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Square’s Spectacular Growth
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-squares-spectacular-growth-2012-3
Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey’s other company, payment startup Square is doing quite well.
This chart from Dan Frommer at SplatF shows what he calls its “sexy growth.” The company is now processing about $11 million worth of transactions daily basis, up from just $1 million a day last year.
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Facebook Revenues Are Decelerating
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-facebook-revenues-are-decelerating-2012-2
Facebook revenues are decelerating. That is the reason why we don’t think the company is actually worth $100 billion. It’s more like $75 billion, and that’s if you’re optimistic.
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You can tweak the rules to keep it interesting, but that copy of Monopoly sitting in your closet is always going to be Monopoly. The GameChanger, however, incorporates swappable skins and an iPad running accompanying apps so every game night it can be something completely different.
Instead of just using the iPad as a source for quiz questions or flashy animations, the GameChanger board actually serves as an iPad dock, allowing it to interact with the four included game pieces as they make their way around the board. Out of the box it includes two skins, The Magic School Bus and AnimalMania, with free downloadable apps that provide instructions, trivia, a virtual wheel and even automatic score keeping. But replay value isn’t its only advantage. The use of the iPad also eliminates the need for stacks of cards, dice, hotels, tiles and other accessories that can get bumped or even go missing, rendering a traditional board game unplayable. GameChanger’s available now for $80, while additional skins are promised to be released sometime in November. [GameChanger via Engadget]
![medium gamechanger 1 GameChanger Turns Your iPad into a Closets Worth of Board Games [Video]](http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2011/11/medium_gamechanger_1.jpg "GameChanger Turns Your iPad into a Closet's Worth of Board Games")
![medium gamechanger 2 GameChanger Turns Your iPad into a Closets Worth of Board Games [Video]](http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2011/11/medium_gamechanger_2.jpg "GameChanger Turns Your iPad into a Closet's Worth of Board Games")
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GameChanger Turns Your iPad into a Closet’s Worth of Board Games [Video]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5855547/gamechanger-turns-your-ipad-into-a-closets-worth-of-board-games/gallery/1
You can tweak the rules to keep it interesting, but that copy of Monopoly sitting in your closet is always going to be Monopoly. The GameChanger, however, incorporates swappable skins and an iPad running accompanying apps so every game night it can be something completely different.
Instead of just using the iPad as a source for quiz questions or flashy animations, the GameChanger board actually serves as an iPad dock, allowing it to interact with the four included game pieces as they make their way around the board. Out of the box it includes two skins, The Magic School Bus and AnimalMania, with free downloadable apps that provide instructions, trivia, a virtual wheel and even automatic score keeping. But replay value isn’t its only advantage. The use of the iPad also eliminates the need for stacks of cards, dice, hotels, tiles and other accessories that can get bumped or even go missing, rendering a traditional board game unplayable. GameChanger’s available now for $80, while additional skins are promised to be released sometime in November. [GameChanger via Engadget]
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US consumers purchase $55 million worth of 3D TVs and Blu-ray players, despite the glasses
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/25/us-consumers-purchase-55-million-worth-of-3d-tvs-and-blu-ray-pl/
It’s early days yet, but NPD claims that revenue from US sales of 3D TVs and standalone 3D-capable Blu-ray players has exceeded $55 million in the first three months of availability. Mind you, this steady growth comes despite the absence of some major players. While that number might sound big, it’s tiny in comparison to the total number of TVs sold each month in the US and, according to our friend Ross Rubin, executive director of industry analysis at NPD, sales are expected to remain small throughout 2010. Regarding those much maligned 3D glasses, only 10% of those surveyed by NPD cited “looking silly” as a main concern. Instead, the biggest concern was not having enough glasses on hand for everyone looking at the set. A concern driven by cost, undoubtedly, and a dearth of survey participants from New York’s trendy Lower East Side.
Disclaimer: NPD’s Ross Rubin is a contributor to Engadget.
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Source: http://gizmodo.com/5534285/how-much-tech-companies-are-spending-on-advertising
Yahoo’s reportedly ponying up $85 million for an upcoming ad campaign—nearly twice as much as they spent on advertising in all of 2009. But as this chart shows, Yahoo’s wager looks puny next to Microsoft’s massive ad spending.
According to Kantar Media, who provided Silicon Alley Insider with numbers for total ad spending (print, online, radio, tv, and outdoor), Microsoft spent some $518 million on advertising last year, over twice as much as Apple did, with $249 million. And I’m not entirely sure they got their money’s worth—I’m having a hard time thinking of much recent Microsoft propaganda besides those “make a PC for under $1000″ commercials, which basically seemed like Best Buy spots anyway. Update: also, this.
Of these six companies, eBay spent the biggest chunk of their revenue on self-promotion, presumably trying to keep their name prominent even as they lose members to services like Craigslist. And equally interesting to how much money Microsoft and eBay spent is how little Google did. I guess life is good when you’re a verb. [SAI]
These Court Docs Show Only 90 Preorders (With 15 returned) [Tablets]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5505724/joojoo-tablet-these-court-docs-show-only-90-preorders-with-15-returned
![500x subpoena textwtmk These Court Docs Show Only 90 Preorders (With 15 returned) [Tablets]](http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/subpoena_textwtmk.jpg "These Court Docs Show Only 90 Preorders (With 15 returned) [Tablets]")
These Paypal documents from the JooJoo/Techcrunch lawsuit show that only 90 preorders for the $500 device, roughly $44k worth, were made. This is what happens when you launch a tablet the same month as Apple, at the same price.
And 15 of those turned into cancellations (which were hard to do, we hear.) That doesn’t seem like it’s enough money to cover legal fees or kick production into high gear. I’m going to reiterate our stance: It seems like a great device, but you should wait for things to shake out before putting down more money. And remember, this costs as much as an iPad.
![500x subpoena 1wtmk These Court Docs Show Only 90 Preorders (With 15 returned) [Tablets]](http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/subpoena_1wtmk.jpg "These Court Docs Show Only 90 Preorders (With 15 returned) [Tablets]")
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