Facebook became the leader in media Internet adv of the USA

In the first quarter 2010 social network Facebook has bypassed portal Yahoo! on displays of banner advertising to the American users, writes Wall Street Journal referring to the report comScore. Till now Yahoo! was considered as the leader on displays of banners in the USA.

The banner leader

On share Facebook in the beginning of 2010 it was necessary 16,2% of all banners. The resource has shown media blocks of 176,3 billion times. For comparison, the same indicator for Yahoo! has made 131,6 billion displays, and for web sites Microsoft — 60,2 billion displays. Cited data do not include displays of banners through partner networks Yahoo! and Microsoft.

World magnates

Facebook it was possible to involve large advertisers, including Verizon Communications, and also motor-car manufacturers Toyota and Ford.

It is necessary to notice, that on advertising gain Facebook considerably lags behind competitors. According to the edition, the social network last year has earned over 500 million dollars, and, predictably, will earn over billion in 2010. Yahoo! in 2009 has earned 6,5 billion dollars — the most part from advertising.

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Intel for three months has earned more $10 billion

Intel Corp. has presented the financial report about the first quarter 2010. As is informed in the official press release, this quarter became record for all history Intel: the company gain has made 10,3 billion US dollars.

Record indicators

The company has received net profit at a rate of 2,4 billion dollars, that for 288% above, than in the first quarter 2009.In comparison with the fourth quarter 2009 of sale Intel have a little decreased. The company has explained it seasonal factors and the raised demand for production on the eve of New Year's and Christmas holidays.

Apple has sold 450,000 i-tablets iPad

Corporation Apple by April, 8th has sold 450,000 tablets iPad. 350,000 was sold at the first day. It was declared by Steve Jobs on the action devoted to the new version of mobile operational system iPhone OS.

Record sales

The number of sales includes preliminary ordered devices. Registration of advanced orders has begun on March, 12th. In the first day of sales in iPad has been downloaded 250,000 books, and by April, 8th — 600,000. For all time of sales users have downloaded 3,5 million appendices.

Number of appendices in App Store has reached 185,000. From them 3,500 programs are created specially for iPad.

The simplified version

The i-tablet iPad has been announced on January, 27th, 2010. In sale in the USA iPad has arrived on April, 3rd. While the version with module Wi-Fi is on sale only. In the end of April in shops of the USA there will be tablets with GPS and the module for work in networks 3G.

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Twitter has counted up users outside of the USA

Number of the registered users Twitter living outside of the USA, makes more than 60% from the general number of users. In September, 2009 the percentage parity of the American and not American users has made 50/50, is informed in blog Twitter.

Six language Twitters

At the moment official site Twitter is accessible in six languages, thus four language versions — Spanish, French, Italian and German — have been started in October/December, 2009. Besides it Twitter also possesses the version in the Japanese language which has been presented in 2008.

Cellular cooperation

Twitter also expand actively co-operates with cellular operators of some the countries to provide possibility free to use service by means of mobile phones. So, the company has entered into agreements with operators in India, Indonesia and Haiti.

Let's notice, that according to the research published in the beginning of March, only every fifth owner of accounting record Twitter is the active user of service. 73% of users Twitter updated the microblog less than 10 times.

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Mozilla has counted up statistics of Firefox

Noncommercial organisation Mozilla Foundation has published the analytical report about the statistican of use of browser Firefox.

State of the Web Browsers

The document under the name "State of the Internet" has been published in an official blog. According to the report, share of Firefox in the world makes about 30% (number of users more than 350 million persons).

For calculation of statistics Mozilla used average-arithmetic value of data: Quantcast, StatCounter, Gemius and Net Applications. Thus Mozilla has not included in statistics data about browser use in Antarctica because such data offers only StatCounter.

Web Browser Mozilla FireFox 3,7

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Online casino or casino real?

With growth of the industry of online entertainments, becomes ripe a question: whether will supersede an online casino of real "primogenitors"? Let's look at figures: the industry of gamblings is increased by considerable rates and at the moment has the income over 10 billion dollars a year.

How affairs with real casinos are? The annual turnover of real casinos only in the USA reaches 900 billion dollars and is not going to decrease!

