Week in Numbers: Businesses not tweeting?
This week showed that UK consumers are more willing to watch adverts in exchange for free web content and first quarter losses were posted by HTC.

Twitter is not catching on as quickly in the business world as it is everywhere else according to a new survey, while UK web surfers would rather see ads than pay for content.
Two per cent the amount of businesses in the UK that use Twitter , according to a WebTrends survey.
Two thirds - the number of UK consumers prefer to watch online advertisements to access free web content , rather than having to pay for it according to KPMG's research.
30 per cent HTC posted a 30 per cent profit loss in its first quarter.
5500 IT PRO and Intel are teaming up and giving away two 5500 Xenon processors and three Core i7's in a competition. Entries must be in by midnight on 17 April 2009.
48 million the costs the government has agreed to cover after an EU Directive forcing ISPs to keep internet data on customers for one year has officially began in the UK.
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