Google Ends Deal with Twitter

Google has ended its agreement with Twitter allowing Google to show real-time Twitter results in Google's "Realtime Search." Google hasn't said why it ended the agreement, in place since October 2009, but the launch of Google+ presumably has something to do with the decision.

While Google will not have access to the former special feed from Twitter, information on Twitter that’s publicly available to Google's crawlers will still be searchable and discoverable on Google.

Google also said that went Google Realtime Search relaunches, it will include content from a variety of sources and not just be solely devoted to Google material.

Google Realtime Search already has been carrying content from a variety of services beyond Twitter, including Facebook fan page updates. In addition to Quora and Gowalla content, Google Realtime Search indexes:

• Twitter tweets
• Google News links
• Google Blog Search links
• Newly created web pages
• Freshly updated web pages
• FriendFeed updates
• Jaiku updates
• Identi.ca updates
• TwitArmy updates
• Google Buzz posts
• MySpace updates
• Facebook fan page updates
• Quora
• Gowolla
• Plixi
• Me2day
• Twitgoo

As Deal With Twitter Expires, Google Realtime Search Goes Offline

Growing Evidence Mobile Phones Do Not Cause Brain Cancer

Although there remains some uncertainty, there is growing evidence that mobile phone use does not cause brain tumors in adults, researchers say.

In a review of eight different studies, there were no statistically significant positive associations with cumulative call time and brain cancers.

Methodological issues limit the conclusions that can be drawn from the study, the researchers conclude, but its results, along with those from other epidemiological, biological and animal studies suggest that within about 10 years to 15 years after first use of mobile phones there is unlikely to be a material increase in the risk of brain tumors in adults. Data for childhood tumors and for periods beyond 15 years are currently lacking.

The results are important for obvious reasons.

Read the study summary here

EU forces cap on data roaming charges - Telegraph

Price caps for mobile roaming charges on voice calls and text messages, already in place have also been extended until 2016, according to the Telegraph. The price caps apply to the charges mobile service providers levy on other carriers when subscribers are roaming across national boundaries within the European Union area.

Under the changes, drawn up by European Union telecommunications commissioner Neelie Kroes, the wholesale cost of data connections in a roaming scenario will drop to a maximum of 30 euro cents per megabyte in July 2012, equivalent to 90 cents at retail, falling to around 10 cents in 2014.

High mobile charges have been an issue within the EU for some time, with regulators continuing to put pressure on operators to lower charges.

EU forces cap on data roaming charges - Telegraph

15 million iPhone 5s for September 2011 Launch

Taiwan-based notebook maker Pegatron Technology is estimated to gotten orders for 15 million iPhone 5s from Apple and is set to start shipping in September of 2011, according to DigiTimes.

Apple's CDMA iPhone 4 sales were lower than expected in the first quarter of 2011, Pegatron shipped less than four million CDMA iPhone 4s.

Pegatron receives orders for 15 million iPhone 5s from Apple

Google Doesn't Need Twitter Anymore

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/07/04/businessinsider-google-lets-contract-with-twitter-expire-2011-7.DTL

The Digital Transition in "Print" Already Has Occurred

A new study by Havas Media of reading habits shows respondents spending 37 minutes a day on digital publications as opposed to 22 minutes a day on print press. The switch to digital already has occurred, one might conclude, at least for readers of large national media products.

According to the Havas Media survey, 51 percent of the respondents prefer web sites, 31 percent prefer electronic editions, and 17 percent use mobile applications.

The New Faces of Digital Readers

Tablet Media Consumption

Media consumption on tablets across North America and Europe has grown substantially, InMobi reports. Globally and in North America, both the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the Apple iPad break into the top 15 devices by ad requests on the InMobi ad network. In Europe alone, the Apple iPad represents over 81 million ads in May 2011.

Download the full report here: http://www.inmobi.com/research/

Beyond tablets, the mobile ecosystem continues to grow. The InMobi network grew by over 40 percent from February to May and now receives over 35.7 billion mobile ad requests monthly. Smart phone ad requests grew 73 percent. The Nokia operating system still represents the most prominent mobile platform by ad requests, followed by Symbian OS, although Android has grown very fast and is now only 2.5 share points behind Nokia OS.

Mobile Insights, May 2011: Tablets, Tablets, Tablets