Monday, March 15, 2010

comScore: Mobile Internet Becoming A Daily Activity For Many

Number of people accessing news and information on their mobile device more than doubles in a year

Reston, VA. March 16, 2009 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported that the number of people using their mobile device to access news and information on the Internet more than doubled from January 2008 to January 2009. Among the audience of 63.2 million people who accessed news and information on their mobile devices in January 2009, 22.4 million (35 percent) did so daily; more than double the size of the audience last year…

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

comScore Reports January 2010 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share

Use of Social Media via Mobile Sees Considerable Gains in Past Three Months

RESTON, VA, March 10, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month period between October 2009 and January 2010. The report ranked the leading mobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and smartphone operating system (OS) platforms in the U.S. according to their share of current mobile subscribers age 13 and older, as well as popular activities and content accessed via the subscriber’s primary mobile phone. The January report found Motorola to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 22.9 percent market share, while RIM led among smartphone platforms with 43.0 percent market share.

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Friday, March 05, 2010

Rich Abronson, co-founder and VP Marketing for Gumiyo, to Speak at BIA/Kelsey’s Marketplaces 2010

CALABASAS, CA, March 5, 2010 — Gumiyo today announced that Rich Abronson will be a featured speaker at Marketplaces 2010 (www.kelseygroup.com/marketplaces2010), BIA/Kelsey’s upcoming conference about vertical services and the transition of local advertising from offline to online platforms, March 22-24, 2010, San Diego, California. Mr. Abronson will participate on a panel titled, Critical Tools for Marketplace Success, scheduled at 10 a.m. on day one of the conference.