Samsung and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) continue to clean up in the U.S. smartphone market while it now seems clear that the launch of the Verizon iPhone—a positive development for Apple and Verizon, of course—has not slowed the Android tide, as smartphones running Android now account for over 40 percent of…

Interesting stats out today from comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) that underscore just how clear the threat is to Nokia (NYSE: NOK) from Android: the researchers note in the last year in Europe, the number of Android phones in use grew by nearly the same amount that Symbian phones declined. As with…

Everyone likes to talk about the boom in smartphone use, but the reality is that even in the most advanced markets, there is still a long way to grow: figures out from comScore today indicate that in the U.S., only around 35 percent of all consumers over the age of…

comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) is one of the biggest analytics companies out there, and its statistics about internet usage are quoted constantly in the press. A new lawsuit alleges that the company’s primary strategy for getting that data—composing a “panel” of more than 2 million users who install comScore software on…

Audience analytics firm comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) is acquiring ad campaign effectiveness firm AdXpose for $22 million in a mostly stock-based transaction. The deal comes about three months after Mpire changed its name to AdXpose and raised a $3 million funding round.

Looks like we might be at a tipping point in the market for mobile apps and how they are becoming the go-to place for digital content. A new bit of number-crunching from the app analytics company Flurry claims that for the first time, this month in the U.S. mobile app…

Six months of U.S. smartphone market share data neatly underscores why Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) is scrambling to get new products out the door: it has tumbled all the way to the third-most prevalent mobile operating system in the U.S. despite commanding a sizable lead in late 2010.

In a move by the Nielsen Company that could spark a more drawn-out legal battle, the ratings company has accused rival comScore (NSDQ: SCOR), Inc. of infringing five patents it owns that relate to measuring and displaying online content. In a lawsuit filed in a Virginia federal court, Nielsen names…

Smartphone usage has grown by an astounding 60 percent in the last year in the U.S., but the latest figures from comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) show that it’s a market that currently appears to be consolidating in the middle, with Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android the only two OS platforms to…

Using clicks to measure for digital ad value may be easy but it’s not the best gauge—and it could be hurting. Some reasons, according to comScore’s Linda Abraham: few people click on ads, the number who do is shrinking and 3 percent of users represent 62 percent of clicks.

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) acknowledges that its pageviews are dropping—but not as much as comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) has said they are. In a press release, the company says that comScore mistakenly underreported its U.S. pageviews by more than one billion and its duration metrics by more than 850 million minutes, meaning…

Audience measurement firm comScore has bought the product division of Nexius, a company that provides consumer insights to telcos. The big question that Washington, DC-based Nexius’ solutions answer is what sort of services subscribers want, so companies have a sense of where they should focus their capital expenditures. The deal…

Audience measurement firm comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) has acquired ad researcher ARSgroup. This is the latest in a growing list of analytics company M&As, as providers look to become a one-stop shop for cross-media data. The amount wasn’t initially disclosed, though comScore said the deal was all in cash. As a…

Long-time AOL (NYSE: AOL) executive Eric Bosco is joining comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) as the measurement company’s chief product officer. Bosco had been at AOL since 1996 and had held a number of high-profile roles, including chief product and U.S. operations officer for Platform-A for almost two years and nine years…

In an effort to give publishers and advertisers a better read on how their campaigns are performing, *comScore* and *Omniture* are partnering to offer a new service that combines panel- and traffic-based data. In a research note, William Blair told clients that the deal is definitely beneficial for comScore (NSDQ:…

—comScore: Kenneth Tarpey has joined the company as CFO; he’s succeeding John Green, who will move into the role of EVP and head of human capital. Tarpey most recently served as CFO of video surveillance software firm ObjectVideo. Tarpey’s past experience also includes CFO roles at tech and software firms…

Companies are more dependent than ever on metrics to make business decisions, but that hasn’t helped comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) on the profit front. Audience measurement firm comScore non-GAAP net income shrink 15 percent in Q4 to $5.5 million. All in all, it was a pretty good year for comScore, as…

Well-known Internet measurement firm comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) said today that it has acquired M:Metrics, a leader in the mobile measurement business, for $44.3 million in cash and about 50,000 options to purchase shares of comScore common stock. The sale of M:Metrics is a testament that mobile is no longer a…

Despite an initial dip, the market decided pretty quickly that the whole Google (NSDQ: GOOG) earnings confusion wouldn’t have much bearing on comScore’s (NSDQ: SCOR) outlook… today the internet measurement firm raised its outlook for the year, after posting 41 percent revenue growth to $26.3 million from $18.7 million. Net…