Archive for the 'Advertising & Promotion' Category
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
What if you’re stuck in the middle of nowhere and your mobile phone’s battery is about to run out? Thanks to a new gizmo, you now just need to face the music and dance. LONDON–What do you do if you are stuck in a field at a pop festival…
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Orange PCS, Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, mobile phone, battery, recharger, energy, Cellular Phones, Cell Phone, Consumer electronics, Reuters, Personal Technology, Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Phone, Marketing, Music |
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
The latest comScore figures show Mark Zuckerberg’s social network has overtaken its News Corp rival for worldwide unique visitors. New figures from metrics firm comScore show that, in May, the battle of the social-networking sites may have gained a new front-runner: Facebook appears to have surpassed long-time rival MySpace…
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Hi5, ComScore Networks Inc., Caroline McCarthy, ComeScore, social network, ratings, Site, MySpace, Facebook, Marketing, Networking, Social Networking, Online Communications, Advertising & Promotion |
Friday, February 8th, 2008
Court order lets Homeland Security obtain precise location data from T-Mobile about customer’s movements in real time. Police Blotter is a weekly News.com report on the intersection of technology and the law. What: Minnesota man charged with alien smuggling says data from a location tap of…
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Online Communications, Social Networking, Portals, E-mail Providers, Dan Farber, Web Technology, Branding, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet |
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Gap is narrowing, but more needs to be done to ensure poorer countries reap tech revolution’s opportunities in growth, development, says report. The digital divide between rich and poor countries is narrowing as mobile phones and Internet use become more available, but the developing world still lags far…
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Telecommunications, Developing Country, U.N., Gap, Cell Phone, Marketing, Internet, Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Reuters |
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Research continues on effects of long-term use, but no evidence so far suggesting cell phones are unsafe. Using a mobile phone does not increase your risk of brain cancer, according to a new Japanese study that is the first to consider the effects of radiation on different parts…
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Cell Phone, Phone, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Brain Cancer, Wireless, Marketing, Reuters, Consumer electronics, Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology |
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Expansion into mobile Web services includes N-Gage gaming service and “Share on Ovi” social-networking site. Nokia , the world’s largest cell phone maker, started to roll out its online gaming service N-Gage on Tuesday as it expands into mobile Internet services. Nokia also opened its social-networking site…
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Nokia Corp., Corporate Communications, Network, Service, Gaming Service, Consumer services, Marketing, Personal Technology, Reuters, Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Games |
Monday, February 4th, 2008
Selected Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks will include mobile broadband modules beginning this year. Sweden’s Ericsson said on Monday it was working with Lenovo, the world’s No. 3 PC maker, to provide mobile broadband modules based on high-speed packet access for Lenovo notebook computers. Ericsson said selected Lenovo ThinkPad…
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WiFi, Telecommunications, Lenovo Group Ltd., Ericsson Inc., Mobile Broadband, Broadband Internet, Broadband, Advertising & Promotion, Mobile, Marketing, Network Technology, Networking, Reuters |
Monday, February 4th, 2008
New risk-ranking system reaffirms smoking, alcohol, sunlight as leading risk factors, but allays concerns about others. Drinking coffee, using mobile phones or having breast implants is unlikely to cause cancer, according to a new risk-ranking system devised by an Australian cancer specialist to debunk popular myths. The…
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Medicine, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Breast, Alcohol, Bernard Stewart, Cancer Risk Assessment, Cell Phone, Phone, CNET Networks Inc., Reuters, Consumer electronics, Mobile, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology |
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
Former Viacom chief Frank Biondi among Icahn’s nominees for Motorola board; company says it will review candidates on the list. Activist investor Carl Icahn said on Friday he plans to nominate former Viacom chief Frank Biondi and WR Hambrecht’s chairman along with two other directors to Motorola’s board….
