The Morning Lowdown 06-08-11
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» The $315 million merger between AOL (NYSE: AOL) and Huffington Post has brought a lot of negative scrutiny since the deal was s… Read more »
Twitter And Facebook Reminders Banned From French Airwaves
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How do you say Facebook and Twitter in French? You don’t – at least, not if you are on radio or television, where French officials have ba… Read more »
Zynga Builds Out Its Social Mobile Game Plan With ‘Hanging With Friends’
Zynga may be next in line for the IPO rollercoaster, but for now it’s continuing methodically to build out valuable real estate in the mobil… Read more »
Twitter’s Bain: Facebook May Have More Scale, We Have More Engagement
Adam Bain, Twitter’s global revenue president, took the stage at Federated Media’s Conversational Marketing Summit a few hours after Apple (… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 06-06-11
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» Penry Price to Leave Google (NSDQ: GOOG) for Startup Media6Degrees (AdAge)
» As Digital-Ad Techniques Proliferate,… Read more »
Chinese Twitter Rival Weibo ‘Planning English Launch’ This Summer
Sina (NSDQ: SINA) Weibo, the microblogging service operated by China’s Sina portal company, is planning to launch in English in the U.S. in… Read more »
NBC Sports Gets Real (Time); Streams French Open Live Coast To Coast
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Two years ago I ranted here about the need for NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Sports to get a grip or lose its grip on Wimbledon after it time shifted st… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 06-03-11
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» Now that Groupon has filed for a $750 million IPO, it’s time to guess the next daily deal site to go public. (paidContent)
Twitter Doubles Down On Features: Images With Photobucket + Enhanced Search
Fail whale no more. Some big inroads for Twitter today in its bid to make its own basic services more appealing to users than using third-pa… Read more »
TweetDeck Raised Investment Because It Didn’t Want To Sell Ads
Build the product, nevermind the business model. That’s been the mantra for many a successful startup.
TweetDeck founder Iain Dodsworth, wh… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 5-31-11: Apple Suits; Appsfire; Google iOS Search; AT&T/T-Mo
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Nokia (NYSE: NOK) moves to have its Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) case reopened while Samsung pushes… Read more »
Nokia Signs A Mapping Deal With CNN: Another Route To Revenues?
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is paring down its operations big-time in the lead-up to using Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS for its new portfolio of smart… Read more »
What Does Twitter Really Think About Users’ Right To Free Speech?
When Twitter and its users were sued last week for allegedly breaking a UK injunction granting privacy to a British footballer, the service… Read more »
Confirmed: Twitter Buying TweetDeck For ‘Power Users’, ‘Change Inevitable’
After refusing to confirm the deal rumoured over recent weeks, Twitter and TweetDeck have now announced the latter’s acquisition by the form… Read more »
Twitter Acquires TweetDeck For Over $40 Million
It’s not official yet, but Twitter filed papers on Monday to acquire the TweetDeck microblog client for over $40 million in cash and stock,… Read more »
Updated: Privacy Judge Says The Law’s The Law, Regardless Of Twitter
A High Court judge has published his reasoning in the case of a married UK footballer who is fighting to retain his privacy despite Twitter… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 05-23-11
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» Sony (NYSE: SNE) to report $3.2 billion loss as it struggles with production disruptions, hacker attack (AP)
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Twitter’s UK Build-Out Planned Amid Privacy Spectacle
Twitter may be about to make itself more suable in the UK.
Tony Wang, who “works at Twitter doing deals”, is the first known Twitter employ… Read more »
Blippy, A Poster Child For Over-Sharing On The Web, Moves On
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Maybe people don’t want to share everything online. Blippy, a site that let users share information about their “favorite purchases” with fr… Read more »
Twitter And Its Users Sued For ‘Naming’ Footballer Granted Privacy
A UK soccer player is apparently taking the radical step of suing Twitter and its users for tweets which broke a court ruling which guarante… Read more »
paidContent Mobile Slideshow: MTV Uses Mobile To Lift Brands
Some media companies, like Disney (NYSE: DIS) and News Corp.’s Fox, have invested a lot of time and money into mobile as standalone business… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 05-19-11
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» Our paidContent Mobile Conference: Here’s What Happened (paidContent)
» Here’s an interesting debate: “This Is Your… Read more »
@ pcMobile: USV’s Albert Wenger: Mobile Phone Equals Personal Identity
What are venture capital firms looking for in mobile startups? Think emotional value and rethink the economics of content, Albert Wenger, a… Read more »
@ pcMobile 2011: MTV’s Rush: Tosh.0 Represents The Twitter/TV Bridge
In addition to seeking third party help from sources, MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) has been experimenting with its own home-grown entertainment… Read more »
Twitter-Based Ad Firm 140 Proof Hires Ex-Gawker Exec Cascio To Head Sales
As Twitter tries to build traction with its “promoted tweets” for marketers, other companies have sprung up recently to build a business on… Read more »
UK Injunctions Get Specific About Twitter And Facebook
A high court judge has issued an injunction which for the first time explicitly bans publication of information on Twitter and Facebook. Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 05-13-11
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» Hulu, Networks Close To New Deal (MediaMemo)
» New App Rules Cause Ripples (WSJ)
» Alibaba CEO Lu Says… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 05-13-11: Twitter Docomo; Cisco; Samsung iPad; Huawei
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Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Twitter partners up with Docomo on innovative location services; Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO) gea… Read more »
Facebook Marketer Buddy Media Acquires Social Analytics Provider Spinback
With Facebook expected to outpace Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) as the biggest outlet for display ad dollars in the U.S. this year, any company that ha… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 05-12-11: Twitter; Corduro; Huawei/ZTE
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Twitter launches a new mobile web app; Google-backed mobile payments company Corduro la… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 05-12-11
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» Four months after the FCC approved the merger between Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) and NBC Universal, *Meredith* Attwell Baker, one of… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 05-10-11
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» Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Reportedly Close To A $7 Billion-Plus Purchase Of Skype (paidContent)
» Google (NSDQ: GOOG)… Read more »
YouTube’s Founders Follow Up Delicious Buy With Purchase Of Tap11
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YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, who bought Delicious from Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) late last month, have now purchase… Read more »
Smartclip Rebrands As ‘MediaBrix,’ Hires Digital Vet Ari Brandt As CEO
Three years after leaving his post as as digital media head for Condé Nast Business Media Group Online to join ad technology provider Links… Read more »
Apple Tops Brand Rankings: What’s The Takeaway For Mobile?
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is still a ways behind companies like Samsung and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) when it comes to overall mobile market share, but it’… Read more »
Twitter User Reveals Alleged Details Of Secret Injunctions
Pressure to reveal the identities of celebrities protected by British legal injunctions has intensified after Twitter accounts began circula… Read more »
UK Journalists’ Tweets To Be Regulated
Reporter and newspaper Twitter feeds are expected to brought under the regulation of the Press Complaints Commission later this year, the fi… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 05-06-11
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» As If The Switch From AOL (NYSE: AOL) News To HuffPo Isn’t Confusing Enough (paidContent)
» The most interesting t… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 05-03-11
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» Second Sony (NYSE: SNE) Videogame-Service Is Hacked (WSJ)
» US digital sales up 2% in volume and 12% in value but s… Read more »
TweetDeck’s Sale To Twitter Expected Soon
Oft-rumoured lately, the reported sale of the TweetDeck Twitter client to Twitter itself now looks more likely, with both TechCrunch and Reu… Read more »
