Headlines for December 17th, 2009
Posted on 17. Dec, 2009 by [modern media mom] in Lastest Headlines, Latest News, Links & Resources
- Shut Down “Fake Steve Jobs” Not AT&T – “I am asking readers not to take part in this silly protest. Why? Because to the extent it hurts anyone, it won’t hurt AT&T. The actual damage will be done to customers–businesses especially–running critical wireless apps during the protest hours.”
- New phones could send computers to the trash – “You may soon start feeling nostalgic about your computer, thinking of it as an archaic throwback, akin to a turntable or an eight-track tape.The recent disclosures about a Google phone may be a turning point in the history of the personal computer. PCs had their heyday, and it was yesterday. Now is the moment for the phone.”
- Check your Facebook privacy settings. Now! – “If Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg can’t figure out his social networking site’s privacy settings after they were ripped open earlier this month, what hope is there for the rest of us?”
- Is Google building a netbook? – “A few days ago a contact tipped me off to the possibility that Google might not just be developing an operating system for netbooks, but that the company could actually be involved in building a netbook that it would sell under the Google brand name. You know, sort of like it’s expected to do with the Google Nexus One cellphone soon.”
- Bing for iPhone Shows Microsoft Getting Smart About Search – “The fact that Microsoft’s Bing search engine is now an Apple iPhone app might be a sign of new friendship between Microsoft and Apple. But more than likely, it means Microsoft is getting savvy about where and when to place Bing. The iPhone is one of the most visible of mobile platforms, the App Store is exploding in popularity, and Microsoft is in need of new ways to pump up Bing’s profile.”
- The Year Marketing Dies… – Marketing’s been under attack for some time, but in 2009 we witnessed the most profound evolution the marketing world has seen in fifty years or more. The pace of change is not going to lessen in 2010. Core elements that have driven marketing practices for decades–such as messaging strategy, mass media, PR, advertising, and others–will continue to change rapidly.
