Social networking driving mobile data boom
July 14, 2009 Written by James Middleton
Forget music and video downloads, social networking is driving the growth explosion in mobile data usage, analysts said today.
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Facebook makes friends with FriendFeed
August 11, 2009 Written by James Middleton
Competition is getting heated in the real time search space as monster social network Facebook snapped up FriendFeed for an undisclosed sum.
INQ launches QWERTY Twitter phone
August 4, 2009 Written by @telecoms
Hutchison Whampoa’s handset play INQ has announced two new handsets that it hopes will build on the success of its first device the INQ1 – known colloquially as the ‘Facebook Phone’ because of the social networking capabilities around which it was designed.
Hutch to intro Twitter handset
June 9, 2009 Written by @telecoms
The handset unit that emerged from the incubator of Hong Kong’s Hutchison Whampoa is onto its second device and is sticking with the social networking theme with the Twitter phone.
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AQA launches commercial micro-blog
April 20, 2009 Written by Mike Hibberd
AQA 63336, the UK-based premium text trivia service, has launched a commercial blogging tool – AQA2U – that it believes will allow publishers of all types of content to generate revenues by sending SMS updates to an opt-in audience. By doing so, the firm aims to grow its own revenues without having to market to AQA2U text recipients.
The Twits
April 17, 2009 Written by The Informer
The Informer wouldn’t mind betting that a good number of his readers are Twits; assuming, of course, that ‘Twit’ is the noun employed to describe people who frequent the Twitter social networking site. The Informer is a Twit himself, through www.telecoms.com, so you’re in good company.
Predicting the next Twitter
April 15, 2009 Written by @telecoms
Boffins at De Montfort University Leicester, UK, have put together a team tasked with predicting the next big thing in terms of communication technologies, in a bid to tackle ethical pitfalls before they become a problem.
Vodafone UK starts Twittering via SMS
March 27, 2009 Written by James Middleton
Microblogging and social networking tool Twitter has made a made a return to the UK mobile market, after signing a deal with Vodafone that will allow users to send “tweets” by SMS.
Facebook eyeing up Twitter?
November 26, 2008 Written by James Middleton
More crazy money talk was being bandied around in the world of social networking this week as it emerged that Web 2.0 giant Facebook has been eyeing up Twitter as a potential acquisition. Facebook, much the darling of the mobile space at present, if recent deals are anything to go by, is believed to have [...]
Twitter priced out of UK mobile market
August 14, 2008 Written by James Middleton
Microblogging and social networking tool Twitter has pulled the plug on part of its UK mobile service, citing the high prices charges by UK operators. As of Thursday, Twitter is no longer delivering outbound text messages via its dedicated UK number. The feature was available to users who wanted to receive update straight to their [...]
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