Web 2.0

Growth of Internet on PC, SmartPhone, Tablet in Japan

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Internet-Growth-JapanThe Electronics and Gadget Savvy Japan witnessed from the second half of the 1990s through the first half of the 2000s where most people used PCs to go online. Growth in Internet use today, however, is being driven by rapid proliferation of smartphones. The number of people going online via PCs in Japan broadly plateaued in 2012 at around 97mn. In contrast, smartphone penetration at end-FY12 was only 33% so Japan is still in the midst of smartphone proliferation. The Chart on the left shows a Decade of Growth of PC Vs SmartPhone vs Tablets used to go Online.

The number of Internet-capable devices in Japan has risen by 50% compared

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Yahoo! CFO Upbeat on Culture Shift + Innovation

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Yahoo! CFO Ken Goldman is Upbeat on the new the culture shift of the company, which is attracting a high caliber of employees and acquisition candidates. Recent product changes in the core business, and improvement in partner relationships are key positives to the company. Yahoo’s pace of innovation and velocity of product launches are much … Read more

Amazon India Launch is to Test Backend Infrastructure only. No Direct Retailing

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Amazon launched an Indian Marketplace (www.amazon.in), its 10th country specific site (Amazon previously only operated a comparison shopping site in India (www.junglee.com)). The Indian site will be served exclusively by third-party sellers to comply with local laws and will initially focus on the media category (books and movies), followed by consumer electronics.

Local Laws of India do not permit Foreign Companies toAmazon-India operate in Multi-Brand Retail and thus Amazon has to be content as a Facilitator of e-commerce for various Indian companies. By doing so Amazon will end up Building Presence, Build Delivery & Distribution Network, Adopt to the Learning Curve of Cash on Delivery [Most Popular in India] so when the Govt of India opens the gates for FDI in e-commerce, Amazon can directly start selling its products and give Indian retailers a run for their money.

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Mobile Vs PC Access of the Top 25 Sites

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The significant increase in mobile usage can be attributed primarily to the widespread adoption of Internet-enabled smart phones and tablets in 2012. Per ComScore US smartphone Web users are up 30% y/y to 125mn (Dec 12), while Worldwide mobile users are up 45% to over 1bn. The Following Chart Shows the Mobile Vs PC Access … Read more

Top 10 Video Online Sites in China

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While China’s online video market has consolidated further at the expense of smaller competitors, competition for Youku remains intense with key rivals, such as Tencent, iQiyi, and Sohu, which enjoy financial strength and synergies with their core business. Youku and Tudou combined for ~31% of online video sales market share in China, followed by Sohu … Read more

YouKu-Tudou – Huge Potential in Mobile Videos

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Youku attracts 30%+ of its traffic from mobile devices, yet it has not effectively monetized this traffic. According to Analysys, Youku ranks in the top two in both iOS and Android for cumulative downloads among online video mobile applications in China. In addition, while the company continues to secure premium video content (e.g., exclusive partnership … Read more

Why Companies Must Invest in Social Media ?

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The growing presence of the social media offers a strong business opportunity to many companies in the West to invest time and capital in this medium. Over the past one year, most of the Fortune-1000 companies dedicated personnel at the senior management level primarily to look at social media. Companies are actively listening to their customers and responding to them in the shortest possible time, which is enhancing customer loyalty and experience.

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Can Marissa Meyer Really Make the Tumblr Acquisition Profitable ?

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Marissa Meyer headed Yahoo! will purchase Tumblr in an all-cash transaction for $1.1 billion. Tumblr would continue to operate largely independently. While we believe such a valuation is high, we believe the combination of Tumblr’s growing usage and Yahoo!’s ad technology present an opportunity to improve user monetization over time.

Tumblr should contribute meaningfully to user engagement for Yahoo!; the site had over 116M desktop unique visitors in April (+85% Y/Y, comScore). Tumblr should also bolster Yahoo!’s position in mobile, as its 14.5 million mobile unique visitors in the US (+227% Y/Y, comScore) give Yahoo! a large and rapidly growing mobile audience.

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Justdial to Enter Car Listings, Enable Transactions

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Justdial OfficeJustdial is exploring various areas for users to offer to sell as well as buy, goods and services through it’s website. As a first step in this direction JDL is in process of developing a car listings website in which users can search and rate car models being offered for sale, list their cars for sale and receive price quotes from vendors of both new and used cars.

Enabling Transactions
In collaboration with service providers and vendors, JDL is in the process of developing the ability for users to complete a number of bookings and purchases which are integrated in the search results from company’s website.

Mobile apps

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