The online gaming audience has seen a significant increase in the past year as people are increasingly looking for cheaper entertainment alternatives, driven partly by the economy, according to a new report from comScore.
The category attracted 87 million U.S. visitors in May 2009, up 22 percent compared to a year ago.
Mobile Advertising Booming in Britain
Despite being a nascent industry in tough economic times, mobile advertising in the UK is growing at a faster rate than previously expected.
The IAB and PricewaterhouseCoopers research demonstrates that mobile advertising has experienced an impressive and steady growth in the UK in an overall declining market. In 2008, as more brands trialed and embraced the medium, spending increased by a whopping 99.2% to $44 million.
Web 2.0 Information Security Booming
Information Security is booming, it is a large business, with software and technology that can be bought off the shelf and slapped onto a network. Policies, procedures, documented steps for everyone from service desk through to management responses to incidents are fairly well established. We have ISO standards from ISO 17799 and 24001; we have rules like HIPAA, SOX, and GLB.
Legal Online Music Downloads Booming
The Internet music business appears to be booming. After overcoming the “Napster” stigma, online music stores have seen a dramatic increase in customers and sales/downloads.
eMarketer Report Finds Online Advertising Is Booming
A report done by eMarketer concerning online advertising as found that spending on this medium is expected to continue and increase over the year. The exact numbers from eMarketer’s report states that spending for advertising online will hit the $9.1 billion mark, $1 billion more than what was spent in 2000.