Google’s Biggest Adwords by Industry
January 01.30.2012
An interesting infographic shows the industries that spent the most on Google Ads last year. Finance and Insurance was the top industry. Followed by Retailers. The top spenders on Google Adwords appear to be Lowes, Amazon, State Farm, Progressive, and Ebay. http://streetfightmag.com/wp-content/uploads/google-earnings1.png
Steve Jobs Is No Doll
January 01.24.2012
We couldn’t make this up. A Hong Kong-based company, In Icons, was planning to release a 12-inch plastic doll of Steve Jobs. They have scrapped their planned February release of the life-like replicant of the Apple founder after pressure from Apple and the Jobs family. Really? http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-steve-jobs-doll-20120117,0,5440631.story
Internet Explorer 6 is Dead
January 01.22.2012
It was a long, slow death. And it was a painful death for developers who had to support Internet Explorer 6 since 2001. With Microsoft’s new browser IE10 (code name “Metro”) just around the corner, IE6 is now the preferred browser for less than one percent of all online users. At least IE6 played Flash;… [Continue Reading]
iPad Going to School
January 01.20.2012
No surprise that the use of Apple’s iPad continues its upward march. What’s interesting is Apple’s new push into textbooks for the iPad as a way of expanding its market mind-share of school age kids. The hope is youngsters growing up on the iPad will continue using Apple tools as adults. About 2% of Internet… [Continue Reading]
Google Mobile Ad Revenue to Top $4B
January 01.11.2012
How big is mobile? With one-half of all adults now surfing the Internet with a mobile device, Google’s advertising revenue from mobile ads could top $4 billion in 2012. That according to an analyst with Piper Jaffray. That would nearly double the $2.5 billion estimate for 2011. That’s how big. What are your plans for… [Continue Reading]
New iPads in 2012 Continue Shift to Mobile
January 01.10.2012
Two new iPads will ship this year, according to reports from the Apple supply chain. The new versions, one to be released in March and the other in October, will sport full HD displays, more apps, and lower price points. This will also signal the next explosion in the mobile Internet. By the end of… [Continue Reading]
Kindle Sets iPad on Fire
December 12.28.2011
Mobile devices for surfing the Internet are hot. Amazon’s new expanded reader, the Kindle Fire, has become Best Buy’s number one selling tablet. At a price point that’s less than half of the cheapest iPad, the Kindle Fire is a big winner among Internet fans. Other tabs have briefly displaced the iPad as King of… [Continue Reading]
Senate Debates Piracy Bills
December 12.28.2011
The theft of intellectual property is a big topic involving issues of free speech, copyrights, the Internet, and “constituents” with billions of dollars on the hook. When it returns in late January, the U.S. Senate will take up the issue of competing piracy bills…bills with decidedly different approaches. Each bill, not surprisingly, reflects the views… [Continue Reading]
Online Ad Revenues up 30% Over Pre-Recession High
December 12.28.2011
Following the Great Internet Bubble of 2000, online ad revenues made a steady climb upward from about $2 billion per quarter to top out at about $6 billion per quarter prior to the Great Recession. Now a report from IAB shows quarterly online ad revenues for Q3 of 2011 hitting close to $8 billion…33% over… [Continue Reading]
Facebook to Launch Mobile Ads in 2012
December 12.28.2011
It’s number one in the social networking space with over 800 million members and $4 billion in revenue. However Facebook is dead last in mobile ads. In hopes of catching up to Apple and Google in the world of mobile ads, Facebook appears ready to launch a mobile advertising platform this year. BusinessWeek has a… [Continue Reading]
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