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News.blog: Microsoft's Flickr rights shockr
News The competition was designed as part of the marketing campaign around Windows Live Image Search, with Nikon as the prize partner. It is always very important to Microsoft that we respect the intellectual property rights of others, and we regret...
Tags: imaging, photographs, rights, marketing
13 August 2008, 8:56
BBC lifts lid on iPlayer user habits
News The most common age group using iPlayer is 35- to 44-year-olds, with a quarter of all users coming from this section of the population, according to research commissioned by the BBC's marketing, communications and audiences group.iPlayer has good...
Tags: linux, cent, research, bbc
7 August 2008, 9:37
News.blog: YouTube, Viacom to mask user info
News That might show that while Viacom's lawyers were demanding YouTube to remove its videos, Viacom's marketing managers may have been among those that posted them. YouTube will be allowed to mask important user information from records it must turn...
Tags: privacy, records, viewing, youtube
15 July 2008, 8:50
Consumers to turn into armchair gadget designers?
News Power, chief executive of digital marketing company Concep, said in a statement: "By 2013 customer empowerment will be the norm rather then the exception. Apple's style gurus should watch their backs because the killer-gadgets of the future will be...
Tags: consumers, gadgets, customers, analysts
14 July 2008, 8:11
Firefox 3 downloads merit Guinness World Record
News Paul Kim, vice president of marketing at Mozilla, also paid tribute to the efforts of members of the community. Firefox is now officially in the record books for receiving the most downloads from a Web site with a 24-hour period.
Tags: market, cent, mozilla, firefox
4 July 2008, 9:12
Firefox 3 downloads blast past 5 million
News As part of its marketing effort, it encouraged users to pledge to download Firefox 3 on its release and to hold download parties. At the beginning of the release, a post by Mozilla marketing coordinator Melissa Shapiro on the Mozilla blog on...
Tags: servers, problems, mozilla, mark
18 June 2008, 14:47
Firefox 3 to roll out next week
News Mozilla is encouraging its community of over 175 million users to sign up on the spreadfirefox.com marketing site to receive Firefox 3 on the day of its release, to host download parties, and to put Firefox badges on Web sites and blogs.
Tags: firefox, development, date, mozilla
13 June 2008, 9:44
News.blog: Acer favours Linux for mini laptops
News Acer vice president of marketing Gianpiero Morbello said the Taiwanese In an interview with VNUNet.com, PC maker has big plans to develop the market for Linux, not only on its low-cost ultraportable, but on the company's laptops as well.
Tags: linux, market, laptops, develop
5 June 2008, 8:56
Mozilla aims for world record with Firefox 3 release
News Mozilla is encouraging its community of over 175 million users to sign up on the Spread Firefox marketing site to receive Firefox 3 on the day of its release, to host download parties, and to put Firefox badges on Web sites and blogs.
Tags: mozilla, firefox, hoping, candidate
30 May 2008, 9:07
Facebook execs explain profile redesign
News This shift is meant to make it easier for people to see dynamically changing information from friends and applications first, according to Chamath Palihapitiya, Facebook's vice president of product marketing.
Tags: beta, feed, feeds, distribution
22 May 2008, 9:58
BlackBerry integrates Windows Live
News The BlackBerry platform is respected around the world for providing optimised messaging capabilities and RIM continues to look for ways to provide customers with a wide range of communications options and the best possible mobile experience," said...
Tags: platform, services, messaging, messages
13 May 2008, 8:59
News.blog: Facebook allows profile data sharing
News Facebook's walled-in user base was ideal for targeted marketing. Connect, a new technology for members to connect their profile data and authentication credentials to external Web sites. It makes the company the latest major Web site to embrace the...
Tags: profile, platform, post, countries
12 May 2008, 9:08
BT offers smart phones with broadband deal
News Earlier this year, however, it stopped marketing Fusion to consumers after reportedly failing to gain much interest. BT is talking convergence again -- the telco has added a smart phone option to its consumer broadband package.
Tags: environment, customers, wi fi, package
9 May 2008, 9:26
iPlayer couples with Virgin Media
News Since its launch, iPlayer has also been rolled out to the Apple iPhone and iPod touch as well as the Nintendo Wii computer console.iPlayer has gone from strength to strength with both download and streaming versions proving massively popular since...
Tags: bbc, virgin, iplayer, nintendo wii
1 May 2008, 9:19
News.blog: Radiohead gives up on giveaways
News I think the way (Radiohead) parlayed it into a marketing gimmick has certainly been shrewd," Reznor said. Radiohead made it official: the band won't be giving away music like it did with the album In Rainbows.
Tags: album, promotion, radiohead, marketing
1 May 2008, 9:12


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