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Internet Marketing/Advertising Via Cell Phones

2010-03-11T22:55:35Z

The new buzz now is focused on Cell Phone Marketing. As early as March 19th 2007 USA Today wrote an article about this. They predicted that the youth of today will bring this type of marketing to a whole new level.<br><br>Cell phones have become very attractive as advertising tools also; a recent Harris survey reports that the cell phone use is increasing while the traditional landline telephone is fast losing customers. The fact i...

How the AP-GfK poll on Obama was conducted

2010-03-10T00:30:38Z

<div id="subtitle">How the AP-GfK poll on Obama was conducted</div><div><p>The Associated Press-GfK Poll on President Obama, the direction of the country and health care was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from March 3-8. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone inter...

LG Elec launches Android-based smartphone

2010-03-09T18:30:15Z

<div><p>SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc, the world's No. 3 mobile phone maker, on Wednesday launched a smartphone based on Google's Android operating system in South Korea, as it seeks to boost its relatively weak...

How AP-Gfk Poll on health care was conducted

2010-03-09T16:00:09Z

<div id="subtitle">How the AP-GfK Poll on health care was conducted</div><div><p>The Associated Press-GfK Poll was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from March 3-8. It was based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,002 adults. Interviews were conducted with 702 responden...

Sony developing handheld devices to counter Apple: WSJ

2010-03-04T22:15:53Z

<div><p>Japanese electronics giant Sony is developing a new lineup of handheld products to counter Apple's stable of portable devices, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.</p><p>The newspaper, citing "people familiar with the matter," said the products under development inclu...

Lenovo takes aim at mobile Internet, China market

2010-03-03T19:00:38Z

<div><p>BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Lenovo, the world's No.4 personal computer maker, said it will develop more products this year for the mobile Internet, attempting to gain ground after a late start into the hot smartphone market.</p><p>Lenovo entered th...

Google backs HTC in Apple patent suit

2010-03-03T13:17:26Z

<div><p>Google on Wednesday threw its backing behind HTC, maker of the Internet giant's Nexus One smartphone, after Apple accused the Taiwan company of infringing on iPhone patents.</p><p>"We are not a party to this laws...

Skype comes to Nokia smartphones, companies say

2010-03-03T10:17:09Z

<div><p>Mobile phone giant Nokia said on Wednesday that its smartphone users could begin making free calls after it teamed up with Internet phone pioneer Skype which permits free calls.</p><p>"Skype for Symbian will allow Nokia smartphone users worldwide to use Skype on the move, ove...

Cisco makes companies more smartphone friendly

2010-03-03T06:15:42Z

<div><p>Cisco has unveiled a way for businesses to feel comfortable about letting workers use whatever smartphones tickle their fancies.</p><p>While hip new mobile devices such as Apple iPhones or Google's Nexus One smartphones have proven popular with the public at large, businesses have been averse to such device...

Apple sues HTC over phones with Google software

2010-03-02T19:16:29Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc sued Taiwan's HTC Corp, which makes touchscreen smartphones using Google software, accusing it of infringing...

Apple sues HTC for iPhone patent infringement

2010-03-02T15:16:03Z

<div><p>Apple filed suit on Tuesday against HTC, maker of the Nexus One smartphone from Google, accusing the Taiwan company of infringing on 20 iPhone patents.</p><p>"We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it,"

Professors highlight threat of mobile device rootkits

2010-02-25T00:30:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Two Rutgers University computer science professors are calling for more research into the detection of smartphone rootkits, which cannot be found in the same as they are on desktops.</div><div><p>Two computer science professors are hoping that their latest research into rootkits will encourage the security community to develop better techniques for sniffing out the stealthy programs if ...

Google scraps China leg of Nexus One event: source

2010-02-24T01:30:08Z

<div><p>BEIJING (Reuters) - Google Inc has scrapped the China leg of a regional event to show software developers its first smartphone, the Nexus One, in Beijing, its second such move following its threatened pull-out from the cou...

Mobile phone sales slide in 2009: study

2010-02-23T10:17:07Z

<div><p>Worldwide mobile phone sales fell 0.9 percent last year to 1.2 billion units, but the market recovered in the fourth quarter thanks to the success of smartphones, the Gartner research group said Tuesday.</p><p>Sales in the final three months of the year rose 8.3 percent to 340 million units compared to fourth quarter 2008.</p><p>"The mobile devices market finished the year on a very positive note, driven by growth in smartphones and low-end devices," G...

Handset market rebounding in 2010: report

2010-02-23T01:00:25Z

<div><p>HELSINKI (Reuters) - The cellphone market will rebound more strongly strongly than expected this year as improving economies boost spending on new gadgets and handset vendors push cheap smartphones, research firm Gartner said on Tuesday.</p><p>The market fell 1 percent in 2009, the first decline in eight years as consumers cut spending amid recession.&...

China, India adding to e-waste timebomb: UN

2010-02-22T03:15:47Z

<div><p>Mountains of discarded computers and mobile phones could soon pose serious threats to public health and the environment in developing countries without swift action, the UN said Monday.</p><p>"Sales of electronic products in countries like China and India and across continents such as

Windstream 4Q profit falls 7 pct as revenue slides

2010-02-22T08:50:41Z

<div id="subtitle">Windstream 4Q profit falls 7 percent as revenue slides, merger and other costs rise</div><div><p>Fixed-line phone company Windstream Corp. on Thursday reported a 7 percent drop in fourth-quarter earnings, as it continued to lose traditional phone customers and booked higher costs.</p><p>The company, which has been on an...

Qwest 4Q profit falls 39 percent

2010-02-22T09:17:42Z

<div id="subtitle">Qwest 4Q profit falls 39 percent as migration from landlines to cell phones goes on</div><div><p>Qwest Communications International Inc., the nation's fourth-largest traditional phone company, on Tuesday said its fourth-quarter earnings fell 39 percent as customers disconnected traditional landline phones in favor...

Summary Box: Qwest 4Q profit falls 39 percent

2010-02-22T09:11:22Z

<div id="subtitle">Summary Box: Qwest 4Q profit falls 39 percent as migration to cell phones continues</div><div><p>EARNINGS HANGUP: Qwest Communications International Inc. says its fourth-quarter earnings fell 39 percent. Revenue fell 10 percent.</p><p>THE EXPLANATION: Many customers are disconnecting tr...

TechBit Verizon Wireless Skype

2010-02-16T12:31:17Z

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2008 file photo, a customer tries the new BlackBerry Storm smartphone at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. Verizon Wireless on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 said it will let customers...