According to AVN.com there was a record 10 Billion video's viewed on the web in December 2007. The figures suggest that about 141 million Americans viewed online video that month. The particular strong results was attributed to for one the Hollywood writers strike. The Top Five sites for viewing the videos were: Google sites including, YouTube.com and Google Video had 3.3 billion video … [Read more...]
Microsoft’s Shareholders Not Loving the Yahoo Deal.
Well Microsoft's investors have given their opinion of the proposed acquisition of Yahoo, and let the feet do the walking, as they hit the exit, Microsoft shares have lost 14% of there value since it announcing its $44 billion dollar bid for Yahoo. This 14% loss in share value equate to just about 40 Billion dollars in lost share value for Microsoft. So far the combined price for Yahoo … [Read more...]
Google to offer free music downloads in China
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is preparing to enter into a joint venture with an unnamed online music company based in China in order to compete with Baidu.com Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) , the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. According to reports Google is planning on offering free licensed music downloads in China. Baidu.com also offers free music downloads, though the downloads aren't … [Read more...]
Time Warner: May Spilt up AOL: Ad Growth Slows
Time Warner the owner of AOL, today announced it plans to Separate AOL's ad operations from its dial-up access business. Time Warner which reported earnings today, reported that the 4th quarter of 2007, was AOL slowest quarter of advertising growth. AOL's $620 million in fourth-quarter ad revenue represents a year to year increase of less than 10 percent. AOL's ad revenue grew nearly 50 … [Read more...]
Mac Operating System Usage Grows
According to the latest market share data from Net Applications, Mac OS X’s slice of the computer operating system market grew 3.56% in January while Microsoft Windows’ dropped .36%. Mac’s market share stands at a record 7.57%, up 21.7% from Jan. 2007. “Apple’s market share gains in December for the Mac and iPhone are impressive,” the report concludes. “However, for the last days of … [Read more...]
Time Magazine Releases its list of the Top 50 Websites
Time Magazine released it top picks for the best websites of 2007. You can vote for your favorite. As far as looking at the list from a domain perspective there are some good pure domains, but there are many more web 2.0 type domains. Here is the current top … [Read more...]
Google Increases Its Search Share
According to a new study released today by Nielsen Online, Google share of Internet searches increased in November to 57.7% of all US searches, compare to 55% in October 2007. Yahoo came in second with 17.9% of the US search market, down from 18.9% in October. MSN.com came in third with 12%, also down from 13.8% in October. Aol.com came in fourth with 4.5% of the US market. Ask.com … [Read more...]