Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Browsing for a cause: like this

http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/15/if-youre-a-good-person-or-a-web-browsing-fiend-download-this-chrome-extension-now/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

JiWire Launches Location-Based Mobile Ad Platform

JiWire, a leading location-based mobile media company, has launched Compass, a new location-based advertising platform that provides mobile app and public Wi-Fi users with interactive location-related ads.

Until now, location-based advertising has largely been limited to companies with physical venues, such as retailers and restaurants.

Compass unlocks location for all companies by providing product availability and real time in-stock information, directing consumers to any place where a brand's products are sold.

Location-marketing pioneers Clinique, Groupon, HP and Ritz & Wolf Camera & Image have all signed on as launch partners for the new platform.

CES 2011: low expectations?

Tablets and smartphones. But no surprises.

http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/12/15/ces-2011-let-the-boredom-begin/

Twitter’s U.S. Growth Is Stallingy

That might not be a problem. Facebook had slowing growth at one point, as well.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/242000-twitters-u-s-growth-is-stalling?source=feed

Apple Will Sell 9 Million Verizon iPhones Next Year, maybe more

Surveys suggest pent-up demand exists.

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-will-sell-9-million-verizon-iphones-next-year-says-gene-munster-but-he-hints-it-could-be-double-that-2010-12?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Falleyinsider%2Fsilicon_alley_insider+%28Silicon+Alley+Insider%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Smartphone Browser Landscape

A nice review of smartphone browsers

http://m.alistapart.com/articles/smartphone-browser-landscape/

$1.4 billion in Business Smartp[hone Subsidies

According to In-Stat, U.S. businesses will spend close to $27 billion on wireless data this year.

To help make sure they do, mobile operators will subsidize about $1.7 billion of costs, including smartphone subsidies of $1.4 billion.

Will Generative AI Follow Development Path of the Internet?

In many ways, the development of the internet provides a model for understanding how artificial intelligence will develop and create value. ...