Online employment platform Elance has released its quarterly report, revealing record-setting hiring by small businesses in the fourth quarter of 2010. Increased hiring across all categories during what is traditionally a slow quarter further indicates that innovation and growth in the online employment marketplace will continue to rise throughout… [[ This is a content summary [...] Read more »
Online Retail Spending Tops Record $40 Billion
U.S. online retail spending reached a record $43.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2010, an increase of 11 percent over a year ago, according to a new report from comScore. This growth rate is the fifth consecutive quarter of positive year-over-year growth and second quarter of double-digit growth rates in the past year. “Retail [...] Read more »
Click Fraud Drops But New Malware Scheme Surfaces
The click fraud rate dropped in the fourth quarter of 2010 for the first time since the middle of 2009, according to a new report from Click Forensics. The rate dipped from 22.3 percent in Q3 2010 to 19.1 percent in Q4, ending a string of five straight quarterly increases that began with the rate [...] Read more »
Yahoo Beats Q4 Estimates, But Held Back By Forecast
The fourth quarter of 2010 could have gone much worse for Yahoo, judging from the earnings report the company released this afternoon. Yahoo’s numbers were generally higher than what analysts expected, perhaps earning Carol Bartz a few points in unhappy shareholders’ eyes. A low Q1 forecast threw a long shadow, however. To first cover the [...] Read more »
Welcome Back Spammers (Not)
Spammers took holiday in the fourth quarter of 2010 but they have returned (in a big way) according to the Commtouch quarterly Internet Threats Trend Report, which covers spam, phishing, malware and Web threats. According to the report, December’s daily average for spam was around 30% less than in September; however spam activity… [[ This [...] Read more »
The Things Google Did in 2010 (The Fourth Quarter)
We’re looking at the things Google has done over the course of the year. For the first quarter, read this article. Then find the second quarter here and the third quarter here. Now we’re on to the fourth quarter. Allow me to include the disclaimer from the previous posts: I have not included every single Google-related story of the year. [...] Read more »
Priceline Smashes Q3 Earnings Expectations
William Shatner is due a raise, a bonus, or both. This afternoon, Priceline – which has wisely used Shatner as its spokesman for years – posted its third-quarter earnings report, and it seems the company has lots more money to spread around than analysts expected. For starters, Priceline managed to report revenue of $1.0 billion. [...] Read more »
LG to Launch Android-Powered Tablet
Yet another electronics manufacturer has announced plans to launch a tablet computer powered by Google’s Android operating system: LG. According to The Wall Street Journal, the device will launch in the fourth quarter of this year, though no… Read more »