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US funding Raising activity for 2016 US Presidential elections :Who has raised how much
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HOW THE BIG 3 IS STACKED AGAINTS EACH OTHER WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING RAISING Donations To 2016 Presidential Candidates, By Size
Percent of candidates’ committee and superPAC donations from different donor groups. Charts are ordered by amount of money raised (largest to smallest — that is, Jeb Bush to Lincoln Chafee).
Fund Rausing Campaigns in US : Who Has Raised how much and how
The 2016 US presidential elections candidates have already raised more than $350 million combined. In comparison, the two political parties in the U.K. raised less than $13 million over their entire 2015 election.
The staggering U.S. campaign fundraising totals come from three primary sources: campaign committees, super PACs, and other committees (including nonprofits like 527 groups).

Fund Rausing Campaigns in US : Who Has Raised how much and how
August 28, 2015
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July 28, 2015
Hulu’s 10 streaming video statistics which you would never have known
Hulu is stealing the thunder from its nearest rivals Netflix &Amazon prime.click below to know more
Here are the top 10 most interesting Hulu facts that have changed the streaming video industry .All the below data are as of June,2015
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Hulu’s users average age is 39 years, and the company has 488 content partners |
Here are the top 10 most interesting Hulu facts that have changed the streaming video industry .All the below data are as of June,2015
- Number of paying Hulu subscribers 4 million ,
- Number of Hulu video views in the past year 457 million
- Average number of videos a Hulu watcher views 12
- Smartphone owners who downloaded TV and video on demand : 15%
- Hulu makes up 8.2% of black viewers online video time
- Number of ad impressions per month: $1.44 billion
- Number of video ads per user Hulu delivers in a month: 43
- Amount Hulu earned or half an hour of broadcast TV;$0.216
- Hulu users who only watch television shows 73 %
- Percent of people who use Hulu to watch movies 9 %
- Total number of people who watched Hulu at least once in the past year 38 million
- Growth percentage of Hulu from 2010 to 2011 : 60 %
- Hulu’s ad service is 2 times more effective as TV ads
- Total revenue made in 2011 by Hulu $420 million 32
- US households who subscribe to Hulu : 9% vs 19% for Netflix
- Hulu’s ad-selector model increases a 33% lift in call to action compared to pre roll ads
July 17, 2015
Number of annual google searches vs searches vs per day
he chart shows the number of webpages that has been indexed by google from 2008 to 2014. Google has 90,000 servers to cache and index all these monumental data . This is almost double the pages as compared to yahoo+ Bing. G ( data: statisticsbrain)
July 15, 2015
motherboards comparison by CPU socket
July 14, 2015
top 10 Big Data Start ups with highest VC funding
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infographic showing the 10 Big data start ups with active funding |
These are the top 10 Big data startup with active VC Funding
- Company :Cloudera Funding Received :$1040 million Core Service :Hadoop services & training
- Palantir ; Funding Received :$650 million Core area : Analytics application
- Domo Funding Received :$250 million Core Area :Business intelligence
- Mongo : Funding :DB $231 million Core Area :Document-oriented DB
- MuSigma : Funding :$208 million Core Area :Data Science-as a Service
- Hortonworks: Funding : $198 million Core area:Hadoop services & training
- Opera Solutions :Funding :$114 million Core Area :Data Science-as -a Service
- Talend : Funding :$102 million Core Area :Application & process integration platform
- Guavus : Funding :$89 million Core Area :Big Data analytics platform
- DataMinr: Funding : 130million Core area :Data mining start up
list of early stage investment this year by sequoia capital
Below are the list of selected list of early stage investment funded by sequoia invested thishs
