Tag Archive | "google"
January 8, 2009 by
Lisa Oshima |
Mobile
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In response to my last post, “Magikplp” asked what I thought might happen with Google in 2009. I suspect that Google will have a good year in 2009 but not a *great* year. Google will continue to be a force to reckon with and will remain the leader in most things web, but this will […]
December 12, 2008 by
Lisa Oshima |
Mobile,
Social Media
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I took a blogging break for Turkey, so this social media and mobile round-up includes the most interesting news in mobile and social media since November 21:
November 21, 2008 by
Lisa Oshima |
Mobile,
Social Media
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Apple: iPhone 2.2 Firmware was released. MobileCrunch’s review is here. Excerpted summary of the article: “Safari’s address bar/search … tweaked a bit, apps now request a rating upon deletion, over-the-air podcast downloads …, various video and audio quality tweaks, and assorted bug fixes throughout… Google Maps has been upgraded to include Street View and directions […]
November 14, 2008 by
Lisa Oshima |
Mobile,
Social Media
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Apple Apple is now the #2 smartphone manufacturer. Nokia remains #1, RIM is now#3, and Motorola is #4. More here. The iPhone surpassed the Motorola Razr as the top selling consumer phone. Facebook TechCrunch reports that Facebook violated its own privacy policy to give Microsoft access to user emails: “Microsoft’s Invite2Messenger appears to violate that […]
October 31, 2008 by
Lisa Oshima |
Mobile,
Social Media
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I’m starting do to a quick weekly round-up of the Social Media and Mobile news that I find most interesting. Enjoy AOL: AOL Journals and AOL Hometown are shutting down (joining Xdrive and BlueString) Apple: Apple announces retroactive improvements to “MobileMe”. The following improvements were silently launched in Sept. : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3182 iPhone users in the […]
February 21, 2008 by
Lisa Oshima |
Mobile,
Social Media
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Last year, I wrote a post with predictions for mobile in 2007 and beyond, using inCode’s “Top 10 Global Wireless Predictions for 2007” as a starting point. We’re almost 2 months into 2008, and it’s the perfect time to re-visit those predictions to see what came true, and make a few more predictions for 2008 […]
January 4, 2008 by
Lisa Oshima |
Enterprise,
Social Media
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At the end of November, I published a Dear Abby-esque post on Plaxo Pulse. In it, my friend, Paul emailed me to get my opinion on Plaxo Pulse, and I didn’t have many (okay, ANY) positive things to say about it. So, it was with great amusement that I read Michael Arrington’s post on TechCrunch […]
November 27, 2007 by
Lisa Oshima |
Mobile
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Today, Verizon reported (gasp) that it is “opening” up its network to any device and any application…that can meet it’s “minimal technical standard”. I’m prepared to swallow my words (see my previous post “Will Verizon Become a More Open Mobile Network for Developers?“), assuming Verizon’s standards (to be published in early 2008) are as reasonable […]
September 21, 2007 by
Lisa Oshima |
Developers,
Events
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For all you tech-savvy women out there… There’s a new, 2-day technology event coming up at the end of October (22-23) in Mountain View, CA called “She’s Geeky,” which should be good. Unfortunately, for wireless geeks, it overlaps with the first day of CTIA’s Wireless I.T. and Entertainment 2007 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, […]
August 27, 2007 by
Lisa Oshima |
Financing,
Social Media
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Today, Reuters published an interesting article “Social Network Sites Tempt Investors” talking about the liklihood of a flury of social networking IPOs. The article is well worth a read for all of you social media fans out there. According to the article, so called “Wall Street observers” believe that United Online Inc.‘s recent registration for […]
