Says 428 Million Mobile Communication Devices Sold Worldwide in First Quarter 2011, a 19 Percent Increase Year-on-Year Egham, UK, May 19, 2011 View All Press Releases Apple, Samsung and HTC Reported Strongest Results in an Increasingly Smartphone-Dominated Market Worldwide mobile communication device sales to end users totaled 427.8 million units in the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 19 percent from the first quarter of 2010, according to Gartner, Inc. “Smartphones accounted for 23.6 percent of overall sales in the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 85 percent year-on-year,” said Roberta Cozza, principal research analyst at Gartner. Overall, the earthquake and tsunami in Japan will have a smaller effect on the mobile communication devices market than initially anticipated. Nokia sold 107.6 million mobile devices in the first quarter of 2011 (see Table 1). Table 1Worldwide Mobile Terminal Sales to End Users in 1Q11 (Thousands of Units) Source: Gartner (May 2011) Samsung experienced its strongest first quarter ever. Contacts About Gartner Gartner, Inc.
15 Facts About The Internet In 2015 | Co.Design 2015. Sounds far away, doesn't it? But it's not, and we already live with a little taste of what that future will be like. How so, you ask? Consider: The rise of mobile computing, the proliferation of social networking, and the cloudification and appification of our entire technological lives. What's most interesting aren't the trends themselves, but the sheer magnitude of them. And this whole cloud computing fad? It's hard to even grasp what all of that will mean to how technology weaves its way into our lives. But perhaps the most surprising stat of all comes courtesy of the current day. All of which is to say, science fiction is upon us. 60% of Social Media Messages are Links to Published Content [Data] It's an inbound marketing no-brainer: the best way to get your prospects to find and learn about your company, its products, and its services is by publishing content. And the latest data shared by eMarketer only confirms it... In their April 2011 report, " Content is the Fuel of the Social Web," AOL and Nielsen Online gathered data from over 10,000 social media messages to analyze how people share content online. The results? The study also revealed some data about the methods by which people are sharing content online, and more granularly, with whom. When it comes to online sharing, it's not enough for businesses to simply have a website; long gone are the days when a "web presence" just means having a website for your business to call home. Smart inbound marketers understand the need to create and publish content in order to get found online. Social sharing can be extremely valuable and effective in getting found online. Photo Credit: Carlos Maya
[challenge] Build your infographics in HTML5 and CSS3 I challenge you to create a beautiful CSS3/HTML5 infographic :) See at the end of the article for more infos. I see a lot of infographics around here, and most of them could be built only with web technologies (HTML5 + CSS3 + SVG). src: 12345; Most of the infographics we see are beautiful, but sooooo static. You can make them much more alive if you use the web technologies. Interactive content You can change the style/content of an element if the user interact with it: :hover effects, fold/unfold on click, buttons to decide what to draw and select options (select a country, choose how to sort, ...), etc. Live data With an image, you're just showing a "snapshot" of your data at a certain time. Animations Make it move! Make it sexy Well, it's obvious, your infographic must be beautiful. Side effects Your infographic will be accessible (copy/paste!) Want to give it a try? Here is a random list of free data sets.
The EFF SSL Observatory The EFF SSL Observatory is a project to investigate the certificates used to secure all of the sites encrypted with HTTPS on the Web. We have downloaded datasets of all of the publicly-visible SSL certificates on the IPv4 Internet, in order to search for vulnerabilities, document the practices of Certificate Authorities, and aid researchers interested the web's encryption infrastructure. For the public, the slide decks from our DEFCON 18 and 27C3 talks are available, and you can also peruse our second map of the 650-odd organizations that function as Certificate Authorities trusted (directly or indirectly) by Mozilla or Microsoft. Map Key: Hexagon: root CA trusted by Microsoft only Black : signed 0 leaves Diamond: root CA trusted by Mozilla only Violet: signed 1-10 leaves Box : root CA trusted by both Blue : signed 11-100 leaves Ellipse: subordinate CA Green : signed 101-1000 leaves Yellow: signed 1001-10000 leaves Orange: signed 10001-100000 leaves Red : signed 100001-1000000 leaves
How the Real Estate Industry Is Using Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC] The real estate industry has seen a number of social media innovations over the past few years. Real estate pros are using social media to provide online property tours, schedule showings and showcase local expertise. Alexis Lamster, VP of customers at Postling and creator of the infographic below, told us that the company analyzed more than 500 Postling accounts specific to real estate and more than 7,000 small business accounts to extract information on how the real estate industry is using social media. Does your business operate in the real estate industry? If so, how does your company stack up compared to the data below? Price gap: Storage vs Bandwidth | Backblaze Blog Gleb Budman June 22, 2011 Cloud computing success relies on high-speed bandwidth. Whether streaming movies or running applications from the cloud, the ability to get data quickly from the cloud to the computer (or tablet or phone) is a key requirement for rapid adoption. As such, we decided to take a look at how well Internet bandwidth to the home has kept up with another key ingredient of the cloud: hard drive prices. Below is the comparison and, unfortunately, it seems that while hard drive manufacturers have done a phenomenal job of capacity increases and price reduction (as an example, a petabyte should cost $94 trillion) – bandwidth to the home has not kept up. This means that people are continually able to do more locally than in the cloud. There have been some interesting announcements in the space recently including Sonic.net testing 1 Gbps fiber for $70 and Comcast demoing 1 Gbps broadband over cable.
