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Boot up: China's smartphone market, Ubuntu spyware?, iMac reviewed, Instagram v Twitter and more
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Plus Apple's Australian maps problem, Android's victory, against 'abstract' patents, notebook shipment drop and moreA quick burst of 11 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology teamBusiness: Live and unplugged >> The EconomistIDATE, a consultancy, reckons that the number of people accessing the internet via mobile...
Faster networks anyone? IBM pops optics on conventional silicon chips.
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After a few years of effort, IBM says it has managed to make chips that have both conventional electronic parts on them as well as optical components all made using traditional chip manufacturing processes. As breakthroughs go, this one could herald faster bandwidth on broadband networks as well as inside...
Rackspace CMO to vendors: 'Be smarter than me!'
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Debbie Landa is the CEO of Dealmaker Media/Under the Radar. This is part three of a five-part series sponsored by Under the Radar aimed at helping innovative startups attract the attention of C-level executives. Meet Suaad and hear how he manages technology at Under the Radar 2013, May 22-23, in...
New Apple TV's A5 chip found using 32nm design
www.electronista.com
The latest 1080p-capable Apple TV uses an A5 processor but it is based on 32nm architecture, the Chipworks crew found when they dissected the media player. The part number, APL2498, thus mainly differs from the previous-generation A5 chip (part number APL0498) used in the iPhone 4S by being based on...
Fujifilm X100S Fixed Lens Camera Debuts, Adding High-Speed Autofocus And Better Low-Light Performance
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Fujifilm unveiled its latest camera today just ahead of the official start of CES, via a press release on its website. The new X100S is a successor to Fujifilm’s well-received X100, the fixed prime lens premium compact camera that won lots of accolades from critics, but was consistently dinged for sub-par autofocus...
Fujifilm X100S Fixed Lens Camera Debuts, Adding High-Speed Autofocus And Better Low-Light Performance
My, How the CMO Has Changed
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A posting (and responses) on GM’s Facebook Wall, July 2012 When you visit Joel Ewanick, CMO of GM, in his offices in Detroit, the first thing you notice is that unlike most C-suite executives, he’s not on the 39th floor of GM’s Renaissance Center headquarters (the highest floor). Instead, you exit...
Five reasons to stop incentivizing brand recommendations
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The term “brand advocacy” has been making its way up the social marketing buzz word ladder, and rightfully so, since advocacy is the top digital priority of CMOs worldwide, according to a recent IBM study. However, speaking with marketers every day, it has become clear to me that this new type...
Percolate, New York's Gift To CMOs, Has More Than 30 Fortune 500 Clients Paying $10,000 Per Month
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These days, it's tough to be a CMO. You have to make sure your team of community managers produces tons of (appropriate) daily content and spread it across a slew of social media sites. You're humanizing the voice of the brand every day; it's time consuming and difficult to consistently...
How a cup of coffee can land you your next job (or client)
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Did you know a cup of coffee can get you a job or a new client? It’s true. When I was a student in Toronto, I worked diligently at networking so that I could jumpstart my career in marketing. I would look on websites and read marketing trade publications...
Omni-Channel Retailing Isn't Omni Without Affiliate Marketing
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It would be impossible for marketers to ignore the buzz about omni-channel retailing. Given the opportunities it presents to increase average order value, there’s no surprise that omni-channel is top of mind for CMOs. As it continues to move from concept into everyday practice, let’s not forget... Please visit Marketing...
ZipZoomFly - CANON VIXIA HF S100 10X Optical Zoom 200X Digital Zoom 1/2.6in CMOS 2.7in LCD SD/MM Camcorder only $799.99 shipped
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ZipZoomFly - CANON VIXIA HF S100 10X Optical Zoom 200X Digital Zoom 1/2.6in CMOS 2.7in LCD SD/MM Camcorder only $799.99 shipped
Tuesday Signal: The Internet Is A Human Right (And Spending Is Up. Yippee!)
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Well, it's Monday night, but I'm in NYC, and I am pretty sure Tuesday is going to be a blur. So here are the links I read on the plane out here (love that Wifi). Expect news from me soon on the themes and lineup for FM's annual CM Summit...
Nikon 1 J2 mirrorless camera: minor control tweaks, $549, ships in September
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Not even a year after Nikon ceremoniously entered the mirrorless world, it's issuing the followup to the J1: it's the Nikon 1 J2, and it's -- at most -- a gentle revision to a camera that was near-universally hailed as being one of the more disappointing ILC options. Disappointing,...
Here's The Research Report That Inspired Salesforce.com To Drop $700 Million On Buddy Media (CRM)
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Buddy Media CEO Mike Lazerow is worth maybe a hundred million dollars more today than he was two weeks ago. You'll never believe whom he has to thank. During a conference call to announce that Salesforce.com has acquired Facebook marketing company Buddy Media for ~$700 million, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff...
Sony announces the Haswell-powered VAIO Pro and VAIO Duo Series Ultrabooks
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If you're looking for the newest mobile gear with Intel's brand-spanking new fourth-generation processor included, Sony is bringing its stuff to the table. The company has a few new mobile options that update their line of VAIO products with the VAIO Pro and VAIO Duo. Sony is bringing its...
