AllThingsDigital
Verizon Wireless Bringing Back Double Data Promotion
The deal, which Verizon also ran earlier this year, applied to new 4G customers, so iPhone buyers and those already under contract are out of luck.
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Barrons
Coinstar Soars 19%: Leverage, or Window Dressing?
Shares of Coinstar (CSTR) are up $9.37, or almost 19%, at $59.89 after a full day of developments Monday: The company last night beat analysts’ Q4 revenue and EPS estimates, and forecast the current quarter’s and the year’s profit well ahead of expectations, said it was buying some video rental assets from NCR (NCR), and [...]
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TechCrunch
$199 Motorola Droid 4 To Grace Verizon Shelves On February 10
It's been nearly a month since Verizon officially spilled the beans on the QWERTY-packing, LTE-sporting Motorola Droid 4, and now we finally have a release date to go with it.
According to the nation's largest wireless provider, the oft-delayed Droid 4 is due to hit sales channels on February 10 complete with a $199 price tag.
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Gizmodo
Verizon's Double Data Promo Deal Is Back [Verizon]
Cnet says that starting Friday, if you buy a 4G LTE phone and sign up for a $30 monthly data plan from Verizon, Big Red will double the amount of bandwidth, giving you four gigabytes a month instead of two. More »
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Los Angeles Times
Redbox and Verizon to create streaming movie service |
Mashable
Netflix Launches First Original Series, ‘Lillyhammer’ [VIDEO]
Netflix has launched its first original series, Lillyhammer. The series stars Steven Van Zandt as a New York gangster who finds himself…
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New York Times
Media Decoder Blog: Verizon Teaming With Redbox for DVD and Streaming Service
The two companies will combine to try to give customers more access to video on the Web, and possibly position the new venture as an alternative to Netflix.
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Washington Post
Wizards vs. Raptors: Game 25 discussion thread
The Washington Wizards have lost two straight games by a combined 43 points and have hardly resembled the group that won twice in Coach Randy Wittman’s first five games.
The most recent beating came against the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night. Washington fell behind early and trailed by as many as 36 points in the second half of a 107-81 loss at Verizon Center.
Read full article >&g...
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WSJ
With Verizon, a Coinstar Is Reborn
Monday was a telling day in home entertainment. Two ambitious players bought into the video-streaming business and one left its DVD division on the curb.
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Wired
Gunning for Netflix: Redbox and Verizon to Launch Video Service This Year
This morning, Verizon and Coinstar announced a long-rumored joint venture, combing a new video download and streaming service from Verizon with Coinstar's popular Redbox kiosk rentals of DVDs, Blu-rays and video games. The service will launch in the second half of 2012.
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FT
Verizon and Coinstar to challenge Netflix
The wireless provider and the owner of the Redbox DVD rental service are teaming up to take on their rival by launching a video streaming service
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Reuters
Verizon, Redbox plan Netflix challenge
(Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc and Coinstar's Redbox unit have formed a video joint venture to provide services aimed at competing directly against video rental giant Netflix Inc.
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Washington Post
Verizon joins with Redbox to take on Netflix
Verizon Communications and Redbox on Monday announced a video entertainment joint venture directly aimed at online streaming giant Netflix.
Verizon and Coinstar, the parent company of movie vending machine service Redbox, announced they will jointly provide users with online streaming and video rental services starting in the second half of the year.
Read full article >>
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MarketWatch
MarketWatch First Take: Verizon, Redbox give Netflix a new worry
A new service will offer streaming videos and downloads, notes media columnist Jon Friedman
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USA Today
Verizon, Redbox combine to start streaming video service
The venture will also offer 'immediate access to physical media through rental kiosks.'
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Fortune
Verizon and Redbox team up to battle Netflix
Verizon and DVD kiosk company Redbox said Monday that they're teaming up on a streaming video partnership, a move that puts Netflix squarely in their crosshairs.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Netflixs latest challenger: Verizon to start streaming service
U.S. telecom firm to partner with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Netflixs latest challenger: Verizon to start streaming service
U.S. telecom firm to partner with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks
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AP
Verizon to set up streaming service with Redbox
NEW YORK (AP) -- Challenging Netflix, Verizon says it will start a video streaming service later this year in cooperation with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks....
