Friday, 30 October 2009

Daily TMT round up

Technology

Nintendo profits have halved
http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/nintendo-profits-have-halved-645435
?src=rss&attr=all

Yahoo and Microsoft ask for more time to finalise partnership deal
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/29/238348/yahoo-and-micro
soft-ask-for-more-time-to-finalise-partnership.htm

Amazon rolls out "PayPhrase" authentication
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2252253/amazon-rolls-payphrase


Media

Video-on-demand converts 'shifting away from traditional TV channels'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/29/virgin-media-video-on-demand

BBC to slash management pay bill
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8db320fc-c4f2-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html

As sales fall, newspapers must find a way to measure multimedia
readership
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/oct/29/sales-fall-newspaper-rea
dership


Telecoms

Sprint loss widens, but fewer subscribers flee
http://www.cnbc.com/id/33531147

Motorola shares rebound on smartphone hopes
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f76e3fd6-c4bb-11de-8d54-00144feab49a,s01=1.htm
l

Twitter used by mobile broadband comparison site to monitor networks'
performance
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/6460412/Twitter-used-by-mo
bile-broadband-comparison-site-to-monitor-networks-performance.html

Thursday, 29 October 2009

Daily TMT round up

Technology

Google Hones music search, leaving Apple out
http://www.cnbc.com/id/33523198

Yahoo! set to join real-time search party
http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/949098/Yahoo-set-join-real-time-search
-party/

TalkTalk threatens legal action over Mandelson's filesharing plan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/29/talktalk-threatens-legal-act
ion-mandelson

Media

BBC's Project Canvas could reach 3.5m homes by 2014
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/6454727/BBCs-Project-Canvas-could-
reach-3.5m-homes-by-2014.html

Xbox to take over ad break during ITV's The X Factor
http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/949098/Yahoo-set-join-real-time-search
-party/

Sports back BSkyB in battle with Ofcom
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/28/sports-bodies-bskyb-battle-o
fcom

Telecoms

Google Android 2.0 'turns mobile phones in to sat navs'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6455259/Google-Android-2.0-
turns-mobile-phones-in-to-sat-navs.html

Call to harmonise mobile airwaves
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8329857.stm

US alliance hopes to challenge Apple's iPhone
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/da403180-c3f3-11de-8de6-00144feab49a.html

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Friday, 23 October 2009

Thursday, 22 October 2009

Daily TMT round up

Technology
Bing to incorporate Twitter, Facebook updates
http://www.cnbc.com//id/33416991

Cloud giants take shots at Windows 7
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2251754/cloud-giants-shots-windows

Climbing online sales drive IT investment
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/21/238258/climbing-online
-sales-drive-it-investment.htm


Media
Google to make music searchable
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4faacb26-bea2-11de-b4ab-00144feab49a.html

BBC 'will lose trust for giving airtime to BNP'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/bbc-will-lose-trust-for-gi
ving-airtime-to-bnp-1806876.html

Hulu trying out models to boost revenue: NBC
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE59L04J20091022?feedTy
pe=RSS&feedName=internetNews


Telecoms
Korean phones lift market share
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4874977a-bea1-11de-b4ab-00144feab49a.html

Telcos double down on netbooks with Windows 7
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/22/netbooks_windows_7/

Orange outlines Cisco-based managed UC portfolio in Latin America
http://www.commsday.com/node/613

Monday, 19 October 2009

Daily TMT round up

Technology
Why Microsoft can't afford Windows 7 to fail
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8310867.stm

Sun tunes its VirtualBox
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/19/sun_virtualbox_308/

Google goes global with Apps, has 2 million customers
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE59I09A20091019?feed
Type=RSS&feedName=technologyNews


Media
Korean technology adopted as standard of North American mobile TV
technology
http://english.etnews.co.kr/news/detail.html?id=200910190009

Sky shrugs off controversy
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/11c5e880-bc46-11de-9426-00144feab49a.html

10 ways to use social media to get a new job
http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/10-ways-to-use-social-media-
to-get-a-new-job-642756?src=rss&attr=all


Telecoms
Battle begins over 3G market
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2009-10/19/content_8808873.htm

What changes Windows Mobile into a Windows phone?
http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014226o-2000675210b,00.
htm

Revolutionary Guards buy 51% stake in Iran's telecommunications company
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/07/revolutionary-guards-iran

Monday, 12 October 2009

Daily TMT round-up

Technology
India set to be global leader in tech services: Forbes chief
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5991BK20091010?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews

Twitter to introduce live video-tweeting
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/6298362/Twitter-to-introduce-live-video-tweeting.html

Telecoms reform tabled as EU plots spam clampdown
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/12/spam_clampdown/


Media
England v Ukraine: hopes fade for last-minute TV highlights deal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/09/england-ukraine-highlights-deal

Media world watching as Standard goes free
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/media-world-watching-as-standard-goes-free-1801472.html

Sky hits out at BBC over web TV funding
http://www.ft.com/Sky hits out over BBC web TV funding


Telecoms
New Android vulnerabilities disclosed
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2250978/android-vulnerabilities
 
Race on to build first carrier Ethernet exchange
http://www.commsday.com/node/590

One scenarios where femtos could be faster than WiFi
http://disruptivewireless.blogspot.com/2009/10/one-scenarios-where-femtos-could-be.html

Thursday, 8 October 2009

Daily TMT round up

Technology

EU approves new Microsoft pledges
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8294587.stm

Amazon brings the Kindle to Britain
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/amazon/6267961/Amazon-brings-the-K
indle-to-Britain.html

US Justice Department opens IBM antitrust probe
http://www.cnbc.com/id/33218202


Media

INM agrees refinancing deal
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/e50d8c60-b364-11de-ae8d-00144feab49a,Authorised=
false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fe50d8c60-
b364-11de-ae8d-00144feab49a.html&_i_referer=

Associated Press may charge news services more for exclusive content
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/07/associated-press-exclusive-c
ontent

AOP 3C: Online publishers examine the future of news
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/oct/07/real-time-journalism-aop


Telecoms

Dell plans first U.S. smartphone with AT&T: report
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5965IP20091007?feed
Type=RSS&feedName=technologyNews

79% of businesses see mobility as important IT goal: GSMA survey
http://www.commsday.com/node/557

China Mobile sees cheap smartphones boom
http://www.cnbc.com/id/33219534

Wednesday, 7 October 2009

Monday, 5 October 2009

Daily TMT round up

Technology
T-Mobile USA kicks off corporate Wi-Fi push
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5940GK20091005?feed
Type=RSS&feedName=technologyNews

IBM Undercuts Google with discount e-mail s
http://www.cnbc.com//id/33147033

High Court uses Twitter to issue injunction
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6858340
.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=1063742


Media
Toshiba Regza Cell TV: details announced
http://www.bloglines.com/myblogs

BSkyB in rebrand to be 'most loved'
BSkyB rebrand 'most loved'

Web TV could come with a price tag after Comcast-NBC
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE5931RU20091004?feedTy
pe=RSS&feedName=internetNews


Telecoms
Media organisations turn to mobile phone applications to raise revenue
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/05/mobile-phone-applications

Al Jazeera Adds Subscription Mobile Video Apps
http://moconews.net/article/419-al-jazeera-adds-subscription-mobile-vide
o-apps/

Full Flash on your phone by next year
http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/full-flash-on-your-p
hone-by-next-year-640522?src=rss&attr=all