As reported by Cnet.com, Mary Meeker, a partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Meeker, speaking today at the AllThingsD D11 Conference, reported that 2.4 billion people around the world are on the Internet, an 8% year-over-year gain. Only 34% of the world's population is online. In the U.S., the Internet penetration is 78%. In May 2009 … [Read more...]
Bloomberg Reports Google Facing New FCC Antitrust Probe Over Display Ads
According to Bloomberg.com, Google is facing a new Antitrust Probe Over Display Ads by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission According to the story the FCC is looking into "into whether the company is using its leadership in the online display-advertising market to illegally curb competition" The story goes on to say that the investigation is in the preliminary stage and may not expand into a … [Read more...]
Oversee.Net Launches AirportParking.com
According to a press release today Oversee.net launched its newest site, AirportParking.com today, which "offers a fast, easy way for web and mobile users to find and compare rates, features and consumer reviews of off-site airport parking lots. " "Users can book their reservations at AirportParking.com, locking in the rate and a reserved parking spot. Compared to onsite airport parking lots, … [Read more...]
Pokerstars & Full Tilt Buys Altantic City Casino & Applies For License
According to Mashable.com, The Rational Group, which owns Pokerstars and Full Tilt, has filed a petition with the state gaming commission for an Interim Casio Authorization (ICA) to operate the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel in Atlantic city. "The proposed deal represents the first time in Atlantic City that an Internet gambling company would join up with a brick-and-mortar casino, giving … [Read more...]
The 6th Annual Launch Festival Gets Started In SF On March 4th: Launch.co
The 6th Annual Launch festival is being held in San Fransico on March 4th--6th and their official site is Launch.co The 2013 LAUNCH Festival according to show organizers is "the the best place to launch your startup, raise money and learn about starting a company". The Festival awards prizes and has an impressive list of judges Here are the just some of the prizes: Grand … [Read more...]
YouTube.com Rolling Out Paid Channels
According to AdAge.com, YouTube.com is prepping to launch paid subscriptions for individual channels on its video platform as early as the 2nd quarter of this year with the first paid channels to cost between $1 and $5 a month. The article quotes YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar as saying: "If we have a subscription model then absolutely that's something that becomes possible." "We have long … [Read more...]
Google+ Passes Twitter To Become 2nd Largest Social Network
According to British research firm Trendstream's Global Web Index, Google+ is now the 2nd largest social network, passing Twitter. Here are the ranking according to Trendstream: 1. Facebook: 693 million monthly users, 51% of all internet users 2. Google+: 343 million monthly users, 25% of all internet users 3. Twitter: 288 million monthly users, 21% of all internet users 4. … [Read more...]