Top 10 web properties in France
Google, Microsoft and Facebook sites have dominated the French market in May, with cars, taxes and flowers proving the fastest growing categories, according to new research.
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Top 18 European countries by internet use
Germany leads Europe in terms of the number of internet users, but the Dutch and Brits spend most time on line per user, according to new research.
MySpace sold for $35m to Specific Media (and Justin Timberlake)
US ad firm Specific Media and singer-turned-actor Justin Timberlake have teamed up to buy News Corp’s Myspace for a reported $35 (£22m).
The death of the PC? Brits lead Europe for mobile web access
Brits are the biggest users of mobile internet in Europe, while tablets are most popular in Germany, according to new research.
Top 13 countries for mobile news access: UK tops list
Brits are the biggest consumers of newspaper content vie their mobiles, according to new data.
Top 13 countries for tablet and mobile internet use
Canada is the top country for iPad use, Japan has most iPhone users and the US prefer Android phones, according to new data from comScore.
Top 5 global websites: Google breaks records with 1 billion visitors
Google attracted more than one billion people worldwide to its web sites in May, marking the first time that an Internet firm has drawn in that many visitors in one month, according to research from ComScore.
Top 20 UK apps: Google maps tops list
Google owns three out of the five top ranked apps, with mapping, the weather and Facebook proving the most popular mobile tools for Brits on the go, according to new research from comScore and GSMA. The study also showed that Apple’s iOS accounted for 65% of apps being used, more than double its closest rival … [Read more…]
Blackberry mobile use set to fall – Revenues and profits tumbling
It’s been a miserable year at Blackberry. Revenues are down, profits are down, and now RIM (the corporate operating company behind the brand) is planning job cuts to plug the gap. This isn’t a short term problem; failure to continue device innovation gives Blackberry a massive gap to fill vs Android, iPhone and newly energised … [Read more…]
US: YouTube viewers ‘watch more than 5 hours of video a month’
176 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content in May for an average of 15.9 hours per viewer, according to new research from comScore.