The #Apple Watch, to be branded as #iwatch, is all set to distrupt the wearables market as the launch date is about to be announced very soon, and if reports from techcrunch suggests that April is going to see the Apple iWatch make its debut in the US market . Recent leaks have suggested that the iwatch is to be sold at $349,
As with Apple and Ipad.. the supply chain has been working non stop 24/7 to meet the explosive demand that Apple products generate .Apple has ordered between five and six million devices to be produced in preparation for the kick-off of sales, according to WSJ today, a figure which matches the original and first iPad launch of initial order of 5 million
Industryt watches and Apples own forecasts reveals that anticipated sales would outstrip far above the estimated 720,000 devices across all Android wearable manufacturers the occurred during the entirety of 2014.
TwitterQ4,2014 data showed the the company has managed to increase its revenue to $479 million, up 97% year-over-year, However its showed a Q4 net loss of $125 million
Here are the top 4 takeways from Twitter Business Model and how its trying to ramp and scale up its revenue.
Average Monthly Active Users (MAUs) were 288 million for the fourth quarter
Advertising revenue totaled $432 million, an increase of 97% year-over-year.
Mobile users accounted for 80% of Active monthly users
romoted Trends generated less than 10 percent of the company’s revenue in the three months ended June 30, 2013.
The chart from emarketer shows " How Youtube have been struggling to find a business model. #Youtube net revenues have exceeded $1.96billion . However Youtube makes up only 5% of Googles net revenues from online advertising .
Earlier eMarketer projected YouTube would do $5.6 billion in gross revenue in 2013. In 2012, Citi analyst Mark Mahaney had predicted $3.6 billion in gross revenue, and $2.4 billion in net revenue Clearly the potential of Youtube is still untapped .
According to Juniper Research’s report, “Future App Store:Analysis 2013-2018,” gaming will be one of the biggest category of Apps that is set for a exploding growth and fuel a sharp hike in app downloads with experts predicting that, in 2017, over 160 billion apps will be downloaded globally onto consumer handsets and tablets. Data from Inmobi network shows the gaming formed 64% mobile app downloads last year
Google Maps are most visited travel site by US users, with 13% share of visits. No 2 most popular travel sites are shared by Tripadvisor, and MapQuest with 4% marketshare of visits
SouthWest Airlines is no 3 most visited travel site in US, and Travel Aggregator Expedia with 2.7% share the 3rd rank. Bing Maps, findmydirections and Yahoo Travel ranks at the bottom 3 most visited site in US with less than 1.5% visits
Emarketer data shows 98% of population of Chile has TV and 87% owns a mobile ,and 66% penetration of Internet. On the other hand newspapers reach 47% of the population and cable TV reach is around 40%.
The above chart shows data on the top 10 most visited social networks in US across cross platform devices including browser-based visits across personal computers, tablets and mobile phones Facebook forms 55.2% of all visits to social media websites in US,followed by Youtube with 20.7% Americans logging in via their smartphones, Tablets or PC/Desktops
Suprisingly Twitter is loosing out to Google Plus in terms of online visits as Google + 4% share to twitters 2.52% visits. QA Community site Yahoo Answers is visited more than Linkedin( 1.45% vs 1.38%), followed by Pinterest 1.12%
The above chart shows the most visited multi platform print media sites ( viewed across all connected devices such as mobile, smartphones and tablets, according to experian hitwise data
The NYTIMES, with 4.5% of visits, is the most visited newspaper , online .DAILYMAIL made up 3.5% of visits and USATODAY accounted for 2.7% of visits WASHINGTONPOST ranked forth with share of 2.3%
Americans are most likely to watch less Television and consumer more of digital media this year , and the media use of American adults will surpass TV use for the first time this year. According to recent eMarketer estimates, Americans aged 18 and older will spend an average of 4 hours and 40 minutes per day on their computers and mobile devices, exceeding TV time by 9 minutes., situated, giving the US government unfettered global access to vast amounts of private information.
The chart above shows how connected devices are going to dominate our lives in the coming year.. PC sales clearly has taken a severe beating with the last 7 years saw a mere increase of 7 million increase in sales from 2008 to 2015 (projected) from 150million to 157million.
The biggest rise has been in the proliferation of feature phones which grew from 921 million in 2008 to 1570million in 2015 ( projected )
Smartphone sales have grown by aprox 100% from 252 million in 2008 to estimated 776 million projected by 2015. Tablet sales has seen a phenomenal rise of over 6 times from 65million to 445 million by 2015 as projected by statista. In 2014 tablet sales exceeded 265million
Its been a long time we heard about Blackberry ,While BlackBerry’s market share has been slipping for several years now, eMarketer’s latest figures indicate that in the United Kingdom Blackberry now has as few as 700,000 users in the UK, with this number expected to fall to 400,000 by 2017.
