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Downloads NetRatings is an iTunes controller that allows editing of the ratings, and other details of the currently playing iTunes track, whether that track is part of the local library, or a shared remote library.
[September 2, 2005, 8:00]
NetRatings drops plan to buy Jupiter Media Metrix
News NetRatings has called off its acquisition of Jupiter Media Metrix, due in part to scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission, prompting Jupiter to "explore strategic options," the companies said Tuesday.
[February 20, 2002, 6:31]
NetRatings grabs Jupiter
News NetRatings, which measures Web traffic, on Thursday said it agreed to buy rival Jupiter Media Metrix in a cash-and-stock deal worth about $71.2m. California-based NetRatings and New York-based Jupiter, which have long been bitter rivals, expect the...
[October 26, 2001, 11:01]
Net users bypass browser
Talkback Bogus reporting - the Nielsen//NetRatings figures indicate that 75 per cent of web surfers ALSO use apps other than browsers (i.e. The key to the Nielsen//NetRatings story (which, admittedly, is a little ambiguous) is the figure of 3 hours average...
[January 9, 2004, 10:26]
Are portal sites losing their magic?
News Nielsen//NetRatings Inc.which measures Internet audiences and traffic, says that the growth of portals such as Yahoo! Now more users are flocking to the Internet again -- but they're going directly to a variety of specialty sites, with such topics...
[July 5, 1999, 8:44]
Online tills ring with Christmas cheer
News The report, from Goldman Sachs, Harris Interactive and Nielsen/NetRatings, said US holiday shoppers spent $23.2bn online, not including travel. Online shopping contributed significantly to overall 2004 holiday sales by attracting consumers through...
[January 4, 2005, 8:05]
Net ads making a comeback?
News The number of unique online ads has risen in early 2002, a sign that the comatose online advertising market may be stirring, according to a Nielsen/NetRatings report released on Monday. From January to April, the number of unique online display ads...
[May 14, 2002, 8:53]
UK trails Europe in broadband uptake
News The number of households with broadband Internet connections in the UK is lower than any other country in Europe, according to the latest research from Nielsen//NetRatings. Tom Ewing, Internet analyst at Nielsen//NetRatings, said in a statement...
[September 9, 2002, 11:38]
Forecasts clash on year-end e-tail sales
News A report from Goldman Sachs analyst Anthony Noto, done in conjunction with Harris Interactive and Nielsen/NetRatings, was by far the most moderate, but even it called for growth of 20 percent to 25 percent from last year.
[November 8, 2001, 15:18]
Europe's online gender divide slow to close
News The research, conducted by Nielsen NetRatings in May 2003, found that 42 percent of European surfers are female. Nielsen//NetRatings European market analyst Tom Ewing is concerned that this gender divide reinforces the perception that the Web is a...
[June 24, 2003, 15:24]
Online shopping sets record
News Holiday online spending, excluding travel, reached a record $15.8bn (£8.92bn) from 1 November through 19 December, according to the most recent "eSpending" survey by Goldman Sachs, Harris Interactive and Nielsen/NetRatings, released on Monday.
[December 30, 2003, 9:00]
File-swappers fear prosecution
News Nielsen/Netratings, a company that monitors Web traffic and desktop application use, said that use of top file-trading applications such as Kazaa and Morpheus has fallen by about 15 percent since the end of June.
[July 15, 2003, 9:05]
US and Germany prop up Internet use league
News A study released Friday by Nielsen/NetRatings looked at how much time, on average, people spend online at home. Nielsen/NetRatings surveyed 12 countries in the Americas, Asia and Europe in February 2005.
[March 21, 2005, 8:45]
Net users bypass browser
News Media players and instant-messaging applications are now by far the most popular Internet applications, dwarfing the Web browser, according to December figures from Nielsen//NetRatings released on Tuesday.
[January 2, 2004, 10:05]
Pop-ups are here to stay
News During the first seven months of this year, pop-up and pop-under ads amounted to just 2 percent of all online advertising impressions, according to a study released Wednesday by Nielsen/NetRatings. Online advertisers served 11.3 billion pop-up and...
[September 5, 2002, 11:16]
Anthrax panic bumps up Web traffic
News Traffic to the Web site for the Center for Disease Control surged by more than 118 percent during the week of 7 October, according to Nielsen/NetRatings, a Web audience measurement company. The Web is dynamic and reflective of people's emotions...
[October 22, 2001, 10:00]
Americans went overseas for war news
News In a separate survey, Nielsen/NetRatings found that foreign news sites, such as those of Al-Jazeera and of the BBC World Service posted greater gains in March than did popular US news sites. The Web (allowed) Americans to complement their...
[April 25, 2003, 11:33]
Statistics firms rethink QuickTime stats
News According to Mak, Nielsen/NetRatings' methodology switch stemmed in part from Apple's lobbying efforts to raise QuickTime's profile in the Web community. Apple has long argued that both Neilsen/NetRatings' and Media Metrix's numbers are flawed.
[June 19, 2002, 15:40]
The Day Ahead: Will Amazon hit its sales targets?
News The Nielsen//NetRatings Holiday E-Commerce Index shows that the shopping season got off to a slow start, but has picked up lately. The Nielsen//NetRatings research drives the point home. Judging from the Nielsen//NetRatings stats, Amazon will need...
[December 18, 2000, 13:37]
Barnes & Noble pulps e-books
News Sales have been pretty minimal," said Robert Leathern, director and senior analyst with Nielsen/NetRatings. Nielsen/NetRatings' Leathern said the promise of portability through devices such as TabletPC could help improve the outlook for e-book...
[September 10, 2003, 8:45]
