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After a long spell as the apple of the media's eye, Toyota is now officially in the bad news barrel. So far the Japanese automaker has announced the recall of 5.3 million vehicles for floor mat issues that may lead to unintended acceleration and a separate recall of 2.3 million vehicles for sticking gas pedals (watch the explanatory video).
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Posted by blogs@bobvila.com (Ben) on under star market, washingt, energy star, televi, legitimacy, product categories, market share |
Has the ENERGY STAR Fallen? Last week's Washington Post article on ENERGY STAR called into question the legitimacy of the program's "high standard" when more than half of the products in an ENERGY STAR-eligible category qualify for the label. Some product categories see ENERGY STAR market share at well over half, like television (79%), dehumidifiers (75%) and dishwashers (67%). The program should be evaluating its standards and, in many cases, raising them, the article ...
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Posted by on under iphe, google, t mobile, android, npd, iphone, strg, market share, chant, rim, sprint, first quarter, ace, market research firm, blackberry, operating system, nbsp, amp, ross |
"We're number two" might not be the chant everyone's after, but we have a feeling that Google is more than satisfied with that in this case... for now. According to market research firm
NPD, Google's Android operating system edged up into second place in the US smartphone market during the first quarter of the year, leaving it still well behind RIM's BlackBerry OS, but marking the first time that it has moved ahead of Apple's iPhone OS. Specifically, NPD found that RIM maintained a strong 36 percent market share for the quarter, with Android coming in at 28 percent, and iPhone OS in third at 21 percent. The growth for Android was attributed largely to strong carrier support -- like Verizon's buy-one-get-one free offer which, incidentally, also helped Verizon maintain a 30 percent smartphone market share, which is just slightly behind AT&T at 32 percent, and ahead of T-Mobile and Sprint at 17 and 15 percent, respectively.
Disclaimer: NPD's Ross Rubin is a contributor to Engadget.
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Posted by Aaron Cohen on under news britney spears, twitter, party ads, exciting news, term health, user experience, market share, britney spears, api, third party |
Via its blog, Twitter has just announced that it is banning third-party ad networks from using the Twitter API to insert ads into a user's stream.
"Why are we prohibiting these kinds of ads? First, third party ad networks are not necessarily looking to preserve the unique user experience Twitter has created. They may optimize for either market share or short-term revenue at the expense of the long-term health of the Twitter platform. For example, a third party ad network may seek to maximize ad impressions and click through rates even if it leads to a net decrease in Twitter use due to user dissatisfaction.
In other exciting news, Britney Spears has passed Ashton Kutcher as the most followed user on Twitter, so there's that.
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Posted by on under search deal, google, iphone, compas, iphe, business week, market share, maps, operating system, microsoft |
[See Update below] Microsoft Bing will replace Google in the next version of the iPhone operating system to be released in June, we've heard from mulitple sources, including a high level source who claims to have been briefed on the matter. We're not calling this more than a rumor yet, but one thing is sure - our sources close to Google in particular are speaking freely about this as fact. In January Business Week
reported that Microsoft and Apple were in talks over an iPhone search deal, and the deal
certainly would be brilliant for Microsoft. There's been speculation around Google's future on the iPhone since last year when the first public spat broke out between the companies
over the Google Voice app for the iPhone. Android's continued gains in market share only highlight Google's direct competition with Apple, and the fact that so many core iPhone apps, including search and maps, are controlled by Google, has been a sore point with Apple. From that post:
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