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comScore Acquired Dutch Web Analytics Software
This past year has certainly been the year of analytics acquisitions. First went Omniture, next Coremetrics, then Unica and now NedStat. comScore has acquired Dutch web analytics software: NedStat, to unify their digital management platform.
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Date: 2010-09-03

Intel Buys McAfee For $7.6 Billion
Intel has entered into an agreement to acquire security firm McAfee, through the purchase of all of the companys stock at $48 per share in cash, for $7.68 billion.
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Date: 2010-08-20

Ecommerce Regains Double Digit Growth
July retail sales in the U.S. remained generally flat in most categories compared to July 2009, according to a new report by MasterCard Advisors' Spending Pulse.
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Date: 2010-08-06

Google Misses Earnings Estimates For First Time In Two Years
Google reported solid second quarter earnings with revenue up 24 percent but missed analyst's estimates for the first time in two years.
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Date: 2010-07-16

GetJar Receives $11 Million In Funding From Accel Partners
GetJar, the second largest app store, has closed $11 million in Series B funding from Accel Partners.
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Date: 2010-06-25

Global Online Advertising To Reach $61 Billion
Global online advertising is on track to increase by 12.4 percent in 2010, to $61 billion, according to a new forecast by MagnaGlobal.
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Date: 2010-06-11

Global PC Spending To Reach $245 Billion
Global PC shipments are on track to total 376. 6 million units in 2010, a 22 percent increase from 308.3 million units shipped in 2009, according to a preliminary forecast by Gartner.
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Date: 2010-05-28

Online Ad Revenue Reaches Record $5.9 Billion In Q1
Internet advertising revenue in the U.S. reached $5.9 billion in the first quarter of 2010, representing a 7.5 percent increase over the same period in 2009.
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Date: 2010-05-14

Time Warner Cable Revenue Up 5.4% In Q1
Time Warner Cable posted a first-quarter 30 percent increase in profit driven by the strong growth of its Internet, phone and digital cable customers.
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Date: 2010-04-30

Google Reports Solid Q1 Earnings
Google has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2010 and the company reported revenues of $6.77 billion, an increase of 23 percent compared to the first quarter of 2009.
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Date: 2010-04-16

UK Online Ad Spending Reaches $5.3 Billion
The UK Internet advertising sector increased revenues by 4.2 percent to $5.3 billion in 2009, up from $5 billion in 2008, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Date: 2010-04-02

Smartphone Sales Driven By Lower Prices
Promotions and lower prices, helped smartphones gain market share against feature phones in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to a new report by The NPD Group.
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Date: 2010-03-19

Global PC Spending Set To Hit $245 Billion
Global PC shipments are on track to total 366.1 million units in 2010, a 19.7 percent increase from 305.8 million units shipped in 2009, according to the latest preliminary forecast by Gartner.
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Date: 2010-03-05

YuMe Gets $25 Million In New Funding
Video advertising network YuMe has announced it has closed a $25 million round of funding led by new investor Menlo Ventures.
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Date: 2010-02-19

AOL Posts Small Q4 Profit
AOL's fourth quarter profit and revenue beat Wall Street's forecast, but the company said its revenue from subscriptions and online search advertising would decline in the coming months.
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Date: 2010-02-05

Digital Music Sales Up 12%
More than a quarter of all recorded music industry revenues globally are now coming from digital channels, as music companies license music in partnership with ISPs and mobile operators, subscription services, streaming sites and download stores, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).
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Date: 2010-01-22

Best Buy Online Revenue Up 34% In December
Best Buy reported today from the Consumer Electronics Show that revenue for the fiscal month of December increased 13 percent to $8.5 billion.
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Date: 2010-01-08

Online Holiday Spending Hits Record $4.7 Billion
Online holiday spending has reached nearly $21 billion, representing a 4 percent increase over last year, according to the latest report from comScore.
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Date: 2009-12-18

IT Spending Set To Grow 3.2% In 2010
With a global economic recovery widely anticipated, modest growth in IT and telecommunications spending is expected in 2010, according to a new report from IDC.
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Date: 2009-12-04

Black Friday And Cyber Monday Sales Set To Grow 1.8%
Chief marketing officers (CMOs) at the top retailers in the U.S. expect both Black Friday (November 27 this year) and Cyber Monday (the first Monday after Thanksgiving) sales to grow 1.8 percent this holiday season.
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Date: 2009-11-20

Positive Ecommerce Growth Forecast For Q4
U.S. online retail spending reached $29.6 billion in the third quarter of 2009 (Q309), down 2 percent compared to a year ago, according to a new report from comScore.
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Date: 2009-11-06

Local Online Advertising To Hit $14.9 Billion
Smaller local advertisers continue to increase their spending on online media, a trend that should continue into 2010, according to a new report from local-media research firm Borrell Associates.
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Date: 2009-10-09

Online Ad Spend To Reach 15% In 2010
Online advertising is on track to account for 15 percent of global advertising spending in 2010, up from 13 percent in 2009, according to a new report from GroupM.
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Date: 2009-09-25

Video Game Sales Dip In August
U.S. sales of video game hardware and software fell 16 percent in August to $908.7 million, the sixth consecutive monthly decline, according to the NPD Group.
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Date: 2009-09-11

Mobile Ad Spend Set To Boom
Growing consumer adoption of mobile Internet services and increased brand engagement with mobile services will lead to a sharp increase in spending on mobile Internet advertising, according to a new report from Juniper Research.
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Date: 2009-08-28


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