but spending will pick up after the election, as maintaining GDP growth will be on the agenda of any new government. We believe that massive infrastructure investments and increasing citizen expectations will fuel public sector IT in spite of the 2014 parliamentary elections. Citizens are pressuring federal, state, and local government to become more proactive and interactive and to provide services in a more organized and user-friendly manner.”

Statistics Source: Forrester

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“And over the span of 24 months, Halfbrick’s deliciously addictive game has become so popular that it is now installed on 1/3 of the iPhones in the United States.

The app has surpassed the 300 million download mark, with 1.5 trillion pieces of fruit sliced. But the crazy stats don’t end there. Every day, the cumulative time we spend playing Fruit Ninja over the course of 24 hours tops 100 years. ”

Statistics Source: TC

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“With Skype under Microsoft ownership, Rebtel now claims to be the largest independent mobile VoIP provider, with 17 million users in over 200 countries accessing its service over WiFi and 3G on iPhone, Android, and PCs. Rebtel has added two million users since February, and is seeing an average of 650K new users a month — many of whom have been attracted by its low-cost calling to landlines and mobile, along with the ability to switch between data and voice connections to avoid dropped calls and busy networks.”

Statistics Source: TC

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“Worldwide mobile payment transaction values will surpass $171.5 billion in 2012, a 61.9 percent increase from 2011 values of $105.9 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. The number of mobile payment users will reach 212.2 million in 2012, up from 160.5 million in 2011.

“We expect global mobile transaction volume and value to average 42 percent annual growth between 2011 and 2016, and we are forecasting a market worth $617 billion with 448 million users by 2016,” said Sandy Shen, research director at Gartner. “This will bring opportunities for service and solution providers who will need to cater to the local demand patterns to customize their offerings.”"

Statistics Source: Gartner

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“I took at look at the top 30 country ETFs we track, and thought it interesting that two out of three were in bear market territory (down 20% or more from 52 week highs).

The best performer? The US stock market.

Spain, Italy, Russian, and Austrian ETFs are all down 40% or more.”

Statistics Source: World Beta

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“Citigroup’s Automated Trading Desk had trading loses of $20 million on Facebook’s (FB) initial public offering, according to Reuters.

ATD, which Citi (C) bought in 2007, is a firm that deals in computer-driven, high frequency trading. It doesn’t make robot traders … yet.
“We taught computers to trade like humans, at unprecedented speeds, with no coffee breaks,” ATD said on its website.
Despite their speed and superior work ethic, these computers were not smart enough to avoid being caught up in the IPO that some are now calling FaceBomb.
To be fair to the robots, some humanoid trading firms also took a bath on the social network’s ill-fated debut as a public company. Knight Capital and Citadel Securities both reported losses of $30 million to $35 million.”

Statistics Source: CNN Money

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“49.1%: Percent of the population that lives in a household where at least one member received some type of government benefit in the first quarter of 2011.

Cutting government spending is no easy task, and it’s made more complicated by recent Census Bureau data showing that nearly half of the people in the U.S. live in a household that receives at least one government benefit, and many likely received more than one.”

Statistics Source: WSJ

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“The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.

That was up more than 6 percent from the previous year, and is the second year in a row of increases. The figure is also the highest since the AP began tracking executive compensation in 2006.”

Read more: http://business.time.com/2012/05/25/study-typical-ceo-pay-up-6-to-9-6-million/”

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“”It’s a day trader’s paradise right now. There’s high volatility and high volume,” said Douglas DePietro, managing director for sales trading and trading execution at Evercore Partners.
While volatile, frenetic trading is not unusual in the first few days after a large IPO, in the case of Facebook (FB), both the overall trading volume and Nasdaq’s problems executing trades amplified the moves.”

Statistics Source: CNNMoney

We had spotted some Facebook IPO stats before.

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