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Gartner: social media revenues will jump 43% this year
Get set for a 43.1 percent jump in year-over-year social media revenue, according to Gartner. The research firm forecasts the sector will reach $16.9 billion in 2012, up from 2011’s $11.8 billion.
Research: Half of mobile gamers play device at home (but 2%...
Half of U.K. and U.S. mobile gamers prefer to play on their mobile devices even when they’re at home, according to a new survey conducted by independent research firm Information Solutions Group.
FCC: ISPs getting more accurate with speed promises [with chart]
Many Internet providers still aren’t telling the entire truth when it comes to what speeds their residential users get, but they’re getting closer, according to an FCC report released today.
Research: smartphone and tablet users act on clicked ads [with chart,...
Nearly half (47 percent) of tablet users engage with ads on it at least once a week, a segment that drops to 25 percent for smartphone users. Once engaged, these mobile consumers are very likely to take action.
When did you last buy a CD? UK music fans can't...
A survey of British music fans found that 40 percent couldn’t remember the last time they had bought a physical media CD.
Netflix subscribers shifting from movies to TV shows [with chart]
As DirecTV and Dish Network subscribers enter the weekend without some of their favorite channels, Nielsen reports that a growing number of Netflix viewers watch TV in preference to movies.
Research: Internet leads ad spending growth [with Nielsen summary chart]
Internet advertising is leading a generally positive outlook for the ad industry, growing 12.1 percent globally in Q1 compared to the previous year.
Research: 80% of new U.S. cars will be 'connected' by 2017...
By 2017, more than 80 percent of new cars in the U.S. and Western Europe will include connected car features, according to a new report from ABI Research.
Research: 1.5b YouTube streams in May by just 5 channels [with...
The top five YouTube Partner channels, led by Vevo, Warner Music Group and Machinima, collectively accounted for nearly 1.5 billion total streams in May.
Research: games more popular than videos on tablets [read the full...
What do people actually do with their tablets? They play games, an activity second in popularity only to general web access, according to new research from Frank N. Magid Associates and PlayFirst.