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Slashdot
Google Pulls Support For CDMA Devices
An anonymous reader writes "Google has just made some interesting changes to their developer pages. As of today, all of the documentation, source code, and firmware images pertaining to CDMA Android devices (including the Verizon Galaxy Nexus) have been removed. A statement from Google explains that the proprietary software required to make these devices fully functional got in the way of Andro...
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Huffington Post
Andy Plesser: Getting Ready for Super (Amoled) Bowl on Sunday (video)
They may be small, but new smart phones with super Amoled screens have displays equaling big-screen TV's for watching Sunday's Super Bowl, says Peter...
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APA-OTS
Azure Dynamics Announces 45 Transit Connect Electric Sales =
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Administration, Verizon, an internet company, a ...
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physorg
Motorola sharpens Droid Razr with Maxx
The Razr is among the elite of Android devices. Motorola sharpens its Razr brand further with the 4G LTE Droid Razr Maxx which was released at Verizon for $300 with a two year agreement.
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USA Today
How to stream the Super Bowl live
You can watch the big game on your Verizon smartphone or your computer live this Sunday.
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WSJ
Verizon Crosses Web Lines
As Verizon Communications pushes for more cable-television and high-speed Internet subscribers, a new competitor is emerging: its own subsidiary, Verizon Wireless.
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TheDomains
Verizon Sues Parked.com & DirectNic For Cybersquatting on Over 600 Domain Names
According to a blog post on paidcontent.org, Verizon has filed suit against Parked.com, the ICANN accredited registrar Directnic and John Doe defendants for cybersquatting on more than 600 domain names.
The 36 page federal suit was filed on January 27th in the Central District of California, including over 8 pages which just lists the domain names at issue.
This is not the first time that Ver...
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circleID
The State of Mail Database Marketing
My mail server has a lot of spamtraps. They come from various sources, but one of the most prolific is bad addresses in personal domains. Several of my users have their own domains, such as my own johnlevine.com, in which they use a handful of addresses. Those addresses tend either to be people's first names, for individual mailboxes, or else the names of companies. If I did business with Veriz...
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WSJ
AT&T Stuck Behind Verizon
AT&T posted a quarterly loss as it took a $4 billion charge for its failed T-Mobile USA takeover bid, and the phone giant continued to lag behind rival Verizon Wireless in the race to add new subscribers.
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CNN
AT&T outduels Verizon in iPhone
AT&T handily beat Verizon in the battle for iPhone customers last quarter, but the company lost $6.7 billion in large part due to its failed merger with T-Mobile.
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siliconindia
Motorola Droid Razr Maxx with Amazing Battery Life
After a couple of weeks of CES 2012, Motorola Droid Razr Maxx, a 4G Android smartphone is now available with long battery life on Verizon wireless from January 26.
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Daily Mail
Phone giant Verizon posts $2billion loss
Verizon Communications, the second-largest U.S. phone company, bore the cost of putting iPhones in the hands of subscribers, reporting a loss of $2.02billion for the fourth quarter of 2011.
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DailyTech
Apple's iPhone Outsells All Android Phones Combined at Verizon
Verizon takes a loss, but grows customer base, solidifying its #1 spot
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Reuters
CORRECTED-Verizon CFO says comfortable with Jan 2011 forecast
Jan 24 (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc chief
financial officer said on Tuesday he expects to close the
purchase of spectrum from cable companies by mid-year.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Verizon posts $2-billion loss on pension hit
Adjustment for value of pension plans drags down quarterly earnings; revenue rises 7.7%
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The Jerusalem Post
PLO's DC landlord may be violating US terror laws
Shurat Hadin also warnes telecoms company Verizon of legal consequences of providing services to PLO.
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FT
Verizon and AT&T: it’s not just the yields
After a good dividends run the big-cap yield trade may be concealing risks. Consider two big high-yielding US telecoms groups as examples
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Handelsblatt
Wall-Street-Ausblick: US-Börsen steht Zahlenflut bevor
Die Wall Street macht den Bilanz-Check. Apple, Verizon, McDonald's, Procter & Gamble – das sind nur vier der 18 Schwergewichte, die kommende Woche ihre Zahlen vorlegen. Zudem gibt es ein Novum bei der US-Notenbank.
