Archive for 'Microsoft'
Market Share of Operating Systems
Here is the latest market share of the different Operating Systems Microsoft Windows XP : 76.97% Windows Vista : 10.43% MacIntel : 4.01% Mac OS : 3.28% Windows 2000 : 2.66% Windows 98 : 0.70% Others : 1.95%
Posted: January 1st, 2008 under Demographics, Microsoft, Miscellaneous.
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iTunes vs. Zune
This comparison is solely for the Christmas day 2007. Market share of visits to Zune increased by 392% compared to the previous day Market share of visits to the Apple store(to download iTunes) increased by 169% compared to previous day Market Share of visits to Zune on Christmas day : 0.09% Market Share of visits [...]
Posted: December 28th, 2007 under Apple, Microsoft.
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Gmail Vs. Yahoo Mail Vs. Hotmail Vs. AOL
Popularity of each of these mail accounts: Hotmail : 47 million unique visitors (April) AOL : 42.3 million unique visitors (April) Gmail : 90 million (approx. projected for November 2007) Yahoo mail : 250 million (approx. projected for November 2007) Growth rate of Gmail is 53.6% compared to Yahoo (3.21%) and Google is projected to [...]
Posted: December 25th, 2007 under Communication, Google, internet, Microsoft, Yahoo.
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Is Advertising Gambling sites legal?
No. According to the Federal Wire Wager Act, unregulated commercial gambling is prohibited throughout United States. This has cost the Big 3 of internet to lose cumulatively $31.5 million for having accepted money to advertise gambling website between 1997 and June 2007. The individual fine imposed is as under Microsoft : $21 million Yahoo : [...]
Posted: December 20th, 2007 under Google, internet, Microsoft, Miscellaneous, Yahoo.
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Search Engine market shares for the American market
For the month of October, the market shares (in percent terms) are as follows: Google (55%) Yahoo (19%) Microsoft (14%) AOL (4%) Ask (3%)
Posted: December 11th, 2007 under Google, Microsoft, Miscellaneous, Yahoo.
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Did Microsoft overvalue Facebook at $15 billion
Looks like Google pushed MS to do so by engaging in a bid war though Google was uninterested in Facebook. Microsoft acquired 1.6 percent stake valuing Facebook at $15 billion Estimated revenues from Facebook: $150 million A $15 billion valuation is 100 times this revenue Approximate user base: 50 million Microsoft’s perceived Facebook value per [...]
Posted: October 30th, 2007 under Microsoft.
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Microsoft revenue for the first quarter
For the first quarter, Microsoft made revenue of $13.6 billion. Net income of Microsoft was $4.29 billion (@ $0.45 per share). Microsoft Business Division $4.11 billion revenue Server and Tools Division $2.50 billion revenue Entertainment devices $1.93 billion revenue Microsoft has shipped 88 million copies of Vista till date This fiscal, Microsoft’s sales in BRIC [...]
Posted: October 27th, 2007 under Microsoft.
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