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  • How YouTube Has Changed Media

    Brand Republic takes a look back at five years of YouTube and examines five milestones along the way that show how the site – now one of the largest in the world – has altered the landscape of broadcast media.

  • Infographic: Apple vs. Google vs. Microsoft

    Online Media Gazette examines the three-way battle for dominance in the technology industry. As the infographic demonstrates, each of the contenders has its own strengths and its own agenda, with Microsoft trying to keep computing tied to the desktop, Apple pushing users toward mobile devices and third-party apps and Google driving everything to the cloud.

  • Death of the Microsoft Kin: A Look at the Evidence

    The swift and high-profile demise of the Microsoft Kin offers an important lesson on why it’s critical to be in touch with today’s Web-centric culture in order to survive. With its lack of third-party apps, the Kin simply couldn’t compete in a market where consumers expect unlimited on-the-go news, entertainment, productivity and more from their mobile devices.

  • iPhone 4 Could Be a Game Console, a Golf Coach – What Else?

    The new features offered on the iPhone 4 – the gyroscope, front-facing camera and high definition video recording – present a new world of possibilities for app developers. Fast Company predicts the emergence of a highly evolved class of apps that will have serious business implications, from improving the delivery of health care to creating efficiencies in engineering and construction.

  • WWDC Update: Apple Unveils iPhone 4

    Following weeks of speculation and unprecedented leaks, Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs kicked off the annual Worldwide Developers Conference today with the introduction of the iPhone 4, which will arrive in stores on June 24. The latest incarnation of Apple’s mobile juggernaut will include several groundbreaking features, including FaceTime video calling, crisp 960-by-640 resolution Retina display, multitasking and HD video recording capabilities.

  • Facebook Users Spend More Than 25 Hours Online Monthly

    Online Media Gazette reports the findings of a recent Nielsen Online study which revealed that Facebook users spend more than triple the amount of time online as non-Facebook users. These results point to a division in behavior between those who use the Internet primarily for social engagement and entertainment and those who use it mostly as a productivity tool.

  • Mobile Web Will Supersede Desktop Internet By 2015

    With the proliferation of mobile devices including smartphones, tablets, e-readers, GPS systems, gaming systems and wireless home appliances, it’s no secret that mobile Web use is on a sharp incline. Within a week of being released, the iPad alone accounted for 5 percent of all mobile Web consumption. Based on the current growth rate, a new report from Morgan Stanley projects that Web consumption via mobile devices will overtake desktop browsing within the next five years.

  • The Entrepreneur’s State of Mind in 2010

    This infographic from Fast Company offers a revealing profile of today’s entrepreneur. Among the most interesting findings: 70 percent are men, 50 percent are between the ages of 26 and 35, over half are Mac and iPhone users and 44 percent report that the reason driving them to start their business was seeing “an opportunity to make something great.” Perhaps most surprisingly, 82 percent report an optimistic outlook for 2010

  • Holistic Web Browsing: Trends of the Future

    As the Web becomes an increasingly ubiquitous part of our daily existence, everything about the way in which we engage with it – from interface design to browsers to the mobile Web to search engines – is changing at an unprecedented rate. Smashing Magazine focuses on four trends that will shape the continued evolution of the Web so that elements previously unconnected will bind into an experience that permeates nearly every facet of our lives.

  • Square Revolutionizes Payments with an iPhone

    Square has developed groundbreaking mobile credit card processing technology that offers a simple way for anyone – whether an individual, small businesses or large company – to accept payments by credit, debit, prepaid or gift card with a small card reading device that plugs into the audio jack of an iPhone.

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