Headlines for April 29th, 2009
Posted on 29. Apr, 2009 by [modern media mom] in Lastest Headlines, Latest News, Links & Resources
- Most Twitterers are Quitters – "A Nielsen survey reports that more than 60% of users who sign up for Twitter don’t return to the site the following month. So while Twitter’s traffic has catapulted to 6 million unique viewers each month, only 40% of new users actually stay to play."
- Sports fans heart pink unicorns! – "the official ESPN Web site made the cutest little ponies EVER pop up all over the site. And more clicks led to more unicorns. "
- Yahoo Fires 600 Today, Says Report (YHOO) – Notices are possibly coming today.
- A Dying Landline Business Sounds a Lot Like Static – The demise of the copper landline is becoming less of a business issue for the big carriers, which have offset landline losses with profits from wireless services and growth from fiber-based offerings
- Microsoft and Verizon Plot an iPhone Rival – Microsoft is a major player in software for cellphones, but it is working hard to develop a new device that will rival Apple's.
