Non-Profits: Get Your Free Web Marketing Plan, Courtesy of Bing, Deep Focus, Twitter and Facebook

Non-Profits: Get Your Free Web Marketing Plan, Courtesy of Bing, Deep Focus, Twitter and Facebook: "Digital shop Deep Focus spearheaded a "hackathon" to help the charity DonorsChoose.org, but rather than keep all that useful information secret, they're releasing it on the web to help other charities address mounting tech-related challenges.

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Report: Apple Passes RIM as No. 4 Mobile Phone Seller

Report: Apple Passes RIM as No. 4 Mobile Phone Seller: "Framingham, Mass. - Apple (NASD: AAPL) has surpassed BlackBerry maker
Research in Motion (RIM) (NASD: RIMM) to become the No. 4 handset vendor in the world during
the third quarter, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

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F.C.C. Opens Unused TV Airwaves to Broadband

F.C.C. Opens Unused TV Airwaves to Broadband: "It is the first significant block of spectrum made available for unlicensed use by the F.C.C. in 20 years.




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Online Media Daily: ACA To FCC: Broadband Reclassification Will Harm Cable Providers http://ping.fm/N3FR1

Letter From Britain: Secrets of the Ads That ‘Stalk’ You | Epicenter | Wired.com

Letter From Britain: Secrets of the Ads That ‘Stalk’ You | Epicenter | Wired.com: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

Asia rings in mobile payment numbers - Communications - News

Asia rings in mobile payment numbers - Communications - News

Top 5 Mobile Commerce Trends for 2010

Top 5 Mobile Commerce Trends for 2010

Study: App stores slash time-to-market by two thirds

Study: App stores slash time-to-market by two thirds: "

Application storefronts like Apple's App Store and Google's Android Market have cut the average app time-to-market by two thirds, according to a new study issued by market analysis and strategic advisory firm VisionMobile. Where traditional distribution channels once required roughly 68 days from application submission to purchase availability--a lag VisionMobile blames on the 'long, proprietary and fragmented processes of application certification, approval, targeting and pricing, all of which need to be established via one-to-one commercial agreements'--the corresponding app store process typically spans just 22 days. In addition, app stores have trimmed time-to-payment cycles from an average of 82 days via traditional channels to about 36 days.

VisionMobile reports that more than 95 percent of iPhone developer respondents rely on the App Store as their primary distribution channel, while the percentage of Android programmers dependent on Android Market hovers just below 90 percent. Around 75 percent of Symbian developers who use app stores turn to Nokia's Ovi Store. However, fewer than 10 percent of Windows Phone developers use an app store as their primary distribution channel, while that number drops to 4 percent among Java developers. 'The iOS platform is fastest to go to market with, particularly thanks to Apple's streamlined App Store process, while Java ME and Symbian are the slowest, due to the sluggishness of the traditional routes to market used by these developers (in particular via commissioned apps and own-website downloads),' writes VisionMobile research director Andreas Constantinou.

For more on the VisionMobile app store study:
- read this blog entry

Related articles:
ABI forecast: App store downloads to peak in 2013
App stores anticipated to generate $15 billion in 2013
Google forecasts browsers will beat out app stores   
App store mania will further delay growth of browser-based applications

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AppleInsider | Apple interested in offering instant product research via iPhone

At the very least, Apple is a believer.
AppleInsider | Apple interested in offering instant product research via iPhone

Fashion Sites Offer Public Feedback on Your Clothes - NYTimes.com

User created content and peer to peer are blurring the lines between media advertising and publishing. Tibor Kalman had it right with Benneton. IMO brand publishing is coming of age. Brand pages on Facebook and brand video on YouTube are only the beginning of what's to come.

Fashion Sites Offer Public Feedback on Your Clothes - NYTimes.com

Study: Consumers Creeped Out by Some Big, Targeted Ads - Advertising Age - Digital

Study: Consumers Creeped Out by Some Big, Targeted Ads - Advertising Age - Digital

Google's U.K. Chief Says Mobile Comes First

Google's U.K. Chief Says Mobile Comes First: "Engineers are told to consider mobile first, as search giant expects three years of rapid growth in mobile ecosystem."

Facebook Stirs Up Trouble for Silicon Valley - Advertising Age - Digital

IMO. What exactly is it about "private" that facebook fails to recognize? While playing dumb about opt-in permission you just cost the entire media industry the freedom to regulate itself. A privilege and social contract that advertisers have managed to honor without your help for more than 200 years. Thank you facebook, and thank you Mark Zuckerberg for single handedly and unilaterally breaking the social contract between advertisers and subscribers. You, above all profile mongering, list hawking carpetbaggers have provided the supreme example of mistrust, social irresponsibility and privacy abuse that will be your legacy.

Facebook Stirs Up Trouble for Silicon Valley - Advertising Age - Digital

Draft of Online Privacy Bill Stirs Fears Among Ad Industry - Advertising Age - Digital

Draft of Online Privacy Bill Stirs Fears Among Ad Industry - Advertising Age - Digital

Banks Must Address M-Commerce Now And Contactless Later | Voxy.co.nz

Banks Must Address M-Commerce Now And Contactless Later | Voxy.co.nz