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Articles tagged with: Social Networking and Blackberry
Financial Sites Popular Among Older European Mobile Web Users
comScore has reported that financial services sites, such as those offering banking and stock trading services, are the most popular among European mobile subscribers older than 55, while teenagers are more likely to visit social networking, entertainment and even comic sites on their mobile devices. more
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UK Motorists Using Twitter While Driving
The increasing functionality of mobile phone technology and growing addiction to social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook are driving motorists to distraction now more than ever before, with motorists openly admitting to breaking the law by 'tweeting' whilst driving. more
Related Tags: orange, , twitter, ict, driving, tim, mobile-internet, facebook, UK
Mobile Applications Stores: A Virtual 'Farmer's Market'
The mobile content market with the advent of the applications store has brought a new model of mobile content distribution. The applications store gives an opportunity to capitalize on direct relationships with consumers, linking them to the brand and offering an easy-to-use way of purchasing a variety of applications. It is like on a farmer's market, where people can purchase fresh products and homemade food eliminating the middleman and the additional costs associated with buying through an intermediary. more
Related Tags: android, nokia, iphone, samsung, qualcomm, o2, ovi, mobile-content, play
Western European Mobile Phone Market now in Recession
Three consecutive quarters of negative growth have led the Western European mobile phone market into recession. According to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 53.6 million units in 4Q08, 13.5% lower than the 62 million units shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 190.5 million units in Western Europe, 5.9% lower than the 202.5 million units shipped in 2007. more
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Smartphones Provide Extra Mana for Mobile Games Industry
comScore reports that the number of people downloading a mobile game grew 17 percent from November 2007 to November 2008, when 8.5 million people, or 3.8 percent of mobile subscribers, downloaded a game to their mobile device. more
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BlackBerry Users Seem Keen on MySpace
Corporate email phone manufacturer, BlackBerry has announced that over 400,000 of its customers have downloaded an application to connect to the teenage website, MySpace - within a week of it being launched. more
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Majority of US Phone Users Report Surging Mobile Phone Usage
Azuki Systems has published a user survey of US mobile phone users which reports that over 54% of those surveyed said their mobile phone usage had increased by more than 25% over the last two years, and one in five respondents said it had increased by more than 50%. A significant catalyst behind this growth is smart phone adoption, with 62% of respondents indicating they either own or will own such a device in the next 12 months. more
Related Tags: iphone, text-messaging, sharp, text-messages, seven, mobile-content, USA
Maturing Palm Centro Again Signals Need for Innovation
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- As Palm is learning, consumers are a fickle bunch. more
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US$150 Million Venture Fund to Develop Mobile Applications
Research In Motion (RIM) and Thomson Reuters have announced plans to launch a US$150 million venture capital fund, to invest in mobile applications and services for the BlackBerry platform and other mobile platforms. The Fund is to be co-managed by JLA Ventures and RBC Venture Partners. more
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Two-Thirds of Girls Put Off Tech-Jobs Due to Lack of Role Models
Research published by Research In Motion reveals that nearly 90 percent of girls aged 11-16 think using technology is cool and regularly talk to their friends about it. Just over a third (38%) of them chat about the latest technology on a daily basis - anything from social networking to online gaming and mobile downloads. Despite this love of technology, only a quarter (28%) of girls have considered a career in technology compared to more than half (52%) of boys. more
Related Tags: rim, research-in-motion, teenagers, UK