Sears/Kmart spyware scandal (and Falkirk Wheel)
Sockpuppets! It's IT Blogwatch: in which Sears and Kmart are accused of pushing spyware and then pretending they didn't. Not to mention an amazing Scottish wheel-lock joining two canals almost 80ft...
View ArticleZeroing in on targeted advertising
The research company comScore conducted an analysis of Internet companies that collect data on consumers. By examining the routes computers travel along the lines of the Internet, companies are better...
View ArticleNew Search engine report: Microsoft-Yahoo has no chance against Google
Microsoft is betting that a buyout of Yahoo will help in its battle against Google, but a new search report shows that's purely wishful thinking. Google continues to gain market share, while both Yahoo...
View ArticleMicrosoft whips Google to be number one online --- or does it?
comScore reports that when it comes to time people spend online, Microsoft leads Google by a wide margin -- more than 3.9 billion hours spent online for Microsoft versus more than 2.5 billion hours...
View ArticleComScore: Android leaves everyone else in the dust (again)
ComScore has just released its latest analysis of the U.S. smartphone market, and it's a familiar story: Android's making significant gains while everyone else is failing to keep up with its growth.
View ArticleMicrosoft sites are #2 on the Web, just behind Google. So why does Google...
New figures show that Microsoft sites are the second most popular on the Web with 175 million unique visitors in November, trailing Google slightly, which had 186 million visitors. So why is Google so...
View ArticleDismal news for Microsoft's mobile efforts: Windows Phone and Windows 8...
Microsoft just got hit with a double-whammy: Reports show that Windows Phone market share is in the very low single digits in the U.S. and have declined since the release of Windows Phone 8, and...
View ArticleMicrosoft loses out to Gmail as king of Web-based mail. Can Outlook.com take...
Thanks to skyrocketing signups, Gmail has become the biggest email provider on the Web, beating out Microsoft's combined Hotmail and Outlook.com, as well as Yahoo Mail. Will the newly unveiled...
View ArticleWindows Phone sales are booming...no, they're falling. Which analyst is right?
Depending on the current research you read, Windows Phone sales are either growing by leaps and bounds, or else stagnant and falling. Which analyst should you believe?
View ArticleWindows Phone bumps along with only 3.2% of U.S. market
The latest figures show Windows Phone gaining little traction in the U.S. smartphone market, mired at 3.2% market share in August. And that's just the beginning of the bad news for Microsoft in the...
View ArticleWindows Phone U.S. growth stalls. Can Android save Microsoft?
Just-released figures show that Windows Phone market share in the U.S. has essentially stalled, with only a 3.3% market share of all smarthphone owners. It is time for Microsoft to commit all-out to...
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