Archive for March, 2008
Penetration of Corporate Web Security
Corporate web security might be a highly critical industry, but it still is in its infancy and has a lot of potential to grow. As of date, only 14 percent of all corporate user seats have web security installed in them. This is expected to generate $531 million in 2008. Corporate web security is aimed [...]
Posted: March 13th, 2008 under Security.
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Internet Market for Auto Insurance Policies
32 million online quotes for auto insurance were requested through 2007. This helped in the purchase of a record 2 million policies overall through the internet. This is 37 percent more than the previous year. Between 2004 and 2007, more than 100 million quotes for auto insurance have been requested online.
Posted: March 12th, 2008 under Milestones.
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Do Political Blogs Have a Following?
Do blogs that discuss politics have a loyal following among the American population? Seemingly, it does not. In a recent survey on the popularity of Political blogs among the common American public, more than half (56%) confessed to have never read a political blog. Only 22 percent read it frequently (several times a month). Among [...]
Posted: March 12th, 2008 under Blogs.
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Increase in Security Spend This Year
A recent research of 2000 professionals in 10 countries by Cisco has revealed that almost 62 percent of the companies are planning to increase their security spend on IT infrastructure this year. Of these 62 percent, more than half of them are expected to invest at least 10 percent of the spending more than what [...]
Posted: March 12th, 2008 under Security.
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Annual Budget for Wikipedia
Wikipedia has around 300 million page views a day. To support this traffic, the annual budget for Wikipedia is $4.6 million. Wikipedia has 45000 contributors annually who, on an average, contribute $33 per person. This covers only one third of the estimated budget.
Posted: March 11th, 2008 under Social Media.
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Growth of Gaming Market in Germany
Gamers are fast moving from video games on their personal computers to game consoles in Germany. The sale of game consoles grew by 21 percent to reach $2.1 billion. The three most attractive channels of games in terms of growth and market worth are: 1. Game Consoles – 1.36 billion euros (21% growth) 2. PC [...]
Posted: March 9th, 2008 under Gaming.
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Internet Penetration in New Zealand
Broadband: Broadband grew at a rate of 28.6 percent in September 2006. By March 2007, this growth rate had become 18.5 percent. For the six months ending September 2007, the growth rate was 14.4 percent. That is 829,300 subscribers. That is 19.6 people per 100 inhabitants. Dialup Half the growth in Broadband was due to [...]
Posted: March 8th, 2008 under ISP.
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Top 10 Social Networks for February 2008
Compete has released their list of the top 10 social networks for the month of February. MySpace still Number#1 1. MySpace 2. Facebook 3. Classmates 4. MyYearBook 5. Bebo 6. BlackPlanet 7. Hi5 8. LinkedIn 9. Tagged 10. Reunion
Posted: March 8th, 2008 under Social Media.
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Top 5 Videos on Youtube
Here is the most recent list of the top 5 videos on Youtube: 1. CANSEI DE SER SEXY Music is My Hot Hot Sex 2. Evolution of Dance 3. Avril Lavigne – Girlfriend 4. My Chemical Romance – Teenagers 5. My Chemical Romance – Famous Last Words
Posted: March 5th, 2008 under Miscellaneous.
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Projected Mobile Gaming Revenues in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific
The Estimates for revenues from mobile phone gaming industry for USA, Canada: 2007 – $717 millions 2011 – 1700 millions In comparison, the revenues from the Asia Pacific region is estimated to be: 2007 – $1.8 billions 2011 – $4.6 billions By 2011, North America will constitute 17.7% market share while Asia Pacific will consitute [...]
Posted: March 5th, 2008 under Gaming, Mobile Internet.
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