The usage of online gaming sites has grown 27 percent during the past year to 86 million visitors in December 2008, while the total time spent playing online games increased 42 percent, according to comScore.American’s total amount of Internet time spent playing online games grew from 3.7 percent in December to 4.9 percent in December 2008.
Google Struggles In China
Google continues to struggle with lower user awareness in China compared to Chinese search engine Baidu according to Pearl Research’s new report "Baidu vs. Google: A Study of Search Engine Preferences among Chinese Youth."
Technorati – Bullies, Struggles
Technorati has had its ups and downs, as have we all. In August, their then-CEO Dave Sifry stepped down, leaving the position vacant. Last week, they finally replaced him with new CEO & President, Richard Jalichandra. He comes with a ringing endorsement from Sifry, who is still head of Technorati’s board of directors.
Google News Struggles In Scandinavia
Media groups in Norway and Denmark have begun, like several others before them, to protest Google News’s practices. The Norwegian association objects to the reproduction of certain images and photographs, while the Danish faction is asking Google to make separate arrangements with each publisher.
Upstart Struggles With 2,800 lb Gorillas
When you’re an upstart, it can be extraordinarily difficult to compete with the big guys. Nobody knows that better than Jerry Anders, CTO of Saratoga, Calif.-based Javeo Corporation, who claims his company has been run over not once, but twice-first by Google, and most recently by Sun Microsystems.
Winn-Dixie Files for Bankruptcy As it Struggles WIth Competition
Winn-Dixie Stores filed for bankruptcy protection as it faces competition from Wal-Mart Stores.
Google Struggles To Hire Foreigners
Google co-founder Sergey Brin told financial analysts yesterday that it has been unable to hire foreign computer engineers as fast as it would like.