There are some technology bloggers who publish some articles with some infographics, stats and so on. They mainly source information from the press releases of the companies and some market research reports available online. I would like to know what the various others sources of information are, particularly platforms like marketresearch.com which sells market research reports online.
What are the various channels of sourcing information for market research?
Most companies, basically those that are listed in US stock markets, are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Those forms are public (yes, free!!) through the EDGAR system, which has its own search tools and tutorials.
The annual reports (10-K files) are a wealth of updated information on businesses and markets in which they operate.
https://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml#.U5ghGvmSySr
Also, there are many public research institutions, consumer associations, open access publications, blogs ... that offer data and reports to the general public free of charge. A couple of useful examples:
http://www.pewinternet.org
http://www.clickz.com/stats
Finally, professional and business associations all around the world can be good news agregators in a specific topic and also publish their own market outlook reports and so on. A few examples:
European Photovoltaic Industry Association: http://www.epia.org/home/
EuropaBio: http://www.europabio.org/
American Heart Association: http://www.heart.org/
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