Verizon CEO: A Third Mobile Platform Will Emerge In The Next 12 Months | TechCrunch – interesting that Verizon think it could be any one of Samsung’s Bada, RIM’s QNX-based OS or Windows Phone. Doesn’t say much for the Nokia – Microsoft tag team that they haven’t FUD’ed the others out of the water yet
Renren: more than China’s Facebook – Event News – Digital – Campaign Asia-Pacific – But we have gone through over 1000 brand ‘experiments’ with both local and international clients. And having run so many diverse campaigns, we can identify the moments of truth, the shared patterns for the success of social media creativity.” Much more similar to the kind of deals portals like Yahoo! did with big brands
4 Surprises From New Brand Loyalty Data | Aaker on Brands – discount and aspirational brands the winners – top and bottom of the markets
MAKE | Fire Without Matches: Twenty-Three Spontaneously-Igniting Reactions – this is what chemistry teachers used to do to inspire young students
Amazon’s Best Excuses for Abusing Sick and Pregnant Workers – PR train wreck in the making
Drawing the line at child brand ambassadors – the Weetabix child ambassador example felt wrong
Why Did Sina Shares Plunge 15% Tuesday? | DigiCha
Twitter Unveils Web Analytics Tool, Expands Promoted Tweets | PCMag.com
Facebook is about to feature-creep itself into a usage U-turn | VentureBeat
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HTC exec: We will definitely beat Apple in patent disputes – MacDailyNews
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AppleInsider | RIM’s PlayBook manufacturer cutting production lines as sales slump – interesting that they insisted on a Taiwan-based production line to try and stop shanzhai versions appearing in China. Seems a bit naive myself
Google Android Market fee favours big brands • reghardware
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Windows 8 secure boot would ‘exclude’ Linux • The Register
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TRSF: MIT Technology Review’s science fiction anthology – Boing Boing
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Why Samsung won’t open the Bada OS box • The Register
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Merging Glam and Ning : pmarca – interesting move reminiscent of the way dot.coms were consolidated
U.S.-China Trade Dispute, Poultry, Deficit | Bloomberg
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Windows Phone manager who tweeted inside info about Nokia device is out at Microsoft – GeekWire – interesting that Microsoft is taking a harder stance on difficult social media comments
Forecast sees hard year, fewer chip makers – scary economic indicator for 2012 and beyond
Creative Review – Walrus introduced to Merseyside – I am not a fan of the Kenyonfraser branding
Jonty Skrufff interview | Ibiza Voice – top interview
Microsoft faces fresh antitrust probes in Ireland and Spain • The Register – this is probably as much about Microsoft’s tax evading ways
5 things an SEO should know about Open Site Explorer V3 – iCrossing
Google+ Opens To Everyone, Adds Search, Expands Hangouts
I, Cringely » Ballmer’s Last Stand
Natural scrolling: Why did Apple change the way we scroll? – Slate Magazine – cunning behavioural lock-in
China Says It May Regulate Corporate Structure Used for Overseas Listings – Bloomberg
As many as 40% of Facebook users ditch brand pages [infographic] | The Wall Blog
Samsung taking Bada open source in 2012? — Engadget
Microsoft paid out ‘more than £1 million’ to female executive – Telegraph
Warning: Fake games in the Market today : Android
CMO Survey: Fewer CMO’s Tying Sales Success to Social Media – looking at the data I wondered if social media has been less effective or people prefer to under promise and overachieve
Know what you mean about the Walrus branding – feels a bit ‘student project’ to me.