The Morning Lowdown 08-12-11
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» If the current events of the world are scary for all of us, they’re particularly horrifying for news publishers. (Ken Doctor/Ni… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-12-11: Apple; BBM; Android; Huawei; AT&T; Angry Birds
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A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
Apple: Looks like there could be a media event scheduled for September 7 or 8; some are… Read more »
GSMA Names Orange Exec Anne Bouverot As New Head (Video)
A rather big changing of the guard at the GSMA, the global mobile trade association that runs several big trade events, including the Mobile… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-11-11: Riots/BBM; Android/Adobe; Sprint; OpenFeint
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A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
– BlackBerry/London riots: As Prime Minister David Cameron considers whether social med… Read more »
Gartner Q2: Nokia Still On Top Overall, Android Killing It In Smartphones
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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is losing its market share in phones at an alarming rate right now. But despite all the profit warnings, drastic strategic… Read more »
Hulu May Think Of England But It’s Going To Japan First
The notion that Hulu would expand to the UK first has been around almost as long as the online video portal itself. But the joint venture of… Read more »
Industry Moves: Everything Everywhere; Stoke; Mobile Posse; Zipline Games
– Everything Everywhere: Mark Horrobin is the director of transformation for Everything Everywhere, the merged JV between T-Mobile and Oran… Read more »
Update: ‘Disappointed’ Samsung Fights Apple In Dutch Court, Moto Named Too
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Samsung and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) were set to square off in a court in the Netherlands on Wednesday, after a German court on Tuesday prevented… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-10-11: Amazon/Apple; Moto; Walmart; Nuance; AT&T/T-Mo
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
Apple/Amazon: One solution to the change in charging terms that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has m… Read more »
Confirmed: The UK Won’t Get The Nokia N9, Either. That’s Two Down.
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You have to hand it to Nokia (NYSE: NOK). Under its CEO Stephen Elop, it’s not much in the business of doing things by halves. The company h… Read more »
UK Riots: BlackBerry Hacked, Sony Burned, eBay On Alert
Four days in, and more tech company fallout from the riots in the UK: RIM (NSDQ: RIMM), which has found itself in the story because rioters… Read more »
Tablet Makers Have A Better Shot Against iPad In Europe, Says Forrester
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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has all but cornered the market for tablets in the U.S., say researchers at Forrester, who predict that its iPad will tak… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-9-11: Apple/HTC/Lodsys; ZTE; Twitter/Square; Mobile Ads
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A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
– Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) patent cases: The ITC is launching its investigation of Apple’s pa… Read more »
As Riots Spread In London, RIM Will ‘Assist Police’. PS3 Also Playing Role?
As the sun goes down on London, the riots that started in the north of the city a few days ago in response to a shooting have spread to a nu… Read more »
Smartphones: Android Dominated Sales Last Quarter; UK Users Buy The Most
Given that today’s big mobile news in the UK is that BlackBerry devices (and specifically the free messaging service BlackBerry Messenger) h… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 08-08-11
photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi
» News Corp.’s Soft Power in the U.S. (David Carr/NYT)
» 20% of the UK online population use iPlayer. Here’s how the… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 6-29-11: China iPhone; Android Phishing; Apple/LG; BT
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
– China Mobile/iPhone: A report alleges that China Mobile and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) have… Read more »
McCann Worldgroup Buys UK Interactive Design Agency AllofUS
Despite the emergence of larger display formats that are meant, in part, to foster more creativity, most online advertising is still keyword… Read more »
Axel Springer Thanks iPad For 134,140 Daily Digital Customers
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German news publisher Axel Springer, whose own paid consumer content initiative launched before News Corp.’s, has reported what it says are… Read more »
Hackgate: Ex-NOTW Managing Editor Arrested
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Stuart Kuttner, the public face of the News of the World and its most vocal public defender for 22 years, has been has been arrested by poli… Read more »
