Tag: NPDGROUP

Highlights from this morning's big tech headlines... Microsot's next generation Internet Explorer Beta 9 browser pulled off a very respectable two million downloads in its first two days. [From: The Next Web] Ez Texting is suing T-Mobile after the cell phone provider blocked text messages from Ez Texting's WeedMaps, an online listing of marijuana retailers. [From: New York Times] A ...

If you're so lucky as to know 100 video game enthusiasts, there's a good chance that you know four people who play with their joysticks more than they work. A new report from NPD Group, and quoted on G4TV.com, claims that a full 4-percent of gamers do their thing for 48.5 hours a week. Before you, or we, start making assumptions, be aware that 34-percent of these maniacs are of the female ...

In news that should surprise no one, NPD Group, a market research firm, recently released statistics detailing the demise of CDs, and purchased music as a whole. According to the group's findings, over the last year, sales of CDs declined 19-percent, and the number of CD buyers in the U.S. decreased by a whopping 17 million. The decline in purchasing isn't limited to CDs, though. The number of ...

Although Apple just posted some ridiculous quarterly numbers, it doesn't seem like it's going to escape the current economic conditions in the US unscathed -- like pretty much everyone else, monthly sales are down in Cupertino, according to the NPD Group. The drop is only one percent total, but it's against a two percent rise in overall PC sales, which could indicate that Apple's premium pricing ...