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  • Mobile Devices to Boost Online Ad Spending in 2012: Berg

    The total value of the global mobile marketing and advertising market will grow from $3.4 billion in 2010, at a compound annual growth rate of 37 percent, to $22.6 billion in 2016, according to a research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight. This will then correspond to 15.2 percent of the total online advertising…

  • 1. Touchscreens, Galore

    1. Touchscreens, Galore RIM has always believed physical QWERTY keyboards are best. But after Apple launched the iPhone, all that changed. Consumers have made touchscreens a near-requirement in the products they buy. RIM now offers touchscreens in some of its products, but they’re not on the same level as the iPhone’s. 2. More Choices RIM…

  • Improved Enterprise Infrastructure Depends on Green Data Centers

    Enterprises and companies of all sizes are always on the lookout for ways to decrease their energy consumption, whether it s to save money during budget-crunch time, to streamline and create a more efficient infrastructure, or simply a desire to operate a green environment. The question then for IT managers who are considering these types…

  • AT&T Kills $39 Billion T-Mobile Bid, Will Pay $4 Billion in Fees

    AT&T has decided to end its $39 billion bid for T-Mobile USA, the company announced in a statement Dec. 19. “AT&T will continue to be aggressive in leading the mobile Internet revolution,” AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson wrote in that statement. “Over the past four years, we have invested more in our networks than any other…

  • Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet Boost Android Tablet Share to 40%

    Amazon’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble’s (NASDAQ:BNBN) Nook Tablet will power Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android platform to 40.3 percent media tablet market share in the fourth quarter of 2011. That’s up from up from 32.4 percent in Q3, according to IDC, which estimated the media tablet market grew 24 percent on a sequential basis…

  • Microsoft Details Windows 8 Picture Password Feature

    At September’s BUILD conference, Microsoft took an auditorium of developers on a deep dive into the upcoming Windows 8. Among the features revealed in passing was a rather unique way of safeguarding the operating system from unauthorized users: a Picture Password that required touching parts of an image in order to move past the initial…

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