Infographics For big brands acquiring customers it used to be a simple formula. Create a great ad + advertise in media with a large audience of potential customers + have a call to action = sales. Brands that follow the old formula can still advertise to millions of people and have plenty of traditional brand impressions. Some still call this success. But given the new tools for monitoring engagement, it’s now much easier to determine if those ... The Performance Marketing industry has grown in complexity, making it difficult to separate the professionals from the second-tier players and unscrupulous amateurs. Want to know what it might feel like if an airline actually treated its customers like friends? To understand what Social Customer Relationship Management (SCRM) is, we have to start with a clear definition. “What the heck are you doing?” Many are calling 2011 the year of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).
History of Search Engines - Chronological List of Internet Search Engines (INFOGRAPHIC) Below is a visual history of "search" and search engines; hopefully it's both a trip down memory lane and a useful resource for anyone looking to learn a bit more about the history of Internet search engines. If you like the graphic or find it useful you're welcome to embed the image on your own site, link to it, or give it a Digg/Stumble/Etc. Without further fanfare, we present to you WordStream's search engine history timeline. The History of Search Engines Modern search engines are pretty incredible – complex algorithms enable search engines to take your search query and return results that are usually quite accurate, presenting you with valuable information nuggets amidst a vast information data mine. Search engines have come a long way since their early prototypes, as our Internet Search Engines History infographic illustrates. How Do Search Engines Work? First of all, let's ask what is a search engine? Web search engines catalog the world wide web by using a spider, or web crawler.
Are We Too Obsessed With Facebook? [INFOGRAPHIC] Facebook profiles are like belly buttons: Everybody's got one. Perhaps that statement's still a bit of an exaggeration, but by the numbers, we (that is, Internet users around the globe) are becoming more obsessed with Facebook by the day. One out of every 13 Earthlings and three out of four Americans is on Facebook, and one out of 26 signs into Facebook on a daily basis. We could rattle off stats like that until the cows come home, but instead, we'd like to show you this fascinating infographic from SocialHype and OnlineSchools.org. Here, in a visual nutshell, are some highlights about Facebook usage, 2010 trends, adoption numbers and a great deal more. Take a good look at this information (or click here for the full-size version), and in the comments, let us know what you think about our global fascination with Facebook. Embed this Image on Your Site: Header image courtesy of Flickr, tsevis.
Google's Long History of Social Media Attempts [INFOGRAPHIC] Sure Facebook privacy issues can be frustrating, but what's the alternative? With more than 400 million users, no other social media platform has been able to touch Facebook's grip on person-to-person networking. But rumors have already started to fly that Facebook may soon face some stiff new competition. Google is supposedly getting into the market with Google Me, a not-yet-launched, oft-rumored social network that will directly compete with Facebook. Still, Google hasn't had the best track record when it comes to social media attempts. EDIT: The graphic has been updated to include Google Lively. More Google Resources from Mashable: - 10 Fun Facts You Didn’t Know About Google- 10 Must-See Google Street View Sightings- 5 Must-See Google Easter Eggs- 4 Ways Non-Profits Can Use Google Buzz- The Small Business Guide to Google Apps [img credit: Robert Scoble]