http://www.zdnet.com/ Latest blogs in IT Facts en ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/ http://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/ Wed, 07 Aug 2013 10:47:07 -0700 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 10:47:07 -0700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 2 http://i.zdnet.com/images/spry/zdnet_300x300.jpg http://www.zdnet.com/ 143 39 0 20 9279 6008015724 Despite global digital sales growing 24.1 % to $3.78 bln and performance income by 16.2% in 2008, European music sales finished down 8.3% at $18.4 bln after a 15.4% collapse in physical sales.

]]> 6008015725 Indian mobile operators added a record 15.64 mln customers in March 2009, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said. The mobile subscriber base in India rose by 50%, or more than 130 mln, to 391.8 mln.

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]]> Mobility About 9 mln high-definition units sold in the US in Q1 2009, up from the 4.8 mln that sold during Q1 2008, according to Adams Media Research. There are now 10.5 mln Blu-ray households, encompassing owners of both Blu-ray set-tops and Blu-ray-enabled PlayStation 3s.

]]> 6008015721 Barclays Capital projects US newspaper advertising will decline 22% in 2009 and another 10% in 2010.

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]]> ABI Research finds that the worldwide combined OPEX and CAPEX savings from active infrastructure sharing could amount to as much as $60 bln over the next five year period. The study finds that operators could enjoy at least 40% cost savings in addition to those available from passive site sharing.

]]> 6008015718 Networking Total revenues for network connected devices will rise from about $74 bln in 2009 to over $94 bln in 2010, ABI Research reported.

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]]> Banking Processors The market for IEEE 802.15.4 semiconductors, in both consumer electronics and commercial markets, is set for significant growth over the next five years as the standard becomes the foundation for a host of applications and systems. That growth will see 802.15.4 chipset shipments grow from nearly 15 mln in 2008 to nearly 499 mln in 2014, a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 79.6% over the period, ABI Research says.

]]> 6008015717 Do you ever use any of the following to play games whether or not you personally have one?

	Parents	Non- Parents
Desktop or laptop	45%	35%
Game console	41	22
Cell phone, Blackberry, or other handheld organizer	25	16
Portable gaming device	21	10
Source: Pew Internet Project

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]]> Collaboration Networking Software Development Social Enterprise The percentage of online Americans in each demographic category who have a profile on a social network website:

All adults	35%
Sex
Men	35
Women	35
Age
18-24	75
25-34	57
35-44	30
45-54	19
55-64	10
65+	7
Race
White, non-Hispanic	31
Black, non-Hispanic	43
Hispanic	48
Annual Household Income
Less than $30,000	45
$30,000 - $49,999	38
$50,000 - $74,999	30
$75,000 +	31
Education
Less than HS	43
HS grad	31
Some college	41
College grad	33
Locale
Urban	34
Suburban	26
Rural	23
Source: Pew Internet Project

]]> 6008015715 Hardware Mobility

Program	Network	Unique Viewers (000)
Lost	ABC.com	1,425
Saturday Night Live	NBC.com	1,111
Grey’s Anatomy	ABC.com	879
Desperate Housewives	ABC.com	723
Heroes	NBC.com	685
Ugly Betty	ABC.com	631
Samantha Who?	ABC.com	560
Scrubs	ABC.com	519
Survivor	CBS Television	496
True Beauty	ABC.com	462
Source: Nielsen

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Property	Videos (000)	Share of Videos (%)	Videos per Viewer
Total Audience	3,388,086	100.0%	118.8
Google Sites	1,711,577	50.5%	88.3
ProSiebenSat1 Sites	62,827	1.9%	9.7
Universal Music Group	55,950	1.7%	6.5
RTL Group Sites	34,414	1.0%	8.4
Megavideo.com	31,154	0.9%	15.1
Microsoft Sites	14,641	0.4%	5.9
Yahoo! Sites	12,169	0.4%	8.0
Sport1 online	11,963	0.4%	33.6
Dailymotion.com	10,500	0.3%	8.6
Viacom Digital	8,426	0.2%	7.0
Source: comScore

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Property	Jan-2008	Jan-2009	% Change
Total Internet : Total Audience	33,904	37,646	11%
Yasni.de	323	2,037	530%
Facebook.com	556	3,143	465%
Pennergame.de	697	1,793	157%
Quoka Verlag	1,118	1,977	77%
The Mozilla Organization	4,205	7,219	72%
Deutsche Post AG Sites	2,752	4,033	47%
Preisroboter.de	1,184	1,674	41%
United Online, Inc	2,222	3,018	36%
Gameforge Sites	1,805	2,442	35%
ZDF Sites	1,824	2,342	28%
Source: comScore

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Brand	Audience, 000	Time Per Person
1. Google	127,142	1:27:40
2. Yahoo!	113,564	3:27:12
3. MSN/Windows Live	102,069	2:21:40
4. Microsoft	98,360	0:42:13
5. YouTube	83,429	0:50:49
6. AOL Media Network	83,083	3:45:59
7. Facebook	65,704	2:59:54
8. Fox Interactive Media	64,288	1:24:46
9. Wikipedia	57,561	0:17:08
10. Apple	52,037	1:13:35
Source: Nielsen

]]> 6008015709 In 2008 an estimated $400 mln was spent on delivering video via CDNs, according to Frost & Sullivan. That number is expected to grow to more than $1.4 bln by 2012.

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	Jan-08	Jan-09	% Change
Total Internet	6,219	6,795	9
Yahoo! Sites	3,096	3,489	13
Google Sites	2,481	2,596	5
Rakuten Inc	111	153	38
Microsoft Sites	119	113	-5
NTT Group	93	103	11
Amazon Sites	80	69	-14
Excite Japan	11	52	362
NEC Corporation	58	44	-25
MIXI	40	23	-42
Nifty Corporation	19	22	14
Source: comScore

]]> 6008015707 Collaboration How often do you visit your primary online social network profile?

	% Profile owners
Every day	37%
Every few days	23
Once a week	15
Less often	23
Source: Pew Internet Project

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]]> Browser Enterprise Software US Internet advertising revenues remain strong, topping $23 bln, according to Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC). Full-year 2008 revenues totaled a record $23.4 bln, exceeding 2007’s performance, itself the former record of $21.2 bln, by $2.2 bln or 10.6%. Q4 2008 revenues of $6.1 bln mark the first time the interactive advertising industry achieved, and surpassed, $6 bln in a single quarter. The figures represent a $154 mln or 2.6% increase from Q4 2007, which had revenues of $5.9 bln. This is the fifth consecutive year of record results.

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