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Guest Post: David Murphy reports from Mobile World Congress
Explore Article Mobile Messaging 2.0 (Feb 15 2010) Mobile Social Networking
Monetising mobile social networking The last couple of years have seen an explosion in social networking, and as more consumers seek to stay connected to their social networks when they are away from their PC, operators are trying to find ways to monetise this trend.
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Ericsson shows off Twittering Tree in Barcelona
Explore Article textually.org (Feb 15 2010) Mobile Social Networking
At the 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Ericsson is showing how a tree can interact with human beings. The “Twittering Tree,” on display at Hall 6 in Barcelona, senses that someone is walking by and transmits information about that movement to a processor in a nearby laptop, which then activates a number of responses. The tree plays music, speaks, turns a light on or off, and even generates tweets (actually famous quotes) that will go live to its own Twitter account, ConnectedTree. None of these responses are random – they are based on the activity around it. When someone ...
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AT&T Launches Mobile Social Network App
Explore Article MediaPost (Jul 29 2009) Mobile Social Networking
In another sign that the cell phone is becoming the top social networking tool, AT&T has launched Social Net, a free mobile social networking application that combines access to Facebook, MySpace and Twitter and allows users to customize news feeds within a single application.Comment on Article Mentions: AT&T Twitter
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Survey Says Most iPhone Owners Download 10+ Apps
Explore Article textually.org (Sep 11 2009) Mobile Applications , Mobile Social Networking , Smartphones
At the end of June the company reported a record 5.2 million iPhones sold in its third quarter - a 600% increase over the same time frame a year earlier. Steve Jobs was proud to announce that more than 1.5 billion applications had been downloaded from the App Store. Unsurprisingly, according to a new survey released by Compete, 72% of iPhone owners have downloaded 10 or more applications to their devices. Meanwhile, in comparison only 27% of Blackberry owners have downloaded 5 or more applications. ... The top free application in the App Store's social networking category is Facebook and ...Comment on Article Mentions: iPhone Twitter Steve Jobs
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INQs new mobile devices are great - for penniless Twitter addicts
Explore Article gomonews.com (Aug 4 2009) Mobile Social Networking , Smartphones
Two months ago, INQ announced it would be launching a Twitter-centric mobile device before Christmas. True to it's word, the company has now unveiled two different models of the low-tech, social network optimised phone - a familiar candy-bar version, and Blackberry-a-like with a full QWERTY keyboard.
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New Facebook App For Pre, Pixi Uninspires
Explore Article mocoNews (Nov 16 2009) Mobile Social Networking , Smartphones
Facebook has released its first official app for the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre and Pixi, but as Engadget Mobile reports, users may be underwhelmed by its functionality. The app, which runs on the latest version of Palm’s webOS mobile operating system, lets people update their status, post photos and view the live stream—features that many have come to expect from any app that boasts some Facebook functionality—but not much else. Users can’t search for specific info, view events or even see their friends’ profiles, as clicking on someone’s name or photo just turns up their contact info. Facebook already launched ...
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Twitter, Peek Launch Co-Branded Mobile Messaging Device
Explore Article mocoNews (Nov 3 2009) Mobile Social Networking , Smartphones
Twitter has partnered with Peek, a startup that makes low-cost mobile messaging devices, to launch TwitterPeek, a handset designed—essentially—for Twitterholics. The 2.7 inch x 4 inch, color screen device doesn’t require WiFi, it runs on a high-speed wireless data network; users can send and receive unlimited tweets with the full QWERTY keyboard. TwitterPeek retails at Amazon for $99 with a $7.95 monthly fee, or $199 for what Peek is calling “lifetime” service. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed, so it’s not clear whether Twitter is getting a portion of the up-front costs, the monthly access fee, or both. ...
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Facebook Claims 65 Million Mobile Users
Explore Article InformationWeek (Sep 4 2009) Mobile Applications , Mobile Social Networking , Smartphones , Americas
Most of the social networking site's growth comes from markets where mobile phones may be the primary computing devices.Comment on Article Mentions: iPhone InformationWeek Nokia
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Confirmed: O2 Restores Twitter UK SMS Service
Explore Article mocoNews (Jul 13 2009) Mobile Social Networking , SMS , EMEA
On March 2, we were first to report that O2 was the first UK network to strike a deal to reinstate free inbound SMS service in the country. Now O2 is confirming the news.
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Phone calling coming to Twitter
Explore Article textually.org (Sep 17 2009) Mobile Social Networking
A beta service expected to launch Thursday will allow Twitter users to make voice calls to each other without needing to know someone's phone number. A new third-party offering from Jajah known as Jajah@call is expected to go into beta Thursday morning that will allow Twitter users to initiate a two-way voice chat with other users. [via Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman]Comment on Article Mentions: Twitter
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When It Comes to Facebook Mobile, Carriers Want Less Data
Explore Article GigaOM (Sep 9 2009) Mobile Social Networking
Facebook Mobile users are twice as active on the social network than web-only users and account for about a quarter of its entire user base. As a result, carriers have been asking Facebook to trim down the amount of data contained in its mobile web versions. Carriers “want the same service,” said Henri Moissinac, [...]Comment on Article Mentions: Android Facebook
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Social Messaging beta reaches out to Facebook Chat and beyond
Explore Article All About Symbian (Sep 2 2009) Mobile Social Networking , SMS
More betas from Nokia World as the Nokia Messaging client gets an early look update to include Social Messaging. With so many sites and protocols for instant messaging coming up, the Social Messaging section hopes to be a clearing house for all your IM needs, and will hopefully be something that operators will want to be involved with as well.Comment on Article Mentions: Ewan Spence Nokia World Nokia Messaging
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Facebook Pokes Users Through App Stores
Explore Article GigaOM (Jan 26 2010) Mobile Applications , Mobile Social Networking , Smartphones
Facebook's mobile app ranks among the top 10 downloaded in every major OS-specific app store in the U.S., according to new data from Distimo. It's just the latest evidence that the social networking site has quickly become a massive player in mobile.
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Facebook Launches SMS Service for T-Mobile Users in the United States
Explore Article Inside Facebook (Jul 14 2009) Mobile Social Networking , SMS , Americas
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'Helicopter Moms': Does Hovering Parenting Style Hurt or Help Your College Kids?
Explore Article abcnews.go.com (Aug 31 2009) Mobile Social Networking , SMS
Mothers and fathers, who are eager to stay closer to their kids at college, have turned to social networking -- tweeting, texting, Facebook.
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