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Online shoppers in America have spent a lot this season and are expected to spend further. according to the latest stats from comScore online shoppers in the United States so far have already spent more than $21.95 billion. That's a 12% increase over the same period last year.

According to the updated forecast made by comScore online spending this holiday is expected to grow by 11% as compared to the previous year. It is the second time the analytics firm updates its closely watched view. The new spending outlook should bring total holiday e-commerce spending to $32.4 billion, comScore said.

According to a new survey Japanese users were the most connected with three-quarters of users accessing mobile media in June. The research by comScore studied mobile usage and behavior in Europe, the U.S., and Japan. Social networking had the highest reach among U.S. smartphone users, while Europeans text the most.

The survey that analyzed cross-market mobile activities in Japan, the U.S., and Europe revealed significant differences among consumers by geography.

According to the latest report from eMarketer, online retailers tend to be some of the biggest beneficiaries of social network users who friend or follow corporate pages.

As comScore’s April search figures showed, Yahoo revealed nearly a one-point jump in US search market share. Thus, after a year of steadily losing market share, the search engine jumped from 16.9% share in March to 17.7% in April.

According to a new survey conducted by comScore for the Newspaper Association of America many people consider newspaper websites as the most valuable sources of credible and trustworthy local information.

The survey polled 3,050 respondents 57% of whom rated local newspaper websites as the top online source for local information. That figure is even higher for upper income households (63%) and for the college educated (60%).

The economy still has not recovered completely from the lows that it fell to over the last year. Despite the poor economy, there are signs that things are slowly moving back to normal and shoppers this holiday season were spending money.
Black Friday shopping grew 11% compared to 2008 both online and in retail stores. ComScore reported that online shopping for 2009 was expected to hit $28.8 billion compared to the $28 billion spent online for the 2008 holiday season.

According to new data from ComScore, Google's Android is increasingly attracting attention, gaining more and more popularity among consumers.

Moreover, the survey shows that the number of consumers planning to buy Android mobile devices has more than doubled since summer 2009, while the number of those planning to buy iPhones has slightly decreased. Meantime, the poll says the majority of consumers are still looking at BlackBerry smartphones.