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Snapshot - Last Week in Social Media: Techcrunch
Snapshot - Last Week in Social Media: Techcrunch
Facebook has unveiled a tool that helps developers advertise their wares, adding to services aimed at boosting sales from people who socialize using smartphones and tablets. (Bloomberg)
Among 5,000 Android and iPhone users in the U.S., Nielsen found that 47% of them have used a native shopping app on their phones. The analysts say that in total some 45M U.S. consumers have used shopping apps, on average, 17 times in the month. (TechCrunch)
Pinterests growth has slowed down a bit since June. From May to June Pinterests referral traffic to Shareaholics network of about 200K sites grew by 43.7%. From June to July, it increased by 15.97%. (TechCrunch)
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Other News
Facebook Courts Small Business Dollars With Easy Social Ad Campaign Creation (TechCrunch) Foursquare returns nearby friends view to app (VentureBeat) Google pays $22.5M to settle Apple Safari charges (Reuters) Gartner: HP Keeps Its PC Lead As European Market Drops 2.4%, Apple Cracks Top 5 In UK (TechCrunch) EMarketer: 26% Of U.S. Consumers Access Social Networks On Mobile Today, Facebook 85% Of That (TechCrunch) Android extends dominance in smartphones worldwide (DenverPost) Pinterest Finally Ditches Invitations, Now Lets Anyone Sign Up (TechCrunch) Facebook Subscription Payments Go Live, But Will Spotify and Netflix Pay The 30% Tax? (TechCrunch) Apple nets 72% of Chinese tablet market during Q2 2012 (Slash Gear) Facebook, Twitter? Can The Decline of Social Media Come Fast Enough? (Forbes) Zillow Q2 Earnings Beat Analyst Estimates (Slightly) With $27.8M In Revenue, $1.3M Net Income (TechCrunch)
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The Ville
53.5
22.1%
Zynga
315.7
7.8%
FarmVille
40.7
17.6%
Microsoft
65.5
0.9%
CityVille
38.6
26.6%
Woobox
56.9
1.3%
37.8
2.7%
Electronic Arts
55.7
2.2%
35.7
0.3%
King.com
51.2
(0.4%)
34.7
0.9%
Yahoo!
48.7
1.9%
Bubble Safari
30.3
3.1%
Thunderpenny
48.4
(1.2%)
26.5
4%
Wooga
39.2
0.2%
Spotify
26.3
(0.4%)
TripAdvisor
34.9
0.6%
10
Microsoft Live
25.3
NA
10
Spotify
26.8
NA
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Percentage change
60%
30
40%
15
20%
0%
Source: eMarketer
75%
50%
25%
Source: eMarketer
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12.7%
10%
5.3% 5%
0% Jan-11 Jan-12
Source: eMarketer
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Google Inc. Amazon.com Inc. Tencent Holdings Ltd. Facebook, Inc. Baidu, Inc. LinkedIn Corporation Groupon, Inc. Gree, Inc. SINA Corporation Zynga, Inc. HomeAway, Inc. Youku Inc. Pandora Media, Inc. Renren Inc. Yelp, Inc. Shutterfly, Inc. OpenTable, Inc. Angie's List, Inc. XING AG Mixi, Inc.
MEAN MEDIAN
4.9x 4.1x
3.6x 2.9x
Source: Capital IQ
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