comScore has released the latest online video statistics as of April 2010. YouTube continues to be the largest provider of video, garnering 40% of all online video views. That’s what happens when 26 hours of videos are uploaded to a site every minute. Other services continue to try to chip away at YouTube’s lead. A new site, Vevo.com, did make a splash. Started in December 2009, the music video site received about 25% of all Web video … [Read more...]
Get Ready for a Traffic Jam
Wireless carriers need to get ready for the next data explosion. A report by Strategy Analytics says mobile phones will generate almost 2.2 exabytes of data traffic by 2013—and that is excluding wireless PC cards and other cellular-enabled devices. Such volume of data is equivalent to watching more than 120,000 years of DVD-quality video, the firm says. Eighty-four percent of the traffic will come from Web browsing. In a session at the … [Read more...]
More than Half of Computer Users Now Run Firefox
InfoWorld recently reported that statistics from the exo.performance.network (a source of data on Microsoft Windows marketshare trends) indicate that over half of computer users (50.6%) are now using the Firefox browser. Despite this, Internet Explorer is still widely used, with 84% of users turning to it “regularly.” These numbers indicate that a large number of people use more than one browser. This is hardly surprising, given the … [Read more...]
Industry Use of Technology—The Latest Numbers
The latest Future One Agency Universe Study was recently released by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers. This study is considered one of the most comprehensive sources of information about the independent agency distribution system. Since 2000 the study has been completed biannually. The most recent study was conducted in the spring and summer of 2008 and included 1,874 respondents. Ninety percent of those responding were agency … [Read more...]
Economic Downturn May Push Number of Uninsured Motorists to All-Time High
The number of uninsured motorists may reach an all-time high, according to a report released by Insurance Research Council in January. Their study indicates that approximately one in six drivers across the United States may be driving uninsured by 2010. Although the estimated percentage of uninsured motorists decreased nationally, from 14.9% in 2003 to 13.8% in 2007, the recent economic downturn is expected to trigger a sharp rise in the … [Read more...]
Online TV Grows in Popularity
Watching TV online has been gaining in popularity. Nearly one-fifth of American households who use the Internet watch television broadcasts online. This is double the viewership from 2006. The top two destinations for online broadcasts are official TV channel homepages and YouTube.com. Being able to watch broadcasts on their own time and at their convenience are the top reasons users tune in online. Other reasons include avoiding commercials and … [Read more...]
2008 Best Practices Study Released
Once every three years, the Big I asks its insurance company partners, state association affiliates, and other industry organizations to nominate those agencies they believe to be among the most efficient and high performing agencies in the industry for each of the study’s revenue categories. These agencies are asked to submit operational information in many areas. This information is carefully evaluated and ranked, culminating in the choice of … [Read more...]
Keep Track of Your Laptop
Every day, business travelers are putting the sensitive and confidential data of their organizations at risk when they travel through airports. Although companies are dependent upon on a mobile workforce, this mobility is putting companies at risk of having a data breach if a laptop containing sensitive information is lost or stolen. Sponsored by Dell, Ponemon Institute conducted a study, Airport Insecurity: The Case of Lost Laptops, to … [Read more...]