Globally as of June 2014 blackberry sales was down to 46 million , from 85 million in September 2013 . BlackBerry subscribers worldwide has been dropped steadily and the UK market's rapid fall will only serve to benefit windows phone, which has been picking up marketshare steadily.Windows Phone, meanwhile, has seen its popularity grow and estimated to have around 3.3 million users in UK as per eMarketer estimates , and a projected market share of 8.5%
As connected devices continue to power online shopping and mobile commerce across the world . One country has been an exception .Japan consumers still favour the good old PC . Infact PCs are the overwhelming favourite for digital shoppers in Japan, according to latest research study conducted in Jan 2015 by Lifemedia Research Bank. Nearly nine in 10 digital shoppers said they used PCs for the purpose, vs. 22.6% who used smartphones and 5.5% who used tablets. -A majority said they preferred to shop on a PC, with only about a third declaring a preference for smartphones. - .
Whether you’re preparing or planning to take a Microsoft exam this year, you need to be aware of these widespread changes.
New exam times Microsoft is now standardising exam times based on the “type” of exam with the aim of making it easier for students to plan how much time they will need to sit their exam. The new exam and seat times are below:
Exam time*
Seat time*
MTA exams delivered by Certiport
45 minutes
50 minutes
MTA exams delivered by Pearson VUE
45 minutes
75 minutes
MBS/Dynamics exams
90 minutes
120 minutes
MCSA exams and exams not specified elsewhere
120 minutes
150 minutes
MCSE exams, exams with case studies and upgrade exams
150 minutes
180 minutes
Recertification exams
140 minutes
170 minutes
*Exam time: the amount of time you have to sit the exam
*Seat time: the total amount of time you should allocate for the exam sitting. This includes the time needed to review your instructions, read and sign the NDA, complete the exam questions and provide comments after completion (if you choose to do so).
Big changes for upgrade exams
Across all upgrade exams you will now be able to spend as much time as you want on each component exam, and no time will be lost once a component is completed.
Upgrade exams are formed of several component exams. Before this update, students were given a set amount of time to complete each component. Microsoft initially introduced this to help direct students to spend an equal amount of time on each component.
For example, the Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012 exam is composed of three component exams (70-410, 70-411 and 70-412) and must be completed in 150 minutes. Previously candidates were given a non-negotiable 50 minutes to complete each section and nothing would be gained by finishing one component early.
Candidates are now allowed to use the total 150 minutes as they wish. They could, for example, spend 60 minutes on 70-410, 20 minutes on 70-411 and 60 minutes on 70-412.
Watch Microsoft’s ACE NewsByte for more information on these changes or take a look at Microsoft’s Born to Learn blog.
About the Author: Sarah writes for Firebrand Training on a number of IT related topics. This includes exams, training, certification trends, project management, certification, careers advice and the industry itself. Sarah has 11 years of experience in the IT industry.
AAs of 2014, 21% British users had purchases insurance as compared to 18% in 2013 and 2012 In 2013 14% Uk users used online medium to purchase " online Insurance policies and
According to eMarketer 90% users have access to mobile phones , as compared to 94% TV viewers and 67% newspaper readers . The cable TV viewers stands at 59% in terms of growth of users connecting to the Internet via a smartphone or tablet Venezuela mobile user base grew 161% in 2014
The UK remains the biggest and the the largest mobile advertising market in Western Europe, and account for nearly 53% of mobile internet ad spending in the region this year( emarketer) . The second and third rank in in terms of mobile Ad market is France and Germany which represent represent 12% and 6.8%, respectively, of the $2.92 billion mobile total spend total. Yet those shares are beginning to add up to serious money, with $349 million projected for Germany and nearly $200 million forecast for France in 2013. Within five years, mobile ad spending is expected to reach $1.8 billion in Germany and $792 million in France. .
