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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Monday that it would host a media event next week, when the company is widely expected to unveil an updated line of iPod media players.

  
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*Nokia Money, a new mobile financial service enables financial management and payments from a mobile phone*
 Espoo, Finland - Nokia today introduced Nokia Money, a new mobile financial service offering consumers with mobile device access to basic financial services. For many consumers, this will be the first time they have had any access to such financial services.
 Nokia Money has been designed to be as simple and convenient as making a voice call or sending an SMS. It will enable consumers to send money to another person just by using the person's mobile phone number, as well as to pay merchants for goods and services, pay their utility bills, or recharge their prepaid SIM cards (SIM top-up). The services can be accessed 24 hours a day from anywhere, meaning savings in travel costs and time. Nokia is building a wide network of Nokia Money agents, where consumers can deposit money in or withdraw cash from their accounts.
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 The Nokia Money service will be shown for the first time at Nokia World on the 2nd and 3rd of September 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany, and it is planned to be rolled out gradually to selected markets, beginning in early 2010.

 Processore Atom di Intel
Durata della batteria di oltre 12 ore
Telaio in alluminio ultraleggero dal peso di 1,25 chilogrammi e uno spessore di circa due cm
Connettività incluse 3G/HSPA e Wi-Fi

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Apple's iTunes digital media storefront now accounts for 25 percent of all music sales in the U.S., up from 21 percent last year and from 14 percent in 2007, according to a new report issued by market research firm NPD Group. Retail giant Wal-Mart accounts for 14 percent of all U.S. music sales between its physical CD sales and online sales--iTunes passed Wal-Mart to become the nation's largest music retailer in early 2008. Looking solely at digital music sales, iTunes represents 69 percent of all U.S. purchases, followed by Amazon MP3 at 8 percent. Despite the surging popularity of digital music, physical CD sales still dominate the U.S. market, accounting for 65 percent of all music sold during the first six months of 2009. Wal-Mart leads all sellers with a 20 percent share of the physical music market, followed by big-box retailer Best Buy at 16 percent and Target and Amazon.com tied at 10 percent each. "Many people are surprised that the CD is still the dominant music delivery format, given the attention to digital music and the shrinking retail footprint for physical products," said NPD Group vice president of entertainment industry analysis Russ Crupnick in a prepared statement. "But with digital music sales growing at 15 to 20 percent, and CDs falling by an equal proportion, digital music sales will nearly equal CD sales by the end of 2010." For more on the NPD Group report:
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MySpace says it will buy iLike. the top music application used on the rival social networking website Facebook.

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Indignant letters, e-mails and phone calls can still get results for unhappy airline travelers, but more are finding that if you really want to vent your frustrations, you can now be loud and fast and public.
 http://links.reuters.com/r/HU05F/ZWU0I/5VK5SL/QC9U2/ZBF4PP/YT/h

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From: roberto bonzio
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:01:55 +0200
Subject: Invenzione italiana sul NY Times
To: roberto bonzio

 Sul New York Times invenzione dell'italiana Wide Tag per monitorare il
rumore con iPhone.
Su www.italianidifrontiera.com, con link a intervista per Reuters a Leandro
Agrò, fondatore di Wide Tag e amico di IdF, sul futuro di "Internet delle
Cose".

  
Roberto Bonzio

An Israeli university student has opened a Twitter site, twitter.com/thekotel, where prayers can be sent for placement in the crevices of Jerusalem's Western Wall, a Jewish holy site that faithful believe provides a direct line to the Almighty. http://links.reuters.com/r/7EU6K/CNVHZ/IIPRGZ/G1Z1L/FXVNWE/YT/h

A recent study on what social networking platform Twitter is really used for has discovered that it’s not the marketer’s dream many think it to be. In truth, the research suggests, it’s really just used to spout senseless babble.

 > Ok guys, but let's define what "sense" is... :) [ad]

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