Microsoft To Take Over Yahoo Search Results In Europe
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As of this week, the internet will have three competing search engines in name only. On August 3, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) will stop serving up it… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 07-29-11
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» Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and Alibaba reach Alipay agreement (Release)
» Artists’ Family Fails To Recapture Copyrights For… Read more »
As Amazon & Mondadori Announce Agreement, Kindle’s Next Stop Could Be Italy
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Italy’s largest book publisher, Mondadori, is making thousands of e-books available through Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) for the first time. Could an… Read more »
In Charts: Nasdaq Debutante Yandex Sees Strong Growth
Russian search leader Yandex showed the Nasdaq a strong set of results in its first ever report as a public company – and committed to heavy… Read more »
Google’s Steib Named CEO Of Amex Private Sales Site
Mike Steib, who as Google’s director for emerging platforms helped create Google (NSDQ: GOOG) TV Ads, is leaving the company to become CEO o… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 07-27-11
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» Aegis Group is selling its market-research unit Synovate to France’s Ipsos for £525 million ($861.2 million) in a move that wi… Read more »
Key Support May Help James Murdoch Keep BSkyB Job
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James Murdoch is likely to remain chairman of satellite company BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) after winning the support of the leading independent direc… Read more »
France Will Switch Off Pioneering Minitel After 30 Years
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It was the internet before the internet.
Now France’s Minitel, a pioneering Videotex information service used by 25 million people at its h… Read more »
Infographic: iOS Vs. Android, Through The Advertising Lens
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The ultimate showdown between iOS and Android may ultimately be one of how many devices each vendor can sell, but for others in the mobile i… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 7-22-11: Vodafone; iPhone Bluetooth; Twitter Mobile Payments
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
Earnings: Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) reported better-than-expected, if small, growth in servic… Read more »
Vodafone: Bumper Data Growth In Europe On Slowing Service Revenue Overall
The rise of smartphones has meant a big boost in data use and data revenues, but in many cases that is still not offsetting declines for mob… Read more »
Hacking Digest: Sun Editor Sacked; Miskiw Speaks; Lawyer Victims; Sunday
James Murdoch’s testimony on phone hacking is getting called into question by those who were closest to the situation at the time: that coul… Read more »
Updated: LulzSec Says It Is Releasing NOTW Emails, Anonymous Backtracks
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First LulzSec took over The Sun’s homepage, then it took down the rest of News International’s sites. Now it appears that the hackers are wo… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 7-21-11: Nokia; AT&T; LulzSec; Mobile Games; Mobile Ads; CNN
A look at some of the top stories today in mobile:
– Nokia (NYSE: NOK), AT&T earnings: The Finnish handset maker is due to report earning… Read more »
DJ Special Committee: ‘Absolutely No Sign Of Journalistic Misconduct’
Remember that independent panel that was supposed to safeguard the integrity of Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal after the acquisition… Read more »
Updated: GetGlue Collects Its First UK TV Sticker, Signs Up Channel 4
GetGlue, the media “check-in” app that lets users share what they are watching, listening and reading with their social network, has inked a… Read more »
Spotify Launch Sponsors Pay $1 Million Each
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We spoke with an executive very close to Spotify and several advertising executives to understand the company’s strategy behind its hybrid a… Read more »
Video: Piers Morgan Calls Out MP Louise Mensch For Accusations Against Him
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We know Piers Morgan for his reality TV stints and his gig now as Larry King’s replacement on CNN. But before that he was a well-known tablo… Read more »
Industry Moves: Upstream; LBi; Mediatonic; Globecast; IPC Media
– Upstream: Simon Negus is the new COO for mobile marketing company Upstream. He joins from Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), where he had been a par… Read more »
James and Rupert Murdoch Have Lunch At Parliament: A Grilling And Some Pie
What, you weren’t glued to the TV or Twitter for the hours of testimony given by Rupert and James Murdoch and their former News Internationa… Read more »
