Verizon starts teasing R2-D2 Droid 2 details

September 3rd, 2010

Reviving the DroidLanding twitter account, Verizon has begun another online campaign to promote its next Droid handset.

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Samsung’s B+ Mentality: Find a Successful Product, Copy It Adequately

September 3rd, 2010

Samsung’s new Galaxy Tablet is the answer to Apple’s iPad, but it’s barely competent–which is precisely how Samsung rolls. A history of merely satisfactory products proves the point

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Vestel to deliver Yahoo! Connected TV across Europe

September 3rd, 2010

(Telecompaper) Consumer electronics maker Vestel has signed a partnership agreement with Yahoo!. Under the terms of the contract, Vestel and partner OEM brands will ship Yahoo! Connected TV to consumers in more than 40 countries across Europe starting in the first quarter of 2011

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Yahoo! and Vestel Group Partner to Deliver Yahoo! Connected TV Across Europe

September 3rd, 2010

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & MANISA, Turkey—-Yahoo! and Vestel Group, the largest TV manufacturer in Europe, today announced that consumers across Europe will soon be able to easily access thousands of content sources, movies, TV shows, social networks, videos, and other kinds of Internet content through Yahoo!

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How Insiders Game User-Generated News for Money

September 2nd, 2010

The Web. Open, democratic, leveling, freeing information from closed networks. The wisdom of the crowds

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First look: iTunes 10

September 2nd, 2010

It’s become a tradition in recent years: to coincide with Apple’s September music event, where new iPods and related hardware are presented, iTunes increases its version number by a notch.

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5 ways to use social media for better emergency response

September 2nd, 2010

More people now use social media tools to report emergencies or call for help, and they expect government response agencies to be actively engaged in using the technology, too.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab hands-on review

September 2nd, 2010

Full review: Samsung’s tablet is first serious iPad rival Posted by Hannah Bouckley

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How to Easily Install Twitter Testimonials on Your Blog

September 2nd, 2010

A couple of weeks ago I took a look at some examples of how brands collect and leverage Tweeted feedback – which has a positive effect: This creates favorable social media context around the brand (and thus makes it “friendlier”); This engages users to promote the company social media profiles (by adding them to friends, Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . How to …

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Weekly Digest No. 531

September 2nd, 2010

Google enjoys busy week | Time is right for tech deals | Eircom considers debt options | Apple, Sony seek music lovers’ attention

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