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Samsung UK is paying attention to Twitter to find people complaining about the iPhone 4 and is giving away free (and unlocked) Samsung Galaxy S Android phones. We've seen examples of people using Twitter to surprise customers who complain about or praise a product, but this is the first good example I've seen within telecom. I could see Verizon doing something similar to people complaining about AT&T, like paying for them to get out of contract or offering out-of-contract consumers a reduced rate on new contract.

Last but certainly not least, Facebook's recently released News Feed targeting options are delivering significantly better CTR. Mobile ads received CTRs 14 times that of desktop ads, on average. The desktop category, which includes News Feed ads and the ads on the right-hand side, saw the lowest CTR at 0.083 percent. The mobile News Feed, by contract, saw an average CTR of 1.140 percent. How does this compare with Twitter? The smaller social network saw an average CTR of 0.266 percent. This would indicate Facebook's mobile ad CTR is four times that of Twitter's. That's impressive. Other highlights from the report include: Sponsored Stories continue to perform better than standard Facebook Ads: Analysis of 13.8 billion impressions in the first and second quarters of 2012 shows Sponsored Story ads receiving 53 percent higher CTR than standard ads. Cost per fan also saw major improvements with 39 percent savings.

My hypothesis is that we'll move to a distributed national mesh network with each network provider receiving a share based on usage opposed to direct contracts with specific providers (i.e. Verizon, Comcast, etc)

In-car entertainment system for Audi through T-Mobile

vodaphone was named fastest mobile network in germany.they created an ar game where you trap "buffer monsters" all around germany, unload them in vodaphone stores, and win a chance to have a lifetime vodaphone contract.

pc market contracting

Part of the acceleration from contract to monthly mobile service.

I think this got flagged earlier but it's so potentially disruptive I wanted to tag it again. This kind of everyday "micro-financing" could make things like non contract mobile phones way more accessible to many more people.

US Telecom will be forced to shift to a post paid (non contract) world. Costs will decrease dramatically.

"Vicarious buys standard industrial robots, enhances them with its software, and contracts them out the way a temp agency does workers-charging per task completed or at an hourly rate. In Baltimore, Vicarious robots assemble sampler packs for makeup company Sephora, work previously done exclusively by humans. Vicarious CEO and cofounder D. Scott Phoenix says the deal demonstrates his business model: Create artificial intelligence software that makes industrial robots smart enough to perform jobs previously done only by people. Vicarious hasn't previously discussed its customers or robots publicly but has earned itself an air of mystery among AI and robot experts since its founding in 2010. The startup has raised more than $130 million, according to data service PitchBook. Its investors include some of Silicon Valley's most famous names and deepest pockets-venture firm Founders Fund, cofounded by early Facebook investor Peter Thiel, and billionaire entrepreneurs Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos. "

could be a cool thing for new employees at Moxie

Who called it! I knew the a fist-a-cuffs was about to ensue.

participants submit a photo of themselves online or in a photobooth in the airport. people vote on models online, winner gets a contract