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Hyperlocal social networking: iPhone 3G may be the trigger

Hyperlocal social networking: iPhone 3G may be the triggernice articleNice information and article. Thank you. I agree. Apple does target a lot of teenagers and young adults with all these Networking Apps. )RE: Hyperlocal social networking: iPhone 3G may be the triggerM:Metrics is now part of "comScore", not Compete.com.RE: Hyperlocal...

Tags: M:Metrics, Hyperlocal social networking, Hyperlocal, social networking, iPhone 3G, trigger, 3G, Apple iPhone, network

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

33.32% of US mobile users sent or received text messages

Clickz published data from M:Metrics regarding US mobile subscriber activity.US mobile subscriber activityActivity Reach, 000% of US subscribersChange, %Sent or received text message60,98333.324.6Retrieved news and information via browser18,57210.150.1Purchased ring tone17,6759.667.3Used photo messaging17,0059.299.4Used personal e-mail13,4547.359.4Used mobile instant messenger11,5686.3210.5Used work e-mail7,8864.3112.8Purchased wallpaper or screensaver7,1763.928.5Downloaded mobile game6,0523.316.5Source: M:Metrics

Tags: mobile marketing, mobile, M:Metrics

Blog posts 2006-02-05

5.8% of US cell phone users have checked their e-mail on the phone

M:Metrics has found that students, particularly those who are also employed, consume more mobile content than any other group. Students are getting a jump on the back-to-school mobile buying season, as they make use of their new phones by using mobile content. Mobile browser use among students grew by 8.7%...

Tags: mobile marketing, mobile

Blog posts 2005-08-30

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Ballmer: Windows 7 sales on a roll

Oh boy... this should be a fun Talkback... ntntyeap...for sure we'll be hearing what everyone has already said "ad nauseum".BallSack is a MoronPlain and Simple.I'm sure Win7 sales are decent. After all, it's hard to get an OS-less computer.....It is easy enough to get linuxpre-installed.Or buy a MacHowever,...

Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, Mac sale, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Linux, sales, Steve Ballmer, Windows 7 sale, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

HP Pavilion Elite owner resorts to lawsuit over 'inherently defective' PC

My HP Pavilion Elite... / HP quality controlMy HP Pavilion Elite came with an obviously defective, and defectively designed, video card. After about eight months, the video card model was finally recalled.My previous HP desktop computer went for about five years without a problem.HP's quality control is clearly going down...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion Elite, HP Pavilion, Linux, Core i7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., PC

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

CRM Association-Netherlands Rocks Het Huis!

I'm in love with Amsterdam....no wait, I love it but I'm not in love....no, hold on, I like it a lot, but I'm not in love, nor do I love it. The Theory.... Interestingly enough (to me at least and who else am I really writing this for...

Tags: Car, Amsterdam, Conference, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-16

My 7 favorite Windows 7 features

Today Windows 7 hits the GA or general availability milestone. That means that you'll be able to pick up a PC with the OS pre-installed on it, or pick up a disc from your favorite virtual or bricks-and-mortar outlet. To celebrate, here are my top 7 favorite Windows 7 features....

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant

Friday October 23rd will see Gartner argue a motion to dismiss a complaint by ZL Technologies Inc about the famed Gartner Magic Quadrant. According to court papers, Gartner will argue to dismiss based on First Amendment rights citing that the Magic Quadrant is not meant to represent statements of fact...

Tags: Quadrant, Analyst, Vendor, Gartner Inc., Vinnie, MQ, Blogging, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Internet, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Future ERP

Brian Sommer's provocative post that juxtaposes SAP's technology thinking around the 'old' and 'new' worlds provides insights into something SAP was talking about last year - the two speed world of ERP. At the back end there is still plenty to do, hardening applications, winkling out recurring bugs...