Jul 8, 2015 —ZoomCar $11M Venture
Jul 8, 2015 SafeBreach $4M Venture
Jul 6, 2015 Hector Beverages $28.7M Series C
Jul 2, 2015 BankBazaar.com $60M Series CJun 24, 2015 The Porter $5.5M Series A
Jun 23, 2015 Goodservice $1.6M Seed
Jun 21, 2015 Roadrunnr $10M Series A
Jun 18, 2015 Namely $45M Series C Pat Grady
Jun 17, 2015 Cohesity $55M Series B Bill Coughran,
Jun 15, 2015 homelane $50M Series B —
Jun 23, 2015 Goodservice $1.6M Seed
Jun 21, 2015 Roadrunnr $10M Series A
Jun 18, 2015 Namely $45M Series C Pat Grady
Jun 17, 2015 Cohesity $55M Series B Bill Coughran,
Jun 15, 2015 homelane $50M Series B —
Jun 12, 2015 La Renon $16M Series A —
Jun 10, 2015 Lattice Engines $28M Series D Douglas Leone
Jun 9, 2015 Voonik $5M Series A —
Jun 4, 2015 Cockroach Labs $6.3M Series A
Jun 4, 2015 PicsArt $15M Series B —
Jun 4, 2015 Songkick $16M Series C
2, 2015 Mishi $15M Series B —
Jun 2, 2015 Nubank $30M Series B —
Jun 2, 2015 HireVue $45M Series E —
Jun 1, 2015 Sumo Logic $80M Series
May 18, 2015 Akosha $16M Series B —
May 14, 2015 Percolate $40M Series C —
May 13, 2015 Pocket Gems $60M Series
May 13, 2015 PlanGrid $18M Series
May 13, 2015 Yunmanman undisclosed amount Series B
May 12, 2015 Blue Danube Systems $16M Series B
May 11, 2015 MarkLogic $102M Series F
May 8, 2015 Tuniu $500M Post Ipo Equity —
May 6, 2015 Inkling Systems $15M Series D Bryan Schreier A
Apr 20, 2015 1mg $6M Venture —
Apr 15, 2015 Ninebot $80M Venture — ‘
Apr 14, 2015 PepperTap $10M Series A —
Apr 14, 2015 Grofers $35M Series B —
Apr 14, 2015 Adallom $30M Series C
Apr 14, 2015 Docker $95M Series D
Apr 13, 2015 Tiantian Yongche undisclosed amount Series C —
Apr 10, 2015 Zomato $50M Series F —
Apr 10, 2015 SecurityScorecard Inc. $13.7M Series
Apr 9, 2015 Urban Ladder $50M Series C —
Apr 9, 2015 VULCUN $12M Series A —
Apr 8, 2015 Qingchifan $20M Series B — A
Apr 8, 2015 MobiKwik $25M Series B —
Apr 7, 2015 PressPlay $2.2M Seed —
Apr 3, 2015 PPDai undisclosed amount Series C —
Apr 2, 2015 VarageSale $34M Series B —
Mar 31, 2015 Beequick $20M Series B —
Mar 27, 2015 Innovid $10M Venture Gil Raanan
Mar 26, 2015 DoorDash $40M Series B
Mar 26, 2015 Teewe $1.8M Seed —
Mar 25, 2015 OYO Rooms $25M Series A
Mar 17, 2015 Birst $65M Series F
Mar 16, 2015 Orbital Insight, Inc. $8.7M Series
Mar 12, 2015 To8to $200M Series C —
Mar 11, 2015 Moonfrog Labs $15M Series A —
Mar 10, 2015 Groupon India $20M Venture —
Mar 10, 2015 PepperTap $1.2M Seed —
Mar 5, 2015 EndoChoice $57M Series D —
Mar 2, 2015 Cheyipai $110M Series D —
Feb 26, 2015 Grofers $10M Series A —
Feb 26, 2015 TinyOwl Technology $16M Series B —
Feb 10, 2015 Capital Float $13M Series A
Feb 9, 2015 Faaso’s $16M Series B —
Feb 6, 2015 NewsHunt $40M Series C —
Feb 5, 2015 FreeCharge $80M Series C —
Feb 3, 2015 Guardant Health $50M Series C , Partners Warren Hogarth
Jan 29, 2015 99.co $1.6M Seed Yinglan Tan
aJan 28, 2015 Cardekho $50M Series B —
Jan 28, 2015 GirnarSoft $50M Series B —
Jan 28, 2015 Grabhouse $2.5M
Series A — Jan 27, 2015 Ele.me $350M Series E
Jan 20, 2015 Ravello Systems $28M Series
Jan 20, 2015 Taykey $15M Series D
Jan 15, 2015 Mapillary $1.5M Seed —
Jan 14, 2015 Rounds $12M Series B —
Jan 14, 2015 Moovit $50M Series C Gil Raanan
Jan 13, 2015 App Annie $55M Series D Tim Lee
Jan 9, 2015 MongoDB $80M Series G Luis Robles
Jan 8, 2015 WeLab $20M Series A —
Jan 7, 2015:LinO: 30million series B
source : Information as gathered from crunchbase
July 13, 2015
July 12, 2015
top 10 most expensive companies google acquired
Which Companies acquired by google were most expensive ? This chart takes a look at the top 10 most costly acquisitions by Google
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Google’s top 10 Most Expensive Buyouts |
The above chart from statistic shows the selected top 10 most expensive companies which google has acquired. Leading the list Motorola mobility which is acquired for $125 billion USD . Post Motorola Google acquired smart thermostat creator Nest Labs in January 2014 at 3.2 billion U.S. dollars. Number 3 was double click purchased at 3.1million USD in 2008. Youtube is number 4 with 1.6billion USD.