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Reuters
Verizon Wireless, partners resist Sprint, DirecTV
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless and its cable partners are willing to give U.S. communication regulators confidential details of their agreement but objected to a request for information from Sprint Nextel , DirecTV , T-Mobile USA and others.
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Krone
NY beendet mit Grabner Heimserie von Washington
Die New York Islanders haben mit ihrem ersten "shutout" der Saison die Siegesserie der Washington Capitals in Heimspielen beendet. Die Islanders gewannen am Dienstag in der NHL mit dem Kärntner Michael Grabner mit 3:0 und fügten den Capitals nach sieben Siegen im Verizon Center wieder eine Niederlage zu.
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The Nation
Verizon Wireless 4G
LAHORE - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd has announced the availability of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7™, on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network, says a press release. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 boasts a brilliant Super Amoled Plus touch screen display to watch movies, view pictures and play games with a 720p (1280x720) resolution. The Galaxy Tab 7.7 features a ...
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USA Today
NFL streaming may be costly for Verizon users
The NFL's plans to stream playoff games Saturday could be costly for Verizon Wireless customers whose data plans are capped
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Fortune
Wall Street's low-ball iPhone estimates bump into reality
Reports from Verizon and AT&T suggest they could be off by as much as 45%
Apple Inc.
UBS' Maynard Um has built a spreadsheet for Apple (AAPL) in which he assumes the company sold 30 million last quarter -- some 800,000 unit higher than the 29.2 million average of 20 Wall Street analysts we polled over the weekend.
But when he totes up the sales numbers coming in from Apple's U.S. carriers, ...
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Le Point
La sortie de l'iPhone 4S a gonflé les ventes d'iPhone chez Verizon
L'opérateur téléphonique américain Verizon a annoncé mercredi qu'il avait...
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New York Times
Verizon Wireless Abandons $2 Fee After Consumer Outcry
Verizon Wireless bowed to consumer anger on Friday, reversing a day-old plan to impose a bill-paying fee that would have applied to only some customers.
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FOX
Verizon Pulls Plug on $2 'Convenience' Charge
New fee plan for Verizon customers who pay bills online was met with backlash, criticism from FCCPowerhouse Websites Consider Internet BlackoutCompany Sues Former Worker Over Twitter
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MarketWatch
Verizon to charge $2 for online payments: reports
This is a Real-time headline. These are breaking news, delivered the minute it happens, delivered ticker-tape style. Visit www.marketwatch.com or the quote page for more information about this breaking news.
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AP
Verizon Wireless to charge $2 for one-time payment
NEW YORK (AP) -- Verizon Wireless, the country's largest cellphone company, is introducing a $2 fee for every payment subscribers make over the phone or online with their credit cards....
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New York Times
Letter: Verizon’s Cable Agreements: A Boon to Competition
Verizon responds to an editorial about competition in the communications industry.
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CNN
AT&T's LTE network is faster but smaller than Verizon's
Verizon has been touted as having the biggest, baddest, fastest 4G around. It's been this way since the carrier debuted its LTE network in late 2010.
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USA Today
Verizon data outages reported
Verizon Wireless has been hit around the country by data outages.
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Barrons
Ring in Steady Returns with Telecoms
Stable chart patterns for Verizon and AT&T bolster their appeal as high-yielding defensive redoubts from turbulent markets.
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Huffington Post
Josh Levy: The Top 10 Ways Mobile Carriers Tried to Screw Us in 2011
AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon do so many bad, annoying and anti-consumer things that it's almost impossible to document it all.
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perez hilton
Foster The People Announce New Tour!!!!!!
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, you better run, better run…TO GET SOME TICKETS!
We are totally PUMPED to report that Foster The People have announced their Spring 2012 Tour, which starts up on May 29th in NYC!!!!!!
Tickets go on sale Friday…but U can already get pre-sale tickets HERE!
We have no doubt that [...]