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Cell, Financial Services, IPO, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Carl Icahn, Frank Biondi, Motorola Inc., Cellular Phones, Consumer electronics, Reuters, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Business Operations, Corporate & legal, Personal Technology |
Friday, February 1st, 2008
Swedish networking-gear maker always willing to look at a deal, but prefers to develop its own products, says CEO. Chief Executive Carl-Henric Svanberg said on Friday the Swedish firm would eye any assets put up for sale by U.S. rival Motorola, but would be “very cautious” about any…
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Motorola Inc., Cellular Phones, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Asset, Ericsson Inc., Wireless, Business Operations, CNET Networks Inc., Reuters, Consumer electronics, Advertising & Promotion, Research & Development, Marketing, Personal Technology |
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Spectrum now held by the Ministry of Defense and other government entities could fetch as much as $40 billion at auction. The British government, including the Ministry of Defense, will be able to share or trade some of the most valuable radio spectrum in the country under new…
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Spectrum, Radio Spectrum, Radio, Wireless, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Reuters |
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Unlike in Europe, mobile porn has yet to take off in the U.S. But that may change soon as phone companies plan to loosen control on their networks. Size matters in pornography, except when it comes to tiny mobile phone screens, the next frontier for erotica. If…
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Pornography, Telecom & Utilities, Adult Entertainment, NeuStar Inc., Mobile Porn, Cell Phone, Phone, Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Entertainment, Reuters |
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
U.S. video-on-demand firm strikes agreement with children’s entertainment specialist for rights to a selection of programming. U.S. video-on-demand Webcaster ReelTime.com has struck an agreement with children’s entertainment specialist Nelvana for rights to a selection of its cartoons. The agreement will see ReelTime.com acquire Nelvana titles including Jacob…
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Digital media, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Agreement, VoD, Video On Demand (VoD), Nelvana, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, CNET Networks Inc., Reuters, Consumer electronics, Advertising & Promotion, Entertainment, Marketing, Personal Technology |
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
The social network plans to launch its program to court outside software developers in February in a bid to widen the gap against rival Facebook. MySpace, the world’s largest online social network, plans to launch its program to court outside software developers in February in a bid…
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Social Networking, Online Communications, MySpace, Facebook, Consumer services, CNET Networks Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Reuters |
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Nanoradios may end up outperforming current silicon-based electronics, University of Illinois researcher says in PNAS study. Transistor radios tinier than a grain of sand, made using nanotechnology, cannot only tune in to the traffic report, but they may end up outperforming current silicon-based electronics, U.S. researchers said Monday….
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Electronics, Nanotube, Researcher, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, R&D, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Radio Frequency, Radio, Reuters |
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Studio signs deal to create and merchandise virtual goods in teen-centric online community based on films such as Mean Girls. Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment and Habbo, the teen-centric virtual world, have inked a deal to create and merchandise virtual goods based on at least three of the studio’s…
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Teen, Business Operations, Habbo, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Entertainment, Marketing Research, Reuters, CNET Networks Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Games |
Monday, January 28th, 2008
PlayNow music-download service for mobile phones will soon include content from Sony BMG, Warner Music, EMI, others. Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson said it had signed deals with 10 music labels to add content to its PlayNow service, which lets users download music via their mobile phones. …
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Wireless, Cell Phone, Cellular Phones, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Reuters, CNET Networks Inc., Consumer electronics, Mobile, Personal Technology |
Monday, January 28th, 2008
Veteran developer Marc Canter warns industry politics could stymie push to give social-network users more control over data. When Google announced OpenSocial a few months ago, it was welcomed as an effort to standardize the world around the notion of open social networking. But the announcement also was…
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Marc Canter, MySpace, Web software, Idea, Google OpenSocial, Online Communications, Social Networking, Marketing, Plaxo Inc., Network, LinkedIn, Advertising & Promotion |
Friday, January 25th, 2008
Eric Schmidt says mobile Web access is a “re-creation of the Internet” that will turn location-based advertising into big business. The arrival of a truly mobile Web, offering a new generation of location-based advertising, is set to unleash a “huge revolution,” Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on…
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Advertisement, Google Inc., Advertising, Web Advertising, Eric Schmidt, Channel Management, Marketing, Web, CNET Networks Inc., Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Reuters |
Friday, January 25th, 2008
Wanted since 2002, the man is believed to have sold corporate secrets to about 250 buyers through the Internet, say authorities. Greek police said on Friday they have arrested a man suspected of selling corporate secrets from France’s Dassault Group, including data on weapons systems. “This 58-year-old…
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Security, & crime, Hacking, Official, Buyer, law, Policy, CNET Networks Inc., Internet, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Reuters |
