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Mobile Banking Zooming Ahead

by Harry Gold February 26, 2009

Between 2007 and 2008, US mobile banking has increased from 400,000 to 3.1 million users. Since nearly every American has a bank account, these numbers are likely to keep increasing. The U.S is not the only region getting mobile with…

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Technology

A Billion Internet Users, and Counting

by Harry Gold February 17, 2009

As of December 2008, the Internet has exceeded 1 billion visitors. Of those visitors, Asia-Pacific has the highest percent of users with 416.3 million users which equates to almost half of the total with 41.3%. Note: ages 15+; home and…

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Technology

The Online Generation Gap Narrows

by Harry Gold February 3, 2009

Since 2005, online usage has been steadily growing for all age groups. Users in the age group 70-74 shockingly had the highest increase between 2005 to 2008, jumping from 26% to 45%. Not surprisingly, teens from ages 12-17 still lead…

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Advertising

Remember Online Dating?

by Harry Gold January 23, 2009

Online dating revenues are up, however, usage is down. The reason for this is simple- marketers are using pricing and targeting when focusing on online dating. Source: eMarketer, January 23 2009

Media

Online Video Growth Chart

by Harry Gold October 6, 2008

Source: eMarketer, October 3 2008

Advertising

Interactive Media Share of Ad Spend Growing Worldwide

by Harry Gold June 25, 2008

According to a study by WPP’s Group M, interactive media’s share of worldwide advertising expenditures is expected to hit 15% in 2009, up from only 6% four years ago. This comes as traditional media’s share of ad spend continues to…

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