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Les Echos
NFC : Gemalto choisi par les opérateurs américains
Les solutions de sécurisation du fabricant français ont été retenues pour gérer la future plateforme de services NFC montée par Verizon, AT&T et T-Mobile USA. Un contrat à plusieurs dizaines de millions de dollars.
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CNN Money
Verizon blocks Google Wallet
Verizon has decided to block its customers from installing Google's new, high-profile Wallet application on the carrier's smartphones.
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Art Review
Blog post by Rod Jones Artist
Blog post by Rod Jones ArtistHow Not to Be Influenced in Your CreativityNot but a day or two ago a veteran Verizon DSL Technician visited our studio office. While he was working on boosting our DSL speed he looked at some of the paintings in the office and commented, "What was your inspiration for this painting...and again for that painting?" I replied in what could have been interpreted as a s...
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The Nation
Verizon to buy spectrum from cable firms
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US cellphone giant Verizon Wireless said it will pay $3.6 billion to buy wireless spectrum from three leading cable providers which are bowing out of plans to plunge into the cellphone business.
But at the same time, Verizon and the three -- Comcast, Time Warner Cable and…
Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story
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Scientific American
Is Carrier IQ’s Data-Logging Phone Software Helpful or a Hacker’s Goldmine?
U.S. mobile phone customers do not like spending a lot of money for their wireless gadgets. As a result many agree to restrictive contracts with AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and other wireless carriers in order to get a good deal. Until the recent uproar over the discovery of Carrier IQ’s analytics software running on a variety [...]
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Scientific American
Is Carrier IQ's Data-Logging Phone Software Helpful or a Hacker's Goldmine?
U.S. mobile phone customers do not like spending a lot of money for their wireless gadgets. As a result many agree to restrictive contracts with AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and other wireless carriers in order to get a good deal. Until the recent uproar over the discovery of Carrier IQ’s analytics software running on a variety of mobile devices, including Apple iPhones and Google Android...
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WSJ
Verizon compra licencias de espectro por US$3.600 millones
SpectrumCo LLC informó que acordó vender sus 122 licencias de espectro Advanced Wireless Services a Verizon Wireless, lo que permitirá a la compañía inalámbrica expandir sus servicios móviles.
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Zeit
Telekommunikation: Verizon Wireless gibt Milliarden für Frequenzen aus
New York (dpa) - Der größte US-Mobilfunkanbieter Verizon Wireless nimmt eine Milliardensumme für den Netzausbau in die Hand. Verizon Wireless kauft für 3,6 Milliarden Dollar (2,67 Mrd Euro) Sendefreq...
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kicker
Duell der Megastars: Crosby sticht Ovechkin aus
Sidney Crosby hatte monatelang wegen einer Gehirnerschütterung gefehlt. Seit Ende November steht der Kapitän und Superstar der Pittsburgh Penguins nun wieder auf dem Eis. Und erstmals kamen die NHL-Fans am Donnerstag wieder in den Genuss eines Aufeinandertreffens der beiden wohl besten Akteure der Liga. Crosby traf im Verizon Center der Hauptstadt auf die Washington Capitals um Alex Ovechkin.
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USA Today
Kunitz scores winner as Penguins top Capitals 2-1
Fans were rocking the Verizon Center with many hoping to see a duel between Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby and Washington's Alex Ovechkin.
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Reuters
Penguins defense smothers struggling Capitals
(Reuters) - Washington coach Dale Hunter suffered his second successive loss since taking the reigns at the struggling Capitals as the Pittsburgh Penguins moved to the top of the Eastern Conference standings with a 2-1 win at the Verizon Center on Thursday.
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New York Times
N.H.L. Roundup: Capitals Fire Bruce Boudreau, Replacing Him With Tim Hunter
Dale Hunter, one of four Caps players whose jersey hangs from the rafters of Verizon Center, was named to replace head coach Bruce Boudreau, who was fired early Monday morning.
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BoingBoing
Occupy "Bat Signal for the 99%" light projections: the "making of" video, shot by Mark Read and crew
Above: #Occupy Bat Signal for the 99%, a beautiful short film by Mark Read and friends, shot inside Denise Vega's home in the projects opposite the Verizon building at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge. Video from the #occupy bat signal crew. Inside look at this series of inspirational video projections on the side of [...]
