Author: dsellers

Online market for digital goods to grow with no end in sight

No doubt the worldwide online market for digital goods will grow amid a state of continuous disruption across all forms of content markets — and Apple looks like the best company to capitalize on this.

According to a new report from GigaOM Pro (http://www.gigaom.com), fueled by an ever-growing user base, migration from physical formats to digital distribution, and a proliferation of new connected devices, the overall market for digital goods will grow to US$36 billion by 2014, up from $16.7 billion in 2009.

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iPad to grab 51% of tablet market this year

Apple’s iPad will grab 51% of the tablet market this year, with machines based on Google Android taking 24%, according to data from IMS Research.

As reported by “eWeek” (http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Apple-iPad-Google-Android-to-Grab-75-of-Tablet-Market-in-2010-819756), the IMS reports shows that Windows 7 will garner 10% market share, with the remaining 15% going to some proprietary and Linux-based platforms for the home.

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Video takes you on a tour of Panorama 6

There’s a new video (http://www.youtube.com/provuedevelopment) that takes you on a quick tour of what’s new in Panorama 6, including Total Recall (crash recovery), new Data Sheet features and more.

It teaches how to make effective use of Panorama’s RAM-based technology for common database tasks. The video assumes that you’re already familiar with Panorama 5.5.

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