Tag Archive | "Social Media"
January 12, 2009 by
Lisa Oshima |
Social Media
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Tonight I caught up with a mobile industry colleague who asked me why he should bother with Twitter when he already has a blog and Facebook account. Here’s my reply: Twitter is so easy, fast and rewarding that I’ve stopped blogging as much in favor of Twittering more. Twitter is is a micro-blogging platform (i.e. […]
January 7, 2009 by
Lisa Oshima |
Mobile,
Social Media
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Here are a handful of my predictions for mobile and social media in 2009, moving into 2010… For the record, I’ve left off everything I know will happen in 2009 and limited this list to things I *think* will happen: Smartphones and feature phones will continue to converge in iPhone-esque fashion. Mobile Internet will drive […]
January 6, 2009 by
Lisa Oshima |
Mobile,
Social Media
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For those of you that disconnected during Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year, etc… Welcome back. Here’s a summary of the most interesting social media and mobile news I read in the last few weeks:
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 […]
November 7, 2008 by
Lisa Oshima |
Mobile,
Social Media
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AOL: AOL announced its earnings this week. The most interesting part of the report: “Revenues decreased 17% ($207 million) to $1.0 billion, due to a 26% decline ($165 million) in Subscription revenues and a 6% decrease ($33 million) in Advertising revenues. The decline in Subscription revenues reflects mainly a decrease in domestic AOL brand subscribers, […]
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 […]
September 25, 2008 by
Lisa Oshima |
Mobile,
Social Media
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Yelp burned a bridge with me this week, and I’m defecting to the Rummble beta. Rummble is London-based mobile + web 2.0 start-up that provides geographically relevant recommendations and reviews from likeminded people. My frustration with Yelp started when I got an email from my dentists’ office… Earlier this year, I wrote a glowing review […]
September 23, 2008 by
Lisa Oshima |
Social Media
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According to the August/September 2008 Insight Report from MarketTools, 68% of Americans who spend time online regularly visit blogs, online communities or social networks. That’s staggering, especially when you consider that the number of online Americans that engage in product research online to help them make purchase decisions is just 33%. Check out the demographic […]
