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Android, iOS approach 70% combined smartphone market share
Aug 30 by Rocco Penn | 1 commentThe drive towards domination of the smartphone market continues for Apple and Google as they approach a combined 70% choke hold. Symbian is all but non-existent, holding on to just under 2%. Microsoft has been unable to break the 6% barrier more »
Google vs Apple: Who's winning the tech industry land grab?
Aug 28 by JD Rucker | 4 commentsIn the news, people are well aware of the iOS vs Android war. Both operating systems and the companies behind them wage open battle in their quests for mobile domination. Otherwise, there are no arenas where the two tech giants go head to head… more »
Google makes changes to their search algorithm an average of once every 17.5 hours
Aug 26 by JD Rucker | 4 commentsWith several hundred signals that are read and processed by their search algorithm, we’ve always known that Google puts a tremendous amount of time, money, and effort into making their results match their users’ needs. Now, we have an idea more »
Nintendo gives up, defers to Google
Aug 25 by Rocco Penn | 2 commentsCompanies are often no longer the experts about their own products. The internet has allowed us to find information like never before and people are able to offer advice or resources at a bulk rate in ways that companies simply cannot replicate. more »
In mobile search, there can be only Google (for now)
Aug 20 by Connor Livingston | 4 commentsEvery month, StatCounter comes out with their ranking reports that are combed over by bloggers to find trends, see changes, and note anything newsworthy, such as StumbleUpon overtaking Facebook for US traffic sent. The one chart that none of us ever look at is Mobile Search. The domination in that arena is so more »
iOS vs Android
Aug 17 by JD Rucker | 16 commentsAs Google and Apple continue to grow in the mobile market, Android and iOS are quickly becoming the predominant operating systems for phones and tablets. There are many statistics to look at and comparisons to be made. Here, we present a visualization more »
Google+ and Facebook are perceived the same by users
Aug 12 by David Lux | 2 commentsHow different is Google+ from Facebook? It turns out, they’re not that different. A recent eye-tracking study has revealed that users of Facebook and Google+ look at their respective social networks in almost the exact same way. The study, more »
Automotive social media report card: Facebook
Aug 11 by JD Rucker | 1 commentAs it does with most trends in marketing, the automotive industry has gone from way behind just a year and a half ago to shaping the venues and carving the path today. There have been some missteps to say the least, many in the business from car dealers to manufacturers are fully embracing social more »
In the Google+ vs Facebook battle, does one have to beat the other?
Aug 4 by Connor Livingston | 1 commentAlmost all of the social media hoopla lately has been about Google+ and its relationship with Facebook. Just over a month ago, it was impossible to conceive of anyone truly competing against Facebook, yet Google was able to make such a large more »
Google+ becomes the fastest growing social network
Aug 3 by David Lux | 2 commentsSince its launch in late June, Google+ has attracted 25 million unique global visitors. That ascent has far outpaced the growth of MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook, prompting many observers to wonder if Google’s new social network will eventually more »
Google "Instant Pages" for Chrome tells more about direction than features
Aug 2 by JD Rucker | 5 commentsThis could also be titled, “How Larry Page is starting to run Google more like Steve Jobs would.” Google has operated in many ways like Microsoft and other tech companies that are going after a bunch of things at once. It worked for them better more »
Google asks people to have an "email intervention" with their friends
Jul 31 by Connor Livingston | 1 commentIn one of the most aggressive attempts Google has made to promote one of its products, the “Email Intervention” campaign has launched to get users to push their friends and family over to Gmail. Combining humor and mentions of features, Google more »
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