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Mon, 21 May 2012 09:16:55 EST en-us Supporting variants of IE can easily increase design work by 30% to 100%, but complex features can easily double (or even triple) development time. http://factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=634 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:09:44 EST Posted by: Source: Bootstrapped Startup Saves Over $100K By Dropping IE | TechCrunch http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/01/bootstrapped-startup-saves-over-100k-by-dropping-ie/ Category: factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=634 When prices use the dollar sign, customers spend less. http://factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=627 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:46:35 EST Posted by: Source: The Psychology Behind The Sweet Spots Of Pricing | Fast Company http://www.fastcompany.com/1826172/martin-lindstrom-buyology-marketing-psychology-pricing-sweet-spot Category: factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=627 56% of U.S. households own either a PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 or Nintendo Wii. http://factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=613 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:26:28 EST Posted by: Source: Nielsen: Cross-platform gaming on the rise http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2012/03/nielsen-cross-platform-gaming-on-the-rise/1 Category: Page description: More people played video games on more than one device in 2011, according to a new Nielsen survey. factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=613 Sixty-two percent of people who file for personal bankruptcy do so because of medical bills. http://factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=610 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:35:18 EST Posted by: Source: Lead Plaintiff In Health Care Reform Case Filed Bankruptcy With Medical Debt | ThinkProgress http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/03/09/441386/lead-plaintiff-in-health-care-reform-case-filed-bankruptcy-with-medical-debt/?mobile=nc Category: Page description: The lead plaintiff in the legal case against the Affordable Care Act filed for bankruptcy after accruing almost 5,000 dollars in medical debt. factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=610 Facebook estimates that 5-6% accounts may be false or duplicate (as of December 31, 2011). http://factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=605 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:29:30 EST Posted by: Source: Major Changes In Facebook’s Amended S-1: Mobile Ads, Zynga, Yahoo Patents, Credit | TechCrunch http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/07/facebook-amended-s-1/ Category: factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=605 64 percent of mobile workers now carry a tablet and that will rise to nearly 80 percent within the next six months. http://factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=604 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:18:51 EST Posted by: Source: The new iPad has CIOs quaking in their cubicles — Cloud Computing News http://gigaom.com/cloud/the-new-ipad-has-cios-quaking-in-their-cubicles/ Category: Page description: It has become increasingly clear to corporations that their networks can't handle the many devices that employees are bringing into their offices. And this iPad has more elements that could make it a hit in the enterprise, such as a higher-resolution screen for video. factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=604 Apple's iPad accounts for 70% of the tablet market and has sold 55 million units in two years. http://factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=603 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:58:25 EST Posted by: Source: Apple's new iPad takes aim at the PC - latimes.com http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-apple-ipad-20120308,0,7181207.story Category: Page description: Apple shows a number of new applications for the latest iPad — including sophisticated photo and video editing, and games featuring powerful graphics — that had been a mainstay of bulkier PCs. factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=603 Kickstarter might crowdsource fund $150 million in 2012, $4 million more than the National Endowment for the Arts' 2012 operating budget. http://factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=599 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:44:49 EST Posted by: Source: Kickstarter To Outfund National Endowment for the Arts http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/kickstarter_to_outfund_the_national_endowment_for.php Category: Page description: If youre thinking about applying for an NEA grant, you might want to consider just doing it yourself on the Webs favorite crowdsourcing tool, Kickstarter. Co-Founder Yancey Strickler said today in an interview with Talking Points Memo that Kickstarter might actually crowdsource fund $150 million in 2012, which is $4 million more than the National Endowment for the Arts 2012 operating budget of $146 million. Depending on where you stand, this could either be a great success for democratic crowd-sourced arts funding. Or is this just a scary realization of just how ridiculously underfunded the NEA is?... factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=599 Sprint Sold 1.8 Million iPhones Last Quarter, 40 Percent To New Customers http://factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=582 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:51:48 EST Posted by: Source: Sprint Sold 1.8 Million iPhones Last Quarter, 40 Percent To New Customers | TechCrunch http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/08/sprint-sold-1-8-million-iphones-last-quarter-40-percent-to-new-customers/ Category: factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=582 In December 2011, the cost to acquire a loyal user from the Apple app store hit a record high: $1.81 per user, up 26.5% from November's $1.43. http://factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=563 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:22:42 EST Posted by: Source: iOS App Downloads & Marketing Costs Hit Record High In December | TechCrunch http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/31/ios-app-downloads-marketing-costs-hit-record-high-in-december/ Category: factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=563 Tablet visitors spent 54 percent more than smartphone visitors and 21 percent more per purchase than desktop/laptop visitors. http://factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=554 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:16:34 EST Posted by: Source: Adobe Digital Marketing Insights Report Infographic - Study Found Tablet Visitors Are The Most Valuable Online Customer Of 2011 (Graphic: Business Wire) - TheStreet http://www.thestreet.com/story/11379396/1/adobe-digital-marketing-insights-report-infographic--study-found-tablet-visitors-are-the-most-valuable-online-customer-of-2011-graphic-business-wire.html Category: Page description: Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) today announced findings from its inaugural Adobe® Digital Marketing Insights report, designed to provide marketing, e-commerce, and retail executives with. factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=554 The Economist Group said digital-only subscriptions for The Economist on tablets, e-readers and the Web surpassed 100,000 as of the end of October—more than double the number of digital-only subscriptions the magazine had a year earlier. http://factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=548 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:38:25 EST Posted by: MichaelGrover Source: 'Economist's' Rossi: Tablets bring good news | Digital Publishing | eReaders | Media Business http://www.btobonline.com/article/20111220/MEDIABUSINESS120402/312209994/economists-rossi-tablets-bring-good-news Category: Media factopious.com/fact.cfm?f_id=548