According to MailChimp, a fast-growing e-mail distribution service, Gmail users were most likely to open and click on marketing e-mails. In a recent study, which eMarketer neatly compiled below, open rates varied among users of the top e-mail services, from a low of just over 20% for e-mails sent to AOL users to a high [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Windows’
Bing – You're It!
Well, it’s no secret to those who know me that I am not a fan of most of Microsoft’s products (though some cool things are happening with the XBOX 360 if this is its future). But this week Microsoft launched Bing, a new search engine aimed at finally procuring a serious portion of the search-engine [...]
More Global Internet Statistics Coming Your Way
StatCounter recently (march 3rd, 2009) launched a new “GlobalStats” site, making all of their aggregated internet usage stats available for public consumption. This is not the first of its kind, but StatCounter’s contribution is a good one. Statistics on internet usage consistently rate among the highest read posts on HiringTheInternet and are often searched for. [...]
Pop, Pop, PhizzPop
Microsoft has had more misses than hits lately – problem-plagued Vista; the slow release of Surface; those Jerry Seinfeld commercials – but just because the comp-tech corporation is down doesn’t mean it’s out. Last year, Microsoft launched PhizzPop, a site that allows companies that build Web 2.0-enhanced software to exchange ideas, network, browse job postings, [...]
Gemini Division Wants You to Buy Microsoft
It seems NBC just can’t get enough of video streaming, and this past Monday, it launched a web-only TV series called Gemini Division. The sci-fi drama is to be broadcasted via the Internet over a span of 50 five-to-seven minute webisodes. Hollywood starlet Rosario Dawson stars as a cop who investigates the murder of her [...]
