Statistics Canada is projecting that the economy grew at an annualized 1.5% in this year’s first quarter. That forecast comes after the Canadian economy contracted 0.2% in February after growing 0.4% in January. The Ottawa-based statistics agency said that early signs point to modest growth in Canada’s gross domestic products (GDP) … Read more
Global smartphone shipments recorded a slight year-on-year (YoY) growth of 0.2 percent for the January-March period (Q1) in 2025, according to a new report by market research firm Canalys. Markets including India, Latin America, saw notable declines in Q1 2025, while China and the US recorded growth. Samsung secured top spot in the first quarter … Read more
The IAB and PwC released their annual Internet Advertising Revenue Report, which showed search ad grew 15.9% with $102 billion in ad dollars in 2024. Search ads made up the largest pie of internet ad spending at 39.8%. The PDF report can be downloaded over here and Danny Goodwin covered this first at Search Engine … Read more
China is expected to post first-quarter growth of around five percent on Wednesday, buoyed by exporters rushing to stave off higher US tariffs but still weighed by sluggish domestic consumption, analysts say. Beijing and Washington are locked in a fast-moving, high-stakes game of brinkmanship since US President Donald Trump launched a global tariff assault that … Read more
A joint report by onchain analysis platforms Artemis and Dune showed that active stablecoin wallets increased by over 50% in one year. The report, titled “The State of Stablecoins 2025: Supply, Adoption & Market Trends,” showed that from February 2024 to February 2025, active addresses increased from 19.6 million to 30 million. This represents a … Read more
Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew at a better-than-expected 2.6% annualized rate during the fourth quarter of 2024. The 2.6% growth recorded in the final months of last year was well ahead of the 1.8% annualized GDP expected among economists who were surveyed by the Reuters news agency. Additionally, third quarter … Read more
Bluesky experienced explosive growth last year, , necessitating that the platform ramp up its moderation efforts. In its recently released moderation report for 2024, Bluesky said it grew by about 23 million users, jumping from 2.9 million users to nearly 26 million. And, its moderators received 17 times the number of user reports they got … Read more
USDC issuer Circle has reported that the stablecoin’s circulation increased by 78% in 2024. The uptick made USDC the fastest-growing fiat-pegged crypto asset by market capitalization in the last 12 months. Regulatory Compliance According to the report, the supply of USDC went from a low of $24.4 billion in early 2024 to $43.9 billion by … Read more
PC makers sold 254 million PCs in 2024, a meager 1.3 percent increase over the 251 million units sold the previous year. But 2023 was a low point for the PC industry: It was the worst year for PC sales since 2006, and a dramatic fall from the 344 million units sold in 2022. As … Read more
Smartphone shipments globally increased by four percent on a year-over-year basis in 2024, according to a report by a market research firm. Samsung claimed the top spot in market share, followed by Apple and Xiaomi. The report added that this is the first YoY market growth after “two consecutive years of annual declines.” The growth … Read more