5 most visited online presentation sharing websites ranked by country share
These are the top 5 online presentation sharing websites ranked by the alexa traffic along with their country market share according to Alexa
Slideshare which is now a part of Linkedin is clearly the most popular presentation and document platform which ranks no 1 with alexa rank of 144. Slideshare is very popular in India with 22% market share followed by US and Brazil with 9 and 5% use slideshare as a presentation document platform
Scribd is ranked no 3 with alexa rank of 432 and is ranked 3rd after doctoc with a alexa rank within 500.The site has its most users from India and US with 15% an 13 respectively.Scribd is quite popular with Indonesian users with 11% market share
Issuu.com ranks no 4 with alexa rank of 534. Issuu’s 20% traffic comes from users in India . US users too use this site often with 15% share .Brazil and Spain ranks 3rd and 4th with 5% and 4% respectively
Prezi is ranked no 5 with an alexa rank of 1126 and the site is quite popular in United States with a share of 22% using the presentation platform of Prezi. Mexico and India ranks no 2 and 3 respectively with 8% and 5% respectively
Calameo is ranked no 6 with an alexa of 3880. The site is quite frequently used in France where 26% users are based. Indians use this website actively as well wit 16% market share . Algeria and Venezuela ranks no 3 and 4 with 6% and 5% share respectively
July 11, 2015
5G Mobile services to be rolled by by ZTE as early as 2017
5 G launch in Japan is all set to roll out.ZTE has said that it has struck a deal with SoftBank to deploy its ‘pre-5G’ technology in Japan, with a commercial trial to begin early next year.
ZTE has touted its ‘pre-5G’ technology as providing faster speeds on 4G network.
According to ZTE ,5G is the next generation of networks that the wireless industry is hoping to have up and running by 2020.Globally, the company plans to invest 200 million euros ($220 million) in 5G and mobile communication technologies between 2015 to 2018.
Meanwhile South Korea, the world’s most mobile savvy nation which boasts as being the nation with fastest mobile download speeds are quite enthusiastic about rolling out the 5G mobile technology as early as 2017
Although its early to predict how fast will the 5G mobile services run,during a test run of 5G when Samsung announced in 2013 it was testing 5G at 1Gbps, journalists excitedly reported that a high-definition movie could be downloaded in less than half a minute. A speed of 800Gbps would equate to downloading 33 HD films – in a single second.
According to ZTE ,5G is the next generation of networks that the wireless industry is hoping to have up and running by 2020.Globally, the company plans to invest 200 million euros ($220 million) in 5G and mobile communication technologies between 2015 to 2018.
Meanwhile South Korea, the world’s most mobile savvy nation which boasts as being the nation with fastest mobile download speeds are quite enthusiastic about rolling out the 5G mobile technology as early as 2017
Although its early to predict how fast will the 5G mobile services run,during a test run of 5G when Samsung announced in 2013 it was testing 5G at 1Gbps, journalists excitedly reported that a high-definition movie could be downloaded in less than half a minute. A speed of 800Gbps would equate to downloading 33 HD films – in a single second.
Huawei,Qualcomm and ZTE takes top 3 spot in International patent filings
Chinese giants Huawei, Qualcomm and ZTE claims the top 3 spot in international Patent Filings
In an indication of ” how chinese manufacturing” is trying to get a foothold in the US market,Chinese companies claimed the top 3 spot in international patent filings in US. Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd became the world’s No. 1 applicant for international patents in 2014. Another chinese giant , the San Diego-based chipmaker Qualcomm Inc was no 2. Meanwhile Huawei’s rival ZTE Corp, which was the world’s leading applicant in 2012, t was ranked no 3 according to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Top 10 biggest amazon’s acquisitions in its history
Some other Amazon buyout includes
Kiva Systems, $775 million, warehouse robot systems in 2012.
Exchange.com, $645 million, online book marketplace in 1999
Quidsi, $545 million, online retailer in 2010.
Kiva Systems, $775 million, warehouse robot systems in 2012.
Exchange.com, $645 million, online book marketplace in 1999
Quidsi, $545 million, online retailer in 2010.
5 charts that explain why the digital divide is shrinking
Chart of the day: Key statistics that show how the digital divide across the world has been shrinking
The last 15 years has been remarkable in terms of technological advance. Internet access and mobility has penetrated vast land masses which did not exist 15 years ago.While Fixed broadband in areas around middle east and north Africa has failed to grow above 1%, however these nations have made better progress when it comes to mobile broadband . As of 2015 African mobile broadband penetration levels is lower that 20%
- By end 2014, fixed-broadband penetration will have reached almost 10 per cent globally
- By 2015, 34% of developing nations have Internet access compared to 80% across developed nations
- Forty-four per cent of all fixed-broadband subscriptions are in Asia and the Pacific, and 25 per cent are in Europe.
- Across the LCD ( Least developed countries ) a mere 7% have internet access compared to world average of 46%
- one of of every 5 uses the internet compared to 2 out of 5 in Asia and pacific reasons and 3 out of 5 across CIS