Chart: The best (and worst) wireless carriers in Seattle

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As we head into the holidays, many Americans are weighing new smartphone purchases. That’s especially the case with the blockbuster arrival last week of Apple’s new iPhone 4S on Verizon, AT&T and Sprint. But, as we all know, it is not just about the phone itself. You’ve got to have a solid network operating in… Read More…

Chart: How TV viewing habits are changing

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The erosion of the traditional broadcast TV business has been well documented. But it is not deteriorating as fast as we thought. According to Ericcson’s TV & Video Consumer Trend Report, 84 percent of respondents watched a scheduled TV broadcast in 2011. That compares to 88 percent who did so last year. Meanwhile, 33 percent… Read More…

Chart: Twitter and Facebook chatter mushroomed as stock market tanked

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There’s an old adage in the media business that “if it bleeds, it leads.” That also seems to be holding true for social media chatter, especially as it relates to the bloodletting in the stock market this week. Seattle’s Simply Measured, which just scored $750,000 in financing, just released an analysis of conversations across Twitter,… Read More…

Ex-Googlers attract more capital than ex-Microsofties (but report misses a few too)

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I’ve often wondered which of the tech giants breed the most entrepreneurs. Now, the social recruiting company TopProspect takes a closer look at that question, analyzing the amount of venture capital that has flowed to the startup ventures of former employees of Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Facebook over the past five years. Of course, the amount… Read More…

The Beatles help boost digital music sales, but is it a one-time surge?

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If there were one song from The Beatles that represented the state of the music industry in 2011, it would likely be “Help!” Revenues have been slumping for years as the industry grapples with new digital distribution models. But has the industry started to bounce off the bottom? The Beatles themselves may have just provided… Read More…