Why mobile web apps are slow | Sealed Abstract
China’s New Weapon Against Tax Cheats | The Diplomat – fapio would be ideal for many European countries
Nokia can’t rely on megapixels alone | TechEye – A large problem facing Nokia is branding. It’s “no longer seen as cool or premium in Europe,” Gleeson says, “and the brand essentially doesn’t exist in North America at all”. So much the same problems that affected the Nokia brand prior to Mr Elop coming on board
If tardy chip-baking fix fails, this Frenchman can help • The Register
AltaVista is dead. Here’s why it’s so hard to compete with Google. – interesting interview with the DuckDuckGo people
PC Shipments Fall for a Fifth Quarter Even as U.S. Decline Slows – Bloomberg
Marketing, Confidence tumbles on economic slowdown | Marketing-Interactive.com
Colgate forced to scrap #brushswap promotion after Waterloo debacle – Brand Republic News
Facebook Has Banned Ad Price ‘Arbitrage’ – Business Insider
Japanese Fans Mourn Demise of ‘Potato Snack’ – WSJ.com – great demonstration of brand loyalty
Social Connectivity in America: University of Toronto – don’t worry the web doesn’t isolate us
Apple’s ‘Zombie Apps’ Cloud App Store’s Birthday – Survey shows nearly two thirds of the 888,856 apps available in Apple’s App Store receive little or no downloads:
BBC News – Apple conspired to fix e-book prices, judge rules
Nokia: dumping hardware, opening up software – Rethink Wireless