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Barrons
It's Time to Ring Up Vodafone
The U.K. telecom is a cheaper play on Verizon Wireless than is Verizon. And it will offer a fatter dividend.
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Technology Review
Verizon Plans a Fast Lane for Some Apps
Video calling or movie apps could receive extra bandwidth—for a price, of course.
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Daily Mail
Former CSI and ER child actor 'broke into mobile phone store while carrying a knife'
Promising former child actor Kesun Mitchell Loder, who works under the name K'Sun Ray, has been charged with attempted burglary at a Verizon store in Wilmington, North Carolina.
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science blogs
Help Me With My New Toy [Uncertain Principles]
I sent in the page proofs for How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog this week, and by way of celebration, I went out and helped boost the economy by buying some consumer electronics:
Yes, I now have an iPad. Just one with wi-fi, not the 3G version, because we already send Verizon enough money, and if I need instant access to my email absolutely anywhere, I've got an Android phone. But I like s...
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Heise
Verizon: Schnelleres Internet per Mobilfunk gegen Aufpreis |
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Countries |
MIX |
| 1 | United States | 42.131 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 1.550 |
| 3 | India | 1.451 |
| 4 | Mexico | 0.700 |
| 5 | Brazil | 0.360 |
| 6 | Argentina | 0.340 |
| 7 | Germany | 0.310 |
| 8 | Canada | 0.210 |
| 9 | Colombia | 0.210 |
| 10 | China | 0.200 |
| 11 | France | 0.110 |
| 12 | Venezuela | 0.105 |
| 13 | Romania | 0.100 |
| 14 | Thailand | 0.090 |
| 15 | Taiwan | 0.080 |
| 16 | South Africa | 0.060 |
| 17 | Portugal | 0.060 |
| 18 | Philipines | 0.040 |
| 19 | Austria | 0.037 |
| 20 | Chile | 0.020 |
| More Countries >> |
# |
Media |
MIX |
| 1 | CNN | 8.000 |
| 2 | foxnews | 3.000 |
| 3 | USA Today | 2.000 |
| 4 | WALL STREET JOURNAL USA | 2.000 |
| 5 | Money | 1.530 |
| 6 | Softpedia | 1.205 |
| 7 | pcworld | 1.165 |
| 8 | Reuters | 1.000 |
| 9 | NHL- The National Hockey League | 0.938 |
| 10 | Washingtonpost | 0.800 |
| 11 | univision.com | 0.700 |
| 12 | Houston Chronicle | 0.700 |
| 13 | Baltimore Sun | 0.640 |
| 14 | NBCsports | 0.600 |
| 15 | Fox Business Network | 0.600 |
| 16 | The Dallas Morning News | 0.600 |
| 17 | New York Times | 0.570 |
| 18 | Wired | 0.550 |
| 19 | CNBC | 0.540 |
| 20 | Denver Post | 0.500 |
| More Media >> |
# |
Languages |
MIX |
| 1 | English | 45.182 |
| 2 | Spanish | 1.375 |
| 3 | Portuguese | 0.420 |
| 4 | Tamil | 0.350 |
| 5 | German | 0.347 |
| 6 | Finnish | 0.200 |
| 7 | French | 0.110 |
| 8 | Romanian | 0.100 |
| 9 | Chinese | 0.080 |
| 10 | Japanese | 0.000 |
| 11 | Italian | 0.000 |
| 12 | Korean | 0.000 |
| 13 | Dutch | 0.000 |
| 14 | Indonesian | 0.000 |
| 15 | Turkish | 0.000 |
| 16 | Swedish | 0.000 |
| 17 | Polish | 0.000 |
| 18 | Zulu | 0.000 |
| 19 | Russian | 0.000 |
| 20 | Hindi | 0.000 |
| More Languages >> |
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Lists |
| 1 | Forbes Global 200 |
| 2 | Mobile Network Providers |
| 3 | Online Corporations |
| 4 | Dow Jones Index |