Tags: Innovation, Salesforce.com Inc., Financial, SAP AG, ERP, Brian Sommer, Brian, S-curve, Cloud Infrastructure, BRP, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Uptime Institute Seminar

I'm on my way to the Uptime Institute's How to Plan, Justify, and Manage a Major Data Center Project seminar in Atlanta, GA. I hope to meet some of the attendees as well as members of the Institute's staff. Who is the Uptime Institue? Here's how the Institute...

Tags: Data Center, Uptime, Uptime Institute, Institute, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Microsoft hints at second low-cost Office option

Looks like they figured out that the price people are willing to pay for MSOffice is going to be falling like a rock. Can you say "pennies on the dollar"??$0 is about rightfor all the headaches MS has caused the world.M$ still has to drop the price a lotin order...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

The single biggest reason why Windows 7 won't be another Vista

100% of Vista drivers have worked so farWhen something didn't have a Windows 7 driver, I used the Vista driver and it worked just fine.I agree 100% with your blog Ed, Windows 7 is being released into a totally different environment than Vista was released into.That, and I think people...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Gartner research suggests data center energy metrics still mystery to many businesses

Sometimes I feel like I'm beating a dead horse with these blogs, especially when reporting the results of ongoing Green IT research. The latest disheartening report, for me at least, is the declaration by Gartner that along close to 70 percent of data center managers say that...

Tags: Data Center, Green IT, Gartner Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-04

SmartSynch touts progress in Texas

What's this, smart grid technology that is actually being used for bonafide business purposes and not just in a pilot? SmartSynch, which provides both smart meter technology and smart grid IP communications technology, is reporting that Texas-New Mexico Power TNMP is about halfway through the deployment of...

Tags: SmartSynch Inc., TNMP, Network Technology, Cloud Computing, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Utility Computing, It Management, It service Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-25

Is browser speed now an irrelevant metric? No!

Do you mean Chrome 3?There's a few references to Chrome 4, but the article started out with reference to Chrome 3?Where are your facts?I have no doubt Chrome 3 is faster than Chrome 2, but in comparison to other browsers, you need to give us better information than "noticeable difference[s]".I...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Yahoo's search strategy: We're not fighting "the megawatt war"

At Yahoo's press event yesterday, there was some grilling about the new features in search and how much of that had to do with the long-anticipated search deal the company cut with Microsoft last month. If you'll recall, the 10-year pact between the two companies involved Microsoft...

Tags: Strategy, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Internet, Corporate Communications, Search, Channel Management, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-25

Google, let's see what you've got

Google shares a lot of data already through tools like Google Trends, Google Ad Planner and the Zeitgeist -- but there are several "secret" pieces of info that could be very useful, and interesting for many people. Asa Dotzlen has a good point -- Google...

Tags: Google Inc., Web Browser, Asa Dotzlen, Browser Statistics Google, Web Browsers, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-08-22

Watch these metrics. The Planet touts new water-cooled chiller from Turbine Air.

I'm always looking for examples of things that businesses are doing to make their data centers more energy-efficient. This one comes from The Planet, an IT hosting company from Texas. When it built out a new 106,000-square-foot data center in Plano its eighth, The Planet opted for...

Tags: The Planet.com Internet Services Inc., Turbine, Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-20

The incredible shrinking GOOG! 25% smaller...

oddmaybe that's how they're making google faster - just by indexing less?Analysis is way too simpleSimply looking at the number of returned results is a useless criterion for determining search quality. I Googled my name and got 489,000 results - none of the first 30 or so referred to me....

Tags: Web browsers, Noone, Paradigm-Shift, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

Apple App Store to be bigger than Wal-mart?

OMG. Where do you "journalists" get these stupid comparisions? Wallmart? Since when does the App Store sell furniture, mobile phones, electronics, computers, body care etc. ? What the F ? It sells mobile applications for a mobile platform, what does this have to do with wallmart?Why not compare it to...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Desktops, Wireless and Mobility, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Apple Inc., rice, metaphor

Discussion threads 2009-08-10