There will be over one billion personal computers in use around the globe by the end of 2008, and two billion by 2015, according to Forrester Research.
2 Billion By 2015
Blog Post Knocks $4 billion off Apple Market Cap
A supposedly false-alarm that Apple’s Leopard (their next OS) and their much-talked-gadget-phone iPhone being delayed, caused their stock to nose-dive knocking over $4 billion off their Market Cap. This is indeed a phenomenal development in the Blogosphere – a blog article can have that fundamental effect in the real work and real money.
Virtual Worlds Valued At A Billion
World of Warcraft, Second Life, Final Fantasy Online, Everquest and a whole slew of other online environments are booming as broadband access has continued to proliferate throughout the United States and beyond.
Consumers To Spend $10 Billion On Home Audio
Online consumers are planning on emptying their pockets this year and spending $10 billion on home audio products, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. The $10 billion covers speakers, receivers, media servers and other home audio products.
The projections are based on the Consumer Electronics Association’s "2007 Audio Purchasing Study" which was designed to evaluate online consumers habits in purchasing home audio products such as Home-Theater-In-A Box (HTIB) systems, component A/V receivers and speakers.
Online Ads Racked Up $16.8 Billion In 2006
Internet advertising boomed last year as revenues across the industry grew 34 percent over the total for 2005, when advertisers spent $12.5 billion.
Movie Downloads To Reach $5.8 Billion
The Internet-delivered movie industry is set to take off. This is welcome news for Hollywood and the Motion Picture Association of America. According to Adams Media Research the Internet movie industry will reach $5.8 billion in revenue by 2011. Video downloads will account for $4.1 billion in the US.
Online TV Revenue To Reach $6.3 Billion
Online TV and video are arguably still in their infancy, but are set to become a strong revenue earner on a global scale. In a new report titled “Online TV and Video: Beyond User-Generated Content” from Informa Telecoms & Media, online TV and video services stand to generate global revenues of $6.3 billion by 2012. That is close to 10 times the revenue generated in 2006.
Google Beats Estimates: Pulls $3.21 Billion
So Google’s a money making machine. We knew that already. We didn’t know, though we could have predicted based on the previous two quarters, how much Google would beat estimates this time around.
Spending On Mobile Music To Reach $32 Billion
Consumers have a variety of choices when it comes to listening to music. Satellite and broadcast along with online radio, CDs and downloads. Mobile phone handsets and mobile music are emerging to become an important channel.
Online Music Sales Reached $2 Billion In 2006
Digital music sales in 2006 doubled over the previous year. As did the number of songs made available online. Record labels have become somewhat more comfortable as they continue to try and find the right combination of distribution models along with digital music products.