The Asian Countries Digital Consumption exceeds traditional media consumption .Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand leads digital media consumption compared to print and off line media by a wide margin Vietman Singapore , China and India occupies the4th 5th and 6th rank in terms of digital consumption usage vis a vis offline media
83% Chinese Mobile Ad Impressions happen through Apple's iOS Devices, . According to Inmobile Mobile adnetwork.. iOS accounts for the highest Mobil Ad Impressions and leads the Chines emarket Android trails by a large margin with only 16.7 % impressions, down by 17% compared to last year .Apple's mobile OS ad impressions grew by identical margin, snatching 17% share from Android
Since its launch in 2008, the daily deal Web site Groupon has become so popular and so profitable that it passed on a $6 billion buyout offer from Google in December 2010 .The deals offered daily through Groupon start at 50 percent off and can go as high as 90 percent cheaper than the normal price .Groupon Discount Coupons are availed by some of the top retailers like Sears, Sports Authority and Home Depot
The deals offered daily through Groupon start at 50 percent off and can go as high as 90 percent cheaper than the normal price. Groupon's business model can offer such steep discounts because it guarantees business owners a minimum return on their investment.
As of September 2014, Groupon is the most-visited coupon website in the United States with approximately 30 million unique monthly visitors and accounts for 59.1 percent of the U.S. daily deal market.
Here are the top promo codes and Discounts offered by the top Retailers at groupon. To redeem the offer, click on the links below
As of In 2013, Metlife was the largest life insurance company in the United States, with assets worth approximately 585.39 billion U.S. dollars.
Metlife is the largest insurance company in America and one of the largest insurers in the world with over 90 million clients. The company offers a wide array of insurance products including life and health insurance, accident insurance, auto insurance, home insurance, annuities as well as retirement and savings products. Prudential, based in Newark, is the second largest insurance company in the US with $1.17 trillion in assets under management (June 2014) and about $3.6 trillion of gross life insurance in force worldwide.
The chart from statscounger shows the " Browser Marketshare of Tablets from Feb 2013 onwards.From 76% marketshare in 2013, Safari forms 69% user base in US as of Jan 2015, a decline of 7% in the last 2 years Still its leading by a large margin. Google Chrome is ranked number 2 with 12% marketshare
The United States, China and India Lead in terms of highest mobile App downloads followed by Indonesia , south Korea and Russa. ( based on data from Inmobi Network)
.The top 3 nations which top in Gaming app download are CHINA, US and INDONESIA In Communication App Downloads ae dominated by US, Indonesia and India , while Arts and Entertainment Apps are led by US, China and India( based on data from Inmobi network)
According to data from the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), 73.3% of people in China who used the internet for the first time in 2013 accessed it via a mobile phone, compared with 28.7% who enjoyed desktop access. But in 2014, though mobile phones were still more common among new internet users than desktop computers, the gap had closed significantly.
Last year, CNNIC reported, 64.1% of new internet users went online via mobile phone, while 51.6% did so via desktop—a difference of 12.5 percentage points, vs. 44.6 percentage points in 2013. While critics claimn that the doom of the PC is very near. Chinese data suggest otherwise
The that time of the year when you dont worry about how much you earn..and probably the only time of the year when you dont have any second thoughts of splurging online . Keeping with the trends for the last year. We bring to you the Most Gifted V day Products online products for Valentines day This year An Average American spent $142.21 on gifting their loved ones, an increase of 9% over 2014
During Valentine’s week (Feb. 7 – Feb. 13) online shopping grew 10.2% compared to last year as Jewelry continued to be the most exchanged gift online.
In the week leading upto V day Jewelry online sales jumped by 77% compared to the average of the previous four weeks
Apparel: Total online sales of Apparel increased during the week of Valentine’s Day by 5.1% compared to the average of the previous four weeks (Jan 10 – Feb 6).
Global mobile commerce in 2014 according to Goldman Sachs was $204 billion, a number set to increase by nearly 50 percent this year and set to top $415 billion in 2016 –
As Smartphones and tablets have become our shopping device of choice creating and breaking record sales each year.. the Giant Retail Stores are waking up to face a new Frankenstein created only by themselves .Mobile Showrooming a concept which which gives the consumer an highly overrated, hyphenated and attenuated view of its Physical Store , aided by Mobile Apps, Geospatial networks, Reviews and Ratings.
While there are divergence of opinions on mobile’s impact on driving sales to retail stores as its hard to show by numbers , but its easy to spot how many users have stopped visiting retail stores as Mobile Showrooming has profoundly impacted Retail Stores as consumers have new tools at their disposal.
Price comparisons are available to shoppers in real time,Product review sites rates you.. compares you to your competitors eCommerce aggregators list you ..and social media brings all of that together.Each element of the brands trust and social layer of data are stripped and researched , deliberated in shopping forums and an opinion about your product are formed and a customer is converted in real time
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