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KPCB's Meeker on mobile, investments and more [with full presentation]
Mary Meeker, the KPCB analyst whose Internet insights are mandatory reading, spoke today at the D10 conference. Her presentation is embedded below, but here are a few takeaways.
Research: Most web searchers use more than one language [with chart]
A considerable majority - 76 percent - of the world’s Internet users conduct searches in more than one language, according to new research.
Research: Tencent dominates China's online game market [with chart]
Tencent accounts for over a third of all revenue in China’s online game market, which overall raked in 11.27 billion Chinese yuan ($1.78 billion) during the first quarter of 2012.
Research: Kids on mobile use an average of 12 apps
Children 14 and under spend about five hours a week using a mobile device, and each of those devices has an average of 12 apps, according to The NPD Group.
Google reports growth of infringing content allegations [with chart]
Google has expanded its Transparency Report to include requests from copyright owners and their representatives to remove Google Search results because they allegedly link to infringing content.
Research: Facebook grew far as well as fast [with chart]
How quickly has Facebook grown globally? Researchers at Nielsen collected some markers to help everyone following today’s IPO get a grasp on the stunning numbers involved.
Research: most consumers prefer video ads they control [with chart]
A new focus group study of women’s attitudes toward video advertising found that the majority – 81 percent – preferred ads that they can initiate.
Survey: 44% would never click a Facebook ad [with chart]
Thirty percent of people "strongly distrust" Facebook with their personal data, while 44 percent would "never" click on Facebook-sponsored ads, according to a new survey by digital marketing agency Greenlight.
Research: apps per smartphone up 28 percent [with infographic]
Half of all U.S. mobile subscribers have opted for a smartphone, and each device has 28 percent more apps on it than a year ago, according to Nielsen.
Research: Tablets outpace smartphone web traffic [with infographic]
Tablets are on track to generate more web traffic than smartphones by 2013, according to new research from Adobe Systems Inc.
