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Hitwise Intelligence - James Murray - UK

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Category Archives: Appliances and Electronics

iPad 3 hits new search peak ahead of Apple announcement

March 07, 2012

Apple’s much anticipated event today has set the rumour mills running into overdrive. If the wisdom of the crowds is to be believed then Apple’s announcement will unveil the new iPad 3. Demand for the iPad 3 online reached its... Continue reading...

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In Categories Appliances and Electronics

iPad demand creates new market in insurance

January 12, 2012

One of the continuing trends witnessed this Christmas was the demand for Apple products. iPods, iPads and iPhones were sold in their millions in the UK and because the items themselves are highly sought after and quite valuable, a new... Continue reading...

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In Categories Appliances and Electronics | Business and Finance

2011 Online: the year in review

December 30, 2011

Another year has flown by and in time-honoured Hitwise tradition it falls to me to review the highlights of 2011. This year we have seen an astonishing 228 billion UK Internet visits to websites and 28 billion hours spent online.... Continue reading...

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In Categories Appliances and Electronics | Automotive | Business and Finance | Celebrity | Charity | Christmas | Entertainment | Google | News and Media | Property | Search | Shopping and Classifieds | Social Networks | Sports | Travel | Twitter

Apple and BlackBerry storm as failures cause embarrassment

October 18, 2011

Last week both Research In Motion (RIM) and Apple suffered some embarrassing PR thanks to errors in their network and software respectively. Millions of BlackBerry users were denied access to email, Internet and BlackBerry Messenger after a router failure at... Continue reading...

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In Categories Appliances and Electronics

Kindle Fire searches twice as big as iPad

October 04, 2011

It was only a couple of months ago that I was blogging about the online battle between the iPad and Kindle. Back in August, iPad dominated the UK search market, with twice as much search volume as the Kindle. Amazon’s... Continue reading...

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In Categories Appliances and Electronics

iPad twice as popular as Kindle online

August 18, 2011

For most of us, Christmas is still a long way off and something that can be happily ignored until December, but for marketers and retailers Christmas planning sessions are already in full swing. Two of the biggest products which are... Continue reading...

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In Categories Appliances and Electronics