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mainstream media brand authors from the likes of CNN and the New York Times start conversations and drive a disproportionately high number of Twitter trending topic

HP's Social Computing Research Group

72%) of those accounts belonged, not to prolific tweeters or those will mass followings, but to mainstream media brands such as CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) and New York Times (@nytimes)

Latest UK Smartphone Market Share Trends

January 12, 2011

Google’s mobile platform Android witnessed strong growth over the last 6 month and claimed 14.9% share of the UK smartphone market in October 2010

uccess is well documented, with an online base of 3.7 million registered users and upwards of 230,000 paid subscribers.

Children in London are the highest spenders on technology at £602

nine-tenths of children (91%) own a games console,

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Strong Semiconductor Growth Seen for 2013 

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note that the presentation is available only in English languag

satellite and telecom companies’ combined video subscriber numbers fel

living without the set top box is clearly becoming more than a theory

rise of the digital video recorder, used in 1 per cent of US homes in 2006 and 37 per cent now

How will device vendors differentiate themselves? What is User Experience? What are the most suitable Open Source licensing models for mobile handset software? How to succeed in an Open Source world How to make money with Open Source The challenges and risks of Open Source What are the major trends in mobile handset OS? Which OS platforms will be the most popular in 2009 and in 2013? What strategies are being adopted by the leading handset vendors? What does this mean? What is the future for proprietary OS? What mobile OS strategies are operators adopting?

n 2008, there were almost 162 million Smartphones sold, surpassing notebook sales for the first time. Just over 49% of Smartphones sold in 2008 were based on Symbian OS, a significant drop from a near 65% share it enjoyed one year earlier. While this is in large part due to the relatively poor performance of Nokias Smartphone range, it is also an indication of the popularity enjoyed by competing platforms including Linux, BlackBerry OS, Microsoft Windows Mobile, OS X iPhone and new entrant Android.

Openness is a key criterion, says Informa, while all in the mobile telecoms space now see the revenue potential of applications and services.