Category Archives: Statistics

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Will Netflix Kill the Internet? – BusinessWeek

Posted on December 3, 2010 by kjperpich

    By any measure, Netflix (NFLX) is having a really good year. Its subscriber base jumped by 52 percent in the third quarter, and its stock price has doubled since July 1. Analysts and customers are bullish about the … Continue reading →

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3 Tips for Maximizing Engagement With Facebook Likes and Shares

Posted on November 8, 2010 by kjperpich

When it comes to Facebook, if you’re uncertain where and when to place a “Like” button on your site and when to use “Share,” you’re not alone. Social sharing technologies have evolved significantly in the past several months, but it’s … Continue reading →

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Big cable loses 500,000 subscribers in Q3, we neglect to send flowers — Engadget

Posted on November 5, 2010 by kjperpich

    Last quarter was the first time ever that US pay TV subscription rates were down. Now, according to GigaOM\’s calculations, big cable suffered another set back in Q3, waving goodbye to over 500,000 subscribers in total. Comcast was … Continue reading →

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rb.trends» Blog Archive » Texting

Posted on October 18, 2010 by kjperpich

    Teen text messages hit new high: 6 an hour, 3339 a month “That’s the (somewhat stupendous) number of text messages the average American teen sends every month, according to Nielsen, which recently crunched data from 60,000 cell phone … Continue reading →

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Now For Sale On Apple’s iBookstore: Microsoft Press, O’Reilly Media Books

Posted on October 12, 2010 by kjperpich

via TechCrunch Starting today, O’Reilly Media will be selling some 600 titles in Apple’s iBookstore, along with almost 150 more from (yes, … Read More >>

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Survey Says… DIY Market Research Firm GutCheck Scores $2 Million In Series A Funding

Posted on October 12, 2010 by kjperpich

via TechCrunch On AMC’s Mad Men, whenever ad agency Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce needs qualitative market research they arrange a focus group, … Read More >>

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U.S. Online Advertising Rises 11.3 Percent In First Half Of 2010

Posted on October 12, 2010 by kjperpich

via TechCrunch Online advertising is showing healthy gains this year. During the first half of 2010, online advertising revenues were up … Read More >>

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Toyota Sells 2 Millionth Prius; Americans Still Buy Trucks

Posted on October 12, 2010 by kjperpich

via GOOD After hearing Toyota’s announcement that the company had sold 2 million Prius hybrids since 1997, Jalopnik decided to put … Read More >>

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Forget Sunday Night Football, Viewers Pile Into iPhone’s Social Apps

Posted on October 11, 2010 by kjperpich

via TechCrunch What does The Mentalist, NCIS Los Angeles, Sunday Night Football and CBS Undercover Boss have in common? None of them are as … Read More >>

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Apple iPad Selling Faster than iPhone, DVD Players – Desktops and Notebooks from eWeek

Posted on October 6, 2010 by kjperpich

iPad shipments are outpacing those of iPhones and of DVD players, according to a research note, with a current sales rate of 4.5 million units per quarter.Rate This Article:Poor Best E-mail  Print PDF VersionSales of Apple iPads are outpacing sales … Continue reading →

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