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Articles tagged with: Facebook and Google
Google Strongly Positioned to Battle Facebook in Social Mobile Application Wars
A survey of mobile app developers has found an accelerating interest in
social mobile capabilities, and -- notwithstanding facebook's 900 million users
-- developers view Google and its broad range of assets as key to implementing their social
strategies in 2012. The report, commissioned by Appcelerator and IDC, also shows that Android -- once neck-and-neck
with iOS -- is seeing waning interest due to continued fragmentation of the
platform, and that HTML5 will play a bigger role in the mobile app development
space this year.
The Google & facebook Battle Moves to Mobile
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Related Tags: appcelerator, mobile-apps
Internet Giants Remove Content After India Court Warning
..Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. more
Related Tags: new-delhi, India
Indian Internet Lawsuit Puts Spotlight on Freedom of Expression
In India, Internet giants such as Google and facebook are fighting a lawsuit after the government authorized their prosecution for online content on their sites deemed to be offensive. The case has put the spotlight on free speech in the world's largest democracy. more
Related Tags: India
Social Networking Usurping Mobile Messaging as Communications Tool
Openwave Systems has published a report highlighting key mobile internet usage trends in North America, based on findings derived from its Mobile Analytics product. Strong themes that Mobile Analytics uncovered included upticks in social networking site usage suggestive of a new preferred method of communication with the potential to unseat traditional forms of messaging such as email for a particular segment of subscribers; an analysis of mobile advertising click-through rates (CTR) that showed clear advantages of targeted promotions; and the growing trend in accessing mobile classifieds via the mobile device. more
Related Tags: microsoft, sim, social-networking, analytics, ict, tim, ovi, iden, mobile-advertising, admob, mobile-internet, play, email, mobile-analytics,
Facebook-Twitter talks break down
Opinion piece by Madan Sheina, principal analyst at Ovum
What would have been the first major consolidation between two social
networking giants has failed to materialise, as facebook's attempts to woo
Twitter with an all-stock offer fell on deaf ears. facebook's valuation seems
to have been the sticking point. But with neither company as yet able to
demonstrate that it can make money on a scale that matches its number of users,
the outcome might not be a bad thing.
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Related Tags: microsoft, sms, social-networking, twitter, ovum, ofta, yahoo, compete, text-messages, target
Hutchison Whampoa Launches Handset Subsidiary
Hutchison Whampoa has launched its own mobile phone subsidiary, INQ Mobile to develop phones for its 3G networks worldwide. The company aims to launch a range of low to mid-priced handsets based largely on free operating systems, likely to be either Linux or the Google backed Android OS - and will be based on Qualcomm chips. more
Related Tags: android, social-networking, skype, qualcomm, voip, seven, hutchison, inq-mobile, linux, os, 3g-network
Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela tops in Latin America for mobile Web usage
Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela lead Latin America in adoption of the mobile Web according to the latest "State of the Mobile Web" report issued by Opera Software. Google leads the way in most countries, followed by some of the most popular social-networking sites. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, samsung, ericsson, sony, opera, opera-mini, mobile-web-browser, web-browser, latin-america, nokia,, pace, mobile-web, Brazil
Mobile VoIP Application Embeds Social Networking Connectivity
VoIP provider, Nimbuzz has an application which the company says offers an all-in-one solution for free mobile VoIP calling, conference calling, instant messaging, chat and group chat, and photo and file sending across multiple IM communities, including Skype, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo!, AIM, Jabber and ICQ, plus 23 social networks, including facebook and Myspace. more
Related Tags: samsung, skype, voip, symbian, free-mobile, mobile-voip, nokia,, wifi, nimbuzz
Wi-Fi Based Location Awareness Comes to Blogs
Skyhook Wireless, provider of the Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) used by Apple's iPhone, has released MyLoki, a new service included in the latest version of its Loki location platform. MyLoki is a location sharing service that feeds your Loki location to personal blogs, social networking sites like facebook and location directories like Fire Eagle. more
Related Tags: windows-mobile, social-networking, symbian, os
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