Lightweight vs Heavyweight

As a result, volume of a real and virtual casino are simply non-comparable. Also, according to researches, players continue to play in real casinos, and for online games allocate only additional sums of money.

So many predicted destruction of cinemas with the advent of TV, and then videorecorders and DVD, however all over the world cinemas prosper, and new films still break records on cash gathering.

Virtuality vs Reality

According to interrogations, the majority of people all the same prefer a real casino: 27% have agreed what to play in online casino much more conveniently, than to go to a real casino; 15% are involved with possibility of anonymous game through the Internet; only 13% prefer online because have got used to live in a Virtual reality ;)

Luxor Hotel Casino — Las Vegas

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Sony has sold 60 million PSP

Sony Computer Entertainment has sold more than 60 million PSP, informs IGN referring to a communique of representatives of the company. Only in the North America where sales PSP have begun in 2005, it is realised already more than 17 million consoles.

UMD Forever!

Representatives Sony also have assured, that the company does not intend to refuse format UMD. In spite of the fact that last model which has left for today of console PSP Go is calculated on digital distribution, games for PSP will not only extend by means of Internet service PlayStation Network, but also still to leave on compact discs.

As informs Joystiq, representatives Sony also have informed, that number of users of service PlayStation Home has reached 12 million. The director of service Jack Buser has noticed, that such result will reach not at the expense of disposable visitors. As he said, 85 percent of users which create the character and the virtual house in PlayStation Home, will be authorised subsequently in service again. Average time of stay of the user in PlayStation Home for one visiting makes about one hour.

About PlayStation Home

Service PlayStation Home has been officially started in December, 2008. PlayStation Home represents virtual space in which there are the zones devoted to separate games. Besides, minigames, videoclips and other content are accessible to users Home.

In 2009 it has been declared start in Japan of service Room which should represent similarity PlayStation Home for PSP. This service also gives to users the admission to minigames and an additional content.

Microsoft became sponsor for "The Simpsons"

Within the limits of an advertising campaign of search system Bing corporation Microsoft became the sponsor of a cartoon serial "The Simpsons". On it informs The Telegraph. Campaign started on March, 11th in 6 evenings on British channel Channel 4 and will last within 3 months.

The Simpsons use Bing

Before and after each series, and also during commercial breaks plots with The Simpsons using Bing the family will be shown. Campaign is dated for 20 anniversary of a cartoon film and is for Bing the first transaction with the British TV.

"The Simpsons" sponsorship is a part of mullions-strong advertising campaign Bing. The first advertising of search system has taken place on March, 11th during a direct transmission of a match 1/8 endings of League of champions: "Manchester United" vs "Milan".

№2 Yahoo! — Google №1 — Bing №3

Company Microsoft repeatedly declared, that wishes to make Bing the 2nd after Google. However now Bing takes only the 3rd place (2nd place Yahoo!). According to company Net Applications, the highest share (85,74%) search inquiries in the world is necessary on Google. Then follows Yahoo! (6,09%) and Bing (3,39%).

Microsoft has counted incompatible web sites

More than two thousand popular Internet sites are incorrectly displayed on web browser Internet Explorer 8, is informed in official blog Internet Explorer. At browser release in March, 2009 in list Compatibility View List there were 3100 sites.

Modern Compatibility View List

A year later after release of last version Internet Explorer Microsoft has brought statistics of conformity of several thousand popular sites to browser requirements.

The mass fraction of sites which completely correspond to standards IE8, makes 19%. 41% of sites, according to Microsoft, practically correspond to requirements IE8, and 14% are calculated on work with IE7. Hardly more quarters of popular sites opened in a so-called mode "Quirks" which allows to look through sites on older versions of browsers and not completely corresponds to a "standard" mode.

In search of an ideal web browser

Web browser IE8 automatically conducts statistics of use of a mode of compatibility and sends these data in Microsoft. Subsequently Microsoft makes list Compatibility View List.

By working out Internet Explorer 8 experts Microsoft have tried to bring the given web browser into accord with the standard standards for web browsers. After that IE8 has ceased to display correctly many Internet sites which have been developed for IE6 and IE7.

The first list of the sites incorrectly displayed in IE8, has been presented Microsoft in January, 2009 during browser testing. For that moment the incorrect list contained 2400 sites in which number were google.com, yahoo.com and microsoft.com.

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