Google’s acquisition of SocialDeck at the end of August made it the 11th social media related company Google has snapped up so far this year –
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September 6, 2010
Google’s social media strategy raises questions
Google’s acquisition of SocialDeck at the end of August made it the 11th social media related company Google has snapped up so far this year –
September 3, 2010
Sony takes on Apple with video, music services
Sony is making a play for a slice of the online entertainment market with new TV and music offerings designed to trump the best that Apple has to offer.
The consumer electronics giant promised its new video on demand service would deliver “hundreds of box office hits” from big-name studios, and said its
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September 2, 2010
Apple, Amazon join web TV war
Apple has upped the stakes in the web loungeroom battle by slashing the price of its TV device and announcing 99-cent downloads for shows.
Hours after Steve Jobs unveiled Apple’s new pitch Wednesday, online retailer
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August 30, 2010
New social network promises privacy
A new open-source social network that aims to offer subscribers more control over the information they share than Facebook will launch on September 15, developers say.
The team behind the $200,000 Diaspora project say the site is running and that source code will be released mid-month, ahead of schedule.
“We have shifted our developm
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August 17, 2010
iAd garners just five ads in first month
Apple’s tough stance on the adverts created for its iAd platform has left it with just a handful of live ads, despite 17 firms signing up to the service.
Ad agencies say development has been held up due to Apple’s involvement in the creative process, resulting in
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August 6, 2010
Google buys social gamer Slide for $228m
Google will acquire Facebook apps maker Slide for a reported $228 million in another effort to break into the social gaming market.
Google has agreed to pay $182 million for Slide, plus an extra $46 million in employee retention bonuses, in a deal expected to be announced today, sources
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July 29, 2010
Google to take on Facebook in online games
Google is seeking partners to build out online games to help it compete with Facebook, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
It has held talks with several major games companies, including Playdom, Playfish and Zynga – in
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July 7, 2010
Apple pulls apps after iTunes hack
Apple has removed dozens of apps from its App Store after claiming that a developer had hacked iTunes accounts to inflate sales.
Developer Thuat Nguyen held 42 of the top 50 apps listed in the store’s Book category, but was found out due to a lack of reviews of his work, which was mostly in Vietnamese and said to
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June 30, 2010
China Mobile wins HK mobile TV race
China Mobile Hong Kong has won the territory’s mobile TV spectrum auction with a bid of HK$175 million ($22.5m).
The operator, a 100%-owned subsidiary of the mainland China giant, will be awarded a 15-year license, the regulator, Ofta, said Tuesday.
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June 22, 2010
The iPad effect: Kindle, Nook cut their prices
The extraordinary success of the iPad has forced specialist ebook readers Kindle and Nook to cut their prices.
Barnes & Noble, the producer of the Nook, yesterday offered the 3G version of the device at $189, $70 off
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