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Its crisis over, ratings giant Nielsen files for a $1.75 billion IPO
Written on 3 Jun, 2010 at 10:00 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Looking for signs of a recovery? The world’s largest company for measuring consumer behavior, once thought to be on its way out of business, has filed to raise $1.75 billion in an initial public offering. Nielsen Holdings BV ,... (Continue reading)
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Smartphones get all the buzz, but mobile app warehouse GetJar claims that 90 percent of phones in use worldwide, and 72 percent of American phones, are still the non-smartphones that the mobile industry confusingly calls “feature phones.” To make... (Continue reading)
Nielsen stats: a lot of iPhones out there, but also a lot of everything else
Written on 22 Dec, 2009 at 18:10 in CrunchGear | viewed times | 0 Comments
Fact: most phones last. Thing is, for us (and likely many of you), they last far longer than our clinically-diagnosed Gadget Attention Deficit Disorder would ever tolerate -- but for your dad, your sister, your college buddy with the... (Continue reading)
The Top 10 Bing Searches of 2009 (Hint: Twitter’s #2)
Written on 30 Nov, 2009 at 10:36 in Mashable | viewed times | 0 Comments
It isn’t even December yet, but Microsoft’s Bing search engine is already announcing its top ten most searched topics of 2009, as well as the two celebrities that were binged more than actress Megan Fox. The new Microsoft “decision... (Continue reading)
TechCrunch Dealmaker Rankings: The Top 25 Most Active VCs In The Third Quarter
Written on 19 Oct, 2009 at 23:03 in TechCrunch | viewed times | 0 Comments
In the third quarter of 2009, we saw a slight rebound in venture funding from earlier in the year. But which venture capital firms were the most active in the quarter? One of my favorite new tables in our... (Continue reading)
Price Drop: Kiss N Blow (entertainment)
Written on 5 Sep, 2009 at 19:30 in iPhone APPs | viewed times | 0 Comments
Kiss N Blow 1 Category: Entertainment Price: $1.99 -> $0.99 ( iTunes ) Description: Kiss the screen, blow it away and the kiss will be sent to your friends via email or SMS*. Shake the phone to clean it... (Continue reading)
The Best And Worst Cities To Look For A Job
Written on 18 Aug, 2009 at 2:11 in TechCrunch | viewed times | 0 Comments
The unemployment rate in the U.S. was still 9.4 percent in July , but some cities are better than others to look for a job. Of the top 50 metro areas, Washington, D.C., is the easiest for unemployed workers... (Continue reading)
The Most Engaged Brands On The Web
Written on 20 Jul, 2009 at 8:05 in TechCrunch | viewed times | 0 Comments
What big brands do the best job with social media? A new study by analyst Charlene Li of the Altimeter Group and Wetpaint ranks the top 100 brands by social media engagement. You can find the report embedded below... (Continue reading)
BingTweets: Bing + Twitter Search Results Side-by-Side
Written on 14 Jul, 2009 at 16:23 in Mashable | viewed times | 0 Comments
Bing was the first of the big search engines to integrate Twitter into results , albeit, not in the most exciting of implementations. Today, Microsoft’s fledgling search tool is doing a bit more with Twitter, launching BingTweets , a... (Continue reading)
New: Internet News Paper (news)
Written on 3 Jul, 2009 at 2:07 in iPhone APPs | viewed times | 0 Comments
Internet News Paper 1.0 Category: News Price: $1.99 ( iTunes ) Description: The Internet NewsPaper rests on the popular News Format RSS. Thereby it is about standardised XML files, that are provided by many websides. One can view assorted... (Continue reading)