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.
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...Goldman said Nokia's risk-reward profile remained uncompelling (relative to the broker's bullish view on the wider European technology sector) due to its continued loss of market share in the smart-phone segment, combined with a lack of convincing new high-end models scheduled for the next 12 months. In a damming note to investors, a Goldman analyst wrote that, having experienced the Nokia N97, the company needed to start almost from scratch to create an attractive user experience, rather than following the complex menu structure of Series 60. "But this revamp is unlikely to be achieved rapidly...
Goldman also believed that Nokia's 55 per cent market share in the mid-end smart-phone segment looked "unsustainably high" given that Nokia's brand image will ultimately suffer from its loss of leadership at the high end... Piling on the gloom, Goldman maintained that the key swing factor for Nokia's earnings in the mid term was the company's ability to execute its software/solutions strategy... Unfortunately Nokia's track record in that area over the past eight years has been poor... For more: http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=69l,18cd8,27de,1rmn,4036,4ggz,6diuComments [0]
Facebook may have recently become the most-visited social networking site in the US, but it's facing stiff competition from Twitter for the attention of social media marketers.
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Korean electronics manufacturer Samsung gave the industry a taste of things to come on Friday, unveiling a portfolio of digital cameras that incorporate social networking tools and wireless connectivity.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Job-seeking in this 21st century recession may just have gone viral and mobile.
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This week, computer scientists from Microsoft Research unveiled a new design for an operating system and a browser built to withstand the growing security threats presented by Web applications. The projects—ServiceOS and the Gazelle Web browser—make the browser act more like an operating system.
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Today, Microsoft Business Division President Stephen Elop and Nokia's Executive Vice President for Devices Kai Oistamo announced that... the two companies will begin collaborating immediately on the design, development and marketing of productivity solutions for the mobile professional, bringing Microsoft Office Mobile and Microsoft business communications, collaboration and device management software to Nokia's Symbian devices.
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Facebook turns up the heat on Google with an "11th hour" purchase of content-sharing service FriendFeed
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It looks like Google intends to take itself into the heart of home entertainment, using Android as a platform to launch itself into the living room
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