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• First Look: Zune, Twitter, Facebook And Last.fm On Xbox

  PaidContent - 2009-11-18

  Four months after announcing the features, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) added social networking and music radio functionality to its Xbox 360 console on Tuesday, along with the first European foray for its Zune brand see earlier reports from Tameka and I. Here are my initial explorations with each new service…Last.fm...

  Tags: Last.fm, Facebook, Twitter Inc., Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Entertainment, Gaming, Music, Social Media, Companies, CBS, CBS Interactive, Microsoft, xBox, Twitter, Robert Andrews

• Industry Moves Roundup: Twitter; Discovery; CBS Interactive

  PaidContent - 2009-11-11

  —Twitter: Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) senior research scientist Utkarsh Srivastava—whose expertise is in building large-scale distributed systems—is joining the microblogging service in an unspecified role, Louis Gray reports. He confirms the move—on Twitter.—Discovery Communications: Todd Zander has been promoted to vice president of digital media distribution, tasked with expanding the...

  Tags: Davenport Co., Twitter Inc., Industry, CBS Interactive Inc., Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Companies, CBS, CBS Interactive, Twitter, Joseph Tartakoff

• New INQ handsets will sync with iTunes

  Strategy Eye - 2009-08-03

  INQ Mobile has struck a deal with startup DoubleTwist to release two new smartphones before the end of the year which will sync with songs stored in iTunes and Windows Media Player. The two 3G phones, the INQ Chat and the INQ Mini, are aimed at the mass market...

  Tags: Software, Phone, Handset, Apple iTunes, INQ Mobile, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Twitter, doubleTwist, Editorial, Apple Inc.

• Twitter signs SMS deal with O2

  Strategy Eye - 2009-07-13

  O2 is to become the latest mobile operator to partner with Twitter to allow users to receive tweets via SMS, resurrecting a service that Twitter abandoned last year. O2 customers will be able to receive @replies and direct messages for free, under a 600-a-month fair usage limit. ...

  Tags: O2 Plc., SMS, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Manufacturing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, O2, Editorial, Vodafone Group Plc.

• Alexa: Twitter Web Traffic Eclipses CNN & NY Times

  BNET - 2009-06-25

  The ratings service Alexa provides one of the best tools available for assessing current traffic trends at websites, and as the chart above indicates, Twitter has now eclipsed both CNN and The New York Times on the web. Note that this does not reflect all the usage on smart phones,...

  Tags: Web, Alexa Internet Inc., Traffic, New York Times Co., Twitter, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Smart Phones, Channel Management, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, David Weir

• Microsoft to bring Facebook and Twitter to Xbox

  Strategy Eye - 2009-06-01

  Microsoft will allow users to access Facebook and Twitter from within their Xbox 360 consoles in an effort to promote the device as a hub for all home entertainment. The new connectivity is expected to go live in autumn, but in-game compatibility could take longer as developers will need...

  Tags: Game, Facebook, Microsoft Xbox Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Twitter, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Last.fm, George Mitton

• Follow Top Business Executives with ExecTweets

  BNET - 2009-05-19

  Want to become a successful executive? Then you need to think like one. ExecTweets aggregates the Twitter feeds of top business executives, giving you a unique window into the minds of some of capitalism's finest. So, who's tweeting? The site's roster of execs...

  Tags: Twitter, Exec, ExecTweets, Sales Strategy, Construction, Digital Music, Digital Media, Sales, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Rick Broida

• Twitter Indeed Surpasses New York Times

  BNET - 2009-05-08

  So, the proof is in. As we predicted last month, April was the month that Twitter grew bigger than The New York Times on the Web, according to Compete.com. A few observations: Most people access Twitter not via the web but via a...

  Tags: New York Times Co., Twitter, Times, Channel Management, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Weir

• Apple to bid USD700m for Twitter – Rumour

  Strategy Eye - 2009-05-04

  Apple is rumoured to be in late-stage negotiations to buy much-hyped micro-blogging service, Twitter, and reportedly wants to complete the deal before Apple’s Worldwide Developers’ Conference in June. The deal would be a blow for Facebook and Microsoft, which have each tried and failed to buy the popular startup....

  Tags: Apple Inc., Twitter, Smart Phones, Balance Sheets, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Hardware, Management, George Mitton

• AllVoices to Adapt Twitter's Method to Gather Global News

  BNET - 2009-04-15

  As Twitter ascends to the stratosphere as the communications channel of choice -- and there's no stopping it now -- media types can't be blamed for wishing there were some easier ways to separate out, say, what our dear fellow Twitterers may have had for breakfast, from significant breaking news...

  Tags: Multimedia, Twitter, AllVoices, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, David Weir