Posts Tagged ‘ Computers and Internet ’
It’s that time of year again when Apple rumors start to surface online. Last fall it was widely (and incorrectly) speculated that the iPhone 5 would be released when instead the iPhone 4s was launched. And now, the rumors are once again driving search activity. A year-over-year trend shows that “iPhone 5” searches were more popular [...][ READ MORE ]
On February 14, 2007 Google’s Gmail opened up access to anyone worldwide. Previously Gmail, which is still in beta, was only available by invitation from another Gmail user. The market share of US visits to Gmail increased by 17% from February 2007 to April 2007, and was up 30% year over year, from April 2006 [...][ READ MORE ]
Today Microsoft Vista is available for purchase for the first time. In anticipation of the launch, last week the share of US Internet searches for ‘windows vista’ increased by 53% from the previous week (week ending 1/27/07 vs. week ending 1/20/07). The volume of searches for the much-anticipated new operating system surpassed interest in Microsoft’s [...][ READ MORE ]
Since Steve Jobs’ announcement of the iPhone at Macworld two weeks ago, Internet users have been flocking online to find out more information. For the week ending 1/13/07, the share of searches for ‘iphone’ was greater than the weekly share of searches for ‘ipod’ at any time during 2006. The week ending 1/20/07 still showed [...][ READ MORE ]
On Tuesday, January 9, technology watchers eagerly awaited Steve Jobs’ keynote at Macworld in San Francisco, partially fueled by rampant rumors that Apple would announce the release of an iPhone. The iPhone was indeed announced, and discussion of the merits of the product and dismay at its June release immediately ensued in the blogosphere. To [...][ READ MORE ]
As you resolve to get your schedule more organized in the new year, do what more and more people are doing – use Google Calendar. A few weeks ago, Google Calendar overtook MSN Calendar in market share of US visits, and is quickly approaching Yahoo! Calendar. In the six months from June 2006 to December [...][ READ MORE ]
Heather Hopkins’ post yesterday about the growth of Bebo in the UK prompted some questions on its growth in the US. The short answer: MySpace has such a huge piece of the social networking pie in the US that it would take some time for any of its growing legion of competitors to chip away [...][ READ MORE ]
Since Google Base launched last November, many have speculated on the threat it poses to eBay, Craigslist and other classifieds sites. By examining Hitwise Clickstream data by industry, we can see which categories of sites people are visiting after Google Base, thus getting an indication of what kind of content is being searched for on [...][ READ MORE ]