Salesforce.com confirms it has completed the acquisition of Buddy Media
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Salesforce.com has confirmed that it has completed the acquisition of Buddy Media more than two months after the enterprise software giant first confirmed that the deal to buy the social media-focused site had been reached. No price is given in the announcement, which was made early but only added to...
Hands On With The Fujifilm X100S And X20: In Stores March 2013 For $1299 And $599 Respecively
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Fujifilm had its press event today at CES 2013, and it showed off two new entries to its X-series line of cameras. The X100S, the successor to the X100, which we already detailed in an earlier post, and the X20, the X10 foll0w-up. Both are cameras that impressed initially, with...
Delighting the Highly-Social Customer, Part 1
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A key objective for senior executives over the next several years is to use disruptive technology to get closer to customers, to improve relationships, and enhance experiences. It is a considerable move and the result will usher in a new era of adaptive and empathetic business models. However, this...
Unified Social raises $14M for ‘social operating platform’ for enterprise
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Unified Social, an enterprise-grade social operating platform, announced Thursday that it had raised $14 million in new financing. Advance Publications Inc., the company that owns Condé Nast Publications, contributed $10 million, with Silicon Valley bank providing $4 million. Andrew Siegel, Advance Publications’ SVP of strategy and corporate development, who previously...
Sony HXR-NX30 camcorder: built-in projector, 96GB storage for $2,500 (video)
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Don't worry, lone gunslingers, today isn't just about the NEX-FS700. Sony's pro range has also been bolstered with the HXR-NX30 for videographers who need to travel light. This model sacrifices interchangeable lenses in favor of a palm-friendly form factor with a 26mm-260mm (35mm equivalent) Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T fixed...
Boot up: convertibles compared, working with Jobs, Facebook Graph searches and more
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Plus the origin of "phablet", Techcrunch goes (then doesn't go) Facebook, pricing Android, and moreA quick burst of 9 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology teamThe Convertible PCs >> WSJ.comWalt Mossberg tries out the HP Envy x2, Asus Taichi 21 and Toshiba Satellite U925t. They're...
Nikon's Coolpix S800c: an Android-powered point-and-shoot camera for $350
www.engadget.com
It's here: the first Android-powered camera, and it's one that you'd actually consider buying. Nikon's $349.95 Coolpix S800c is nearly as slim as a smartphone from the middle of last decade, boasting inbuilt GPS (you know, for excessive geotagging), a 10x optical zoom lens, 16 megapixel BSI CMOS sensor,...
IBM manufactures light-based 'nanophotonic' chips to let the terrabytes flow
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IBM's taken a large step toward computer chips that use photons instead of electrons by manufacturing the first 90nm silicon-based optical processing modules. It did so using the CMOS nanophotonics technology we first saw back in 2010, creating tranceivers capable of 25Gbps transfer speeds. By multiplexing a large number...
Nikon unveils $350 Android-powered Coolpix S800c [Photos]
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Nikon just unveiled its $350 Coolpix S800c, which is the Android-powered, point-and-shoot camera that we detailed earlier this week. Just as rumors suggested, it boasts built-in GPS for geotagging, a 10X optical zoom lens, 16-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor, 3.5-inch touchscreen, 1080p video capture, 4GB of internal storage, and Android...
10 things that blew our minds at CES 2013
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VentureBeat has emerged triumphant from CES 2013, with only one writer stricken with a mysterious convention illness. The past week went by like a whirlwind, but now that we have some time (and distance) away from Las Vegas, we can finally sit back and take a look at what...
JVC launches Procision slow-mo HD camcorder, refreshed Everio line at CES
www.engadget.com
When it comes to launching a groundbreaking flagship video camera at CES, JVC's got previous. The company has outed the Procision GC-PX100, a 1,920 x 1,080 camcorder that shoots at 36Mbps, a bit-rate that the company claims makes it perfect for slow-motion and special effects work. Light will be...
Marissa Mayer's Blind Spot (YHOO)
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After two months on the job, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is going to update employees today on her strategy for turning around the company. There is one other thing she urgently needs to do: talk directly to Yahoo's massive army of sales people in New York, Boston, Detroit and even...
Sony pumps $994 million into building stacked CMOS that lets smartphones record HDR Video
www.engadget.com
Sony is pumping 80 billion yen ($994 million) into its Nagasaki Technology Center, the home of its innovative stacked CMOS. Unlike traditional versions, the image sensor and circuit are mounted on top of one another, rather than side-by-side across a supporting substrate. The tweak means it shaves valuable millimeters...
Aggregate Knowledge gets 'big data' boost with Quantivo buy-up (exclusive)
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Media Intelligence startup Aggregate Knowledge (AK) has acquired Quantivo to beef up its analytics capabilities. AK sells its software to CMOs, and offers insight into where marketing messages and advertising should be optimally placed across a variety of digital channels, including social media and email. The secret sauce is...
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