Online voucher firm Groupon went public in November 2011 and online games maker Zynga in December 2011.
That news comes from a 2, 017-person survey funded by the online security software maker McAfee, which is pushing a product that helps parents monitor their kids online.
This is critical analysis for any online game company, PC hardware maker, components maker, service provider, or institutional investor with an eye on China.
Real Networks, the maker of the free online media player Real Player, on Monday announced a new program it calls Real DVD, designed to let users legally "rip" a DVD's contents to their computers.
So the launch on April 28th of a new online music service by Apple, a computer maker, could be a big step forward.
It may not be natural to associate Amazon (an online retailer), Apple (a device maker), and Facebook (a social media site) with search, but in the technology industry, your next competitive threat can come from anywhere.
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They include drug-maker Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), technology companies Cisco Systems (CSCO-Nasdaq) and Juniper Networks, capital goods firms Honeywell International (HON), First Solar (FSLR-Nasdaq), Masco (MAS), PACCAR (PCAR-Nasdaq), Eaton (ETN) and Emerson Electric (EMR), sneaker maker Nike (NKE), online retailer Priceline.com, energy company Baker Hughes and cosmetics concern Estee Lauder.
The remaining deals of the week are from quartz-countertop maker Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd. and Chinese online retailer Vipshop Holdings Ltd.
As one of the few financial victors in online news media, she is also a de facto policy maker and a new kind of power broker.
Japanese game giant Nexon continues to have success with the free-to-play online game business model it pioneered when it was a Korean game maker.
The game maker has World of Cars, Pirates of the Caribbean Online and Pixie Hollow for kids to explore beyond the movies and interact with characters from the big screen adventures in unique ways.
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Those who remember A9, the online retailer's doomed search portal, will be forgiven for wondering if the Fire maker can really compete with Google on its home turf.
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