Posted on 07 March 2011
The strategic partnership between Microsoft and Nokia, announced in February , was regarded as auspicious by some and desperate by others, yet some specifics of the agreement were largely a mystery until today. Most notably, Microsoft was rumored to have led the partnership with hundreds of millions of dollars, outbidding Google (!) to woo the once-magnificent Finnish giant. Considering Google’s sights are increasingly set on the low-cost phone market, it’s interesting that they didn’t just write a blank check
Tags: agreement, billion-doesn, Facebook, microsoft, Mobile, News, nokia, partnership, settlement, small-segment, the-agreement, the-partnership
Posted on 07 March 2011
Starting March 11th, admins will no longer be able to install new FBML tap applications on their Pages, and must instead use iFrames.
Tags: applications, development, Facebook, inside-network, interactive, marketing, pages, select-the-apps, Social Media, starting-march, victoria-ransom, welcome-tab, wildfire
Posted on 07 March 2011
Opera is launching a designated, web-based mobile app store today, called the Opera Mobile Store. The store will be a featured Speed Dial link in the Opera Mini and Opera Mobile browsers. The Opera Mobile Store is actually powered by Appia (formerly PocketGear), which recently shifted its business model to providing white label mobile app stores for providers
Tags: black, Facebook, Mobile, News, opera, opera-publisher, operating-systems, phone, proliferation, providing-white, publisher, store
Posted on 07 March 2011
The new version of the Comments Box social plugin for third-party websites that Facebook released last week only gives users the options to login with their Facebook or Yahoo! accounts. However, we’ve just learned that the plugin includes live code supporting logins for accounts from Google, Twitter, and other OpenID providers. This means it might be easy for Facebook to enable logins from additional providers if its relations with these companies improve.
Tags: companies, Facebook, live, myspace, News, openid, plugin, social-plugins, twitter, yahoo
Posted on 07 March 2011
comScore’s monthly smartphone data is in and it looks like for the first time Android OS has surpassed both Apple’s iOS and RIM in terms of U.S.
Tags: apple, because-google, comscore, Facebook, Mobile, motorola, News, operating-systems, social-networking, time-the-google
Posted on 07 March 2011
It would appear that our increased reliance on technology has destroyed our ability to have a good night’s sleep.
Tags: ability, america, before-bedtime, decent-night, Facebook, increased, national, News, says-the-2011, sleep, study-shows
Posted on 07 March 2011
Want to watch Charlie Sheen’s Sheen’s Corner on mobile? Aspire to be Charlie Sheen? Well, just like it did on Android back in January, Ustream today has combined both its Viewer and Broadcaster app into one all-encompassing and newly redesigned iPhone app allowing you to stream and watch live video all from your iPhone
Tags: both-on-twitter, charlie sheen, hitting-it-out, Mobile, network, park, ustream, Video
Posted on 07 March 2011
Want to watch Charlie Sheen’s Sheen’s Corner on mobile? Aspire to be Charlie Sheen
Tags: broadcast, Facebook, News
Posted on 07 March 2011
Want to watch Charlie Sheen’s Sheen’s Corner on mobile?
Tags: charlie sheen, chilean-miner, events, Facebook, hitting-it-out, network, park, ustream, ustream-crowds, Video
Posted on 07 March 2011
Want to watch Charlie Sheen’s Sheen’s Corner on mobile? Aspire to be Charlie Sheen?
Tags: Facebook, News, park, Video