links for 2009-08-28

Social spume

• Forrester Study Highlights Mobile Trends In 2013
  More than one billion smartphones are in use worldwide, according to a recent mobile trends study conducted by Forrester Research. “Mobile is driving a second Internet revolution that’s even more profound than the first one,” wrote Thomas Husson and Julie Ask, authors of the study. “Mobile creates new value for consumers and businesses, alters cost structure […]
  info@retailtouchpoints.com (Fatima D. Lora)
• Local Measure Provides Real-Time Social Media Monitoring
  Social networks are becoming increasingly important sources for retailers to capture detailed data on consumer preferences and behaviors. According to a study conducted by PwC of Hong Kong, 59% of global consumers follow brands through social media and 49% report using social media on a daily basis. Businesses that want to remain relevant in the minds of the […]
  info@retailtouchpoints.com (Fatima D. Lora)
• Sony X Headphones Debut at Maxim's Hot 100 Party
  LOS ANGELES — Sony picked one of the most high-profile parties of the year to debut its new headphones. And with a red carpet studded with vamping models, celebrities and enough paparazzi coverage to scare Kanye, the Sony X headphones got a lot of attention at the Maxim Hot 100 party late last week. The Maxim list is the magazine's fans' take on wh […]
  Adam Popescu
• Video Game Without Video Taps Your Imagination
  When Michael Newman was a little kid, he liked to draw new video game levels. Quite literally, the obsessive tinkerer is still doing so, but judging by the Video Game Sans Video project he demoed at the 2013 Maker Faire, his pursuits are anything but juvenile. SEE ALSO: Video Game Evolution Now a creative director a developer for Pomp productions, his self-o […]
  Discovery News
• How to Identify a Wannabe Thought Leader
  Ever watch one of those juice infomercials that feature some self-created celebrity whirring blueberries in a blender? And did you believe, as they scraped all that fruit into a shoot, that this speaker was actually an authority on their subject? Everyone and everything is a brand, especially online. With that truism, however, comes this attendant and dubiou […]
  James O'Brien
• INFOGRAPHIC: Before Posting Facebook Photos, Ask Yourselves, ‘Should I Upload It?’
  It seems that for every one of the roughly 300 million photos uploaded to Facebook each day, users can find corresponding words of advice on how to manage their photos on the social network. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.
  David Cohen
• What PR Pros Need to Know About Tumblr
  Yahoo agrees to purchase blogging site for $1.1 billion. Now the question for the Web giant is how to make money off the social platform. | MORE »The post What PR Pros Need to Know About Tumblr appeared first on PR News.
  Matthew Schwartz