Record-breaking Christmas week: 50M iOS and Android devices activated, 1.76B apps downloaded

January 2, 2013 8:54 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

After a record-breaking 17.4 million iOS and Android devices were activated on Christmas Day, the following week saw record-breaking activity as well: over 50 million iOS and Android-powered smartphones and tablets, and a staggering 1.76 billion mobile app downloads.

How a Chinese e-commerce company racked up $3 billion in sales in just one day

November 21, 2012 7:00 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Editor's Pick When you're looking to scale quickly, it helps to be a high-growth company in a high-growth industry in a high-growth country.

Chinese online mall Taobao reports $3B — yes billion — in sales in one day (infographic … in Chinese)

November 13, 2012 3:02 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Taobao may not be well-known on our side of the Pacific Ocean, but it is the 13th-most-trafficked site in the world according to Alexa, and it is owned by one of the largest e-commerce companies in the world, Alibaba.

Hurricane Sandy blasts Weather.com to record traffic yesterday: 200M more pageviews than previous

October 30, 2012 1:01 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Hurricane Sandy is hammering Weather.com's servers almost as hard as the shores of New Jersey.

Who’s watching the watchers? If the ACLU has its way … you!

July 5, 2012 12:35 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

In an age of surveillance, when over 200,000 cameras watch London ceaselessly and unmanned government spy planes patrol U.S. skies, the New Jersey ACLU is providing tools for citizens to engage in “reverse surveillance.”

The tool is a smartphone app, …