Archive for February, 2010

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Zinio app brings magazines to iPhones…and perhaps iPads?

Digital-magazine publisher Zinio just released an eponymous app for the iPhone and iPod Touch (iTunes link), meaning you can now read electronic editions of Automobile, PC Magazine, Popular Science, and other pubs on the go.

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For ads, social media still a niche buy

Considering all you hear about social networks finally starting to convince the advertising industry that they’re a worthwhile destination for dollars, it’s a bit surprising to see…

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Social Media Spending to Hit $1.3 Billion This Year

Why rent an audience when you can buy your own?

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Print media hail iPad’s potential

(CNN) — Now that they’ve gotten a peek at it, publishers of books, newspapers and magazines are hoping Apple’s forthcoming iPad tablet device will breathe new life into their struggling industry.

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Google Acquires Aardvark For $50 million (Confirmed)

Update: Aardvark CEO Max Ventilla emails to say “We can now confirm that Google has signed a deal to acquire us but have no further comment.”

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Test Driving Google Buzz: How Does Facebook Compare?

Buzz has some great rich-media sharing capabilities. But Facebook still…

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Google Buzz: "Are You at Work? How About a $.99 Big Mac From McDonald's, Three Blocks Away?"

You’re waking up to an Internet a-Buzz with talk about Google’s new social sharing experiment. Opinions are mixed, but mainly concern the current version of Buzz.

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The New York Times' iPhone app hits 3 million downloads

The New York Times’ free iPhone application has been downloaded 3 million times since its launch in July 2008, The Guardian reports.

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Five New Media Trends to Watch in 2010

Now that the new decade has started, what new media trends should you be looking out for?

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Just a quarter of UK retailers are on Twitter: study

Just 26% of retailers in the UK have a Twitter account, and 24% a Facebook page, and most are not making the most of these, according to a new study.

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