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CES TV wrap-up TV Trends: 3d format war - passive v active Internet diversification Device interoperability Thinner, bigger, brighter... and better?

Children's apps to date have generally been simple and sometimes not of good quality.  Now we are beginning to see the release of apps where work began around the same time, but developers took more time to make the app more sophisticated and based on interesting concepts.

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2011 startups and companies who will be game changers in digital marketing

A run down of social-mobile-local discovery/q&a/chat apps and a conclusion that 2011 is the year people use social to build new relationships.

"Such tablets, Epps claims, won't be able to compete with the low price point and in-store experience that Apple can provide, leading to Forrester's prediction that Apple will score upwards of 80 percent of the U.S. tablet market in 2011."

The 2011 NCAA Tournament kicks off tonight in Dayton, Ohio. And per annual tradition, advertisers are capitalizing on the event with March Madness-themed competitions. So far, Brow Beat has spotted the following bracket tournaments:

Some stats behind Facebook commerce. I dont know if social has access to social times pro articles?

The system works out well for retailers, which have taken a one-two punch from both the popularity of online shopping and the way smart phones enable consumers to comparison shop while in the store, looking at listings from competitors for lower prices before deciding to buy. In the sixth annual survey from National Retail Federation Foundation and American Express Customers' Choice survey, conducted by BIGresearch, Zappos.com and Amazon.com took the top two spots. Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2011/05/25/mobile-checkout-devices-save-time-encourage-spending/#ixzz1NTlLUiZH

Amazon launching 2 tablets this year. Android likely to fork along Amazon/Android and Google/Android; Amazon using NVIDIA T30 "Kal-El," a 500% performance increase over the Tegra 2, currently used in the Xoom and the other "high end" Android tablets.

Shaker wins = "mingling environment" = avatar chat

I think this was used in 2010 too by a different service, but the idea of adding ONE MORE PIECE OF INFORMATION to a location check-in can actually add a really rich amount of context to a place or psychographic.

Access as a service

Print circulation stats

"Almost as many Americans (236.5 million) watched TV on their phones during the second quarter of 2012, as watched it on a conventional TV set (283.3 million), albeit for much shorter durations. While the average American spends nearly 145 hours per month watching TV on a traditional TV, Nielsen didn't even report the average time they spend watching on their phones. But mobile subscribers watching video on their phones -- a smaller sub-segment of about 37 million Americans -- spend an average of five hours and 20 minutes watching TV on their phones each month, an increase of 31 minutes over the second quarter of 2011."

From NM Incite: Social media discussion about Black Friday peaked in 2012, accounting for 2.6% of online buzz, up 15% from 2011. Cyber Monday buzz almost doubled relative to 2012, accounting for 1.4% of online buzz. The overwhelming majority of social media conversation about Black Friday and Cyber Monday was driven by consumers sharing deals and talking about deals. 10% of Black Friday conversation, specifically, was negative, driven largely by consumer complaints about crowds, violence and lackluster sales. The top shared link within Black Friday buzz was the Amazon Black Friday Deals page.