Archive for April 27, 2011

Mobile App Developer Outfit7 Hits 100 Million Downloads In Under 10 Months

Mobile application developer Outfit7, maker of the hugely popular Talking Friends series of apps, has announced that its iOS and Android apps have hit the 100 million downloads milestone, roughly 3 months after hitting the 60 million downloads milestone.

Notably, Outfit7 launched its first Talking Friend app less than ten months ago (July 2010).

The series of apps, which include breakout hits Talking Tom Cat and Talking Santa, currently averages about 15 million downloads per month.

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comScore Media Metrix Ranks Top 50 U.S. Web Properties for July 2008

Travel Sites Continue to See Strong Gains During Summer Months

Retail, Movie and Entertainment News Sites Keep Americans Entertained During July

comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly analysis of U.S. consumer activity at the top online properties for July 2008 based on data from the comScore Media Metrix service. Continuing the summer trends in Web usage observed last month, leisure-oriented categories demonstrated gains in July, including travel, retail, tickets and entertainment news.

“The summer months tend to draw Americans to more leisure pursuits and that was certainly the case in July,” commented Jack Flanagan, executive vice president of comScore Media Metrix. “Ground travel and cruise sites gained once again, as many Americans sought more budget-friendly ways to enjoy their summer vacations amid economic and fuel price concerns. Summer blockbusters and big celebrity news also provided a boost to the entertainment categories.”

Read on via the source link: comScore

Business Model 2.0 in the car industry – Shai’s upside down approach

Shai Agassi, founder and chief executive officer of Better Place, talks about his company’s business model and strategy. Palo Alto, California-based Better Place is a U.S. start-up developing battery-swapping stations for electric cars. Agassi speaks with Cris Valerio and Matt Miller on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.”

CNBC Video: Tech Titans vs. Start-ups

Stanford Graduate School of Business: The Personalized Web

As consumers are increasingly willing to share more about themselves in return for services, access to contextual information such as a person’s interest, location, and social graph is creating opportunities for richer experiences both online and in the real world.

This panel explores the new business practices these trends are inspiring and engages the audience to learn about how our experiences on the web will become increasingly personalized.

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