News tagged with market research

Mobile ads' promise eludes Facebook, other businesses

Mobile ads are the Holy Grail of revenue for anyone with a social-media plan.

Technology / Business

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Finding good music in noisy online markets

In 2004, a trio of researchers at Columbia University began an online experiment in social-media marketing, creating nine versions of a music-download site that presented the same group of unknown songs in ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Holding out hope for a surprise with next iPad

With Apple expected to unveil the next version of the iPad early next month, I worry that I'll feel like a kid on Christmas who weeks before found the unwrapped presents hidden in the closet.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (6) | comments 6

Apple's iPhone hot but Android handsets on fire (Update)

An outbreak of iPhone fever made Apple the hottest smartphone maker worldwide at the end of 2011 but handsets powered by Google's Android software were shaping up as true winners in the market.

Technology / Business

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3

BlackBerry maker's CEO: No drastic change needed

The new chief executive of Research in Motion said Monday that drastic change is not needed, even as the once iconic maker of the BlackBerry smartphone confronts the most difficult period in its history.

Technology / Business

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Location-based 'geo-fencing' apps raise privacy concerns

Someone who is in a mall or near a favorite restaurant might get a message on their cellphone about a sale at a store or specials on the menu. Or they could be alerted that their child has left the school grounds.

Technology / Software

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

RIM: Next-generation phones not out till late 2012

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. said Thursday that new phones deemed critical to the company's future will be delayed until late 2012.

Technology / Business

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study is first to test the actual impact of branded apps on consumers

A new research study co-authored by an Indiana University professor suggests that interactive applications for mobile phones such as Apple's iPhone and Google's Android may be some of the most powerful forms of advertising ...

Technology / Software

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Small businesses turn to Square for credit transactions

Cabbie David Mendoza reached for his iPhone and plugged in a spiffy Square Reader to process a ride's fare.

Technology / Business

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

AMD struggles to reinvent itself

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Advanced Micro Devices was hoping to profit from a bigger share of the PC chip market after its longtime nemesis, Intel, suffered a string of antitrust regulatory rebukes in recent years.

Technology / Business

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Android doubles smartphone market share: Gartner

More than half of the smartphones sold worldwide in the third quarter of the year were powered by Google's Android software, technology research firm Gartner said Tuesday.

Technology / Software

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Analysis says $79 Kindle costs $84 to make

A recent analysis from IHS iSuppli determined that Amazon's $79 Kindle e-reader, which is the online retailer's cheapest Kindle thus far, costs $84.25 to make.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Making sodium-ion batteries that are worth their salt

(PhysOrg.com) -- Although lithium-ion technology dominates headlines in battery research and development, a new element is making its presence known as a potentially powerful alternative: sodium.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Amazon expected to unveil tablet at mystery event

With nearly 30 million iPads sold, Apple is the undisputed tablet computer champion. BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, US computer giant Hewlett-Packard, South Korea's Samsung and scores of other companies with devices ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hypothetical questions can influence behavior

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the election cycle now underway, many Americans will be responding to political polls about who they support in the races for president and other offices. But can the poll questions themselves influence ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast