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Asian IT to emerge from financial crisis stronger
News Economic crunch will drive wealth, power and innovation transfer from West to East as multinationals see Asia as critical growth market, says Springboard Research.
Tags: Financial, Region, Asia, IT-spending, Asia-Pacific, research company, Emerging Market, information technology company, industry, information technology
Hype over mobile app downloads to slow
News Global market growth will hit 153 percent between 2008 and 2011 but drop to 33 percent before 2014, with Asia accounting for 19 percent, new study finds.
Tags: Development/design, Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile commerce, Apple Inc., Mobile App, Ovum, bank, mobile, Asia, Asia-Pacific
Telcos 'struggle' to stay competitive
News Carriers worldwide face growing challenge as customer demand changes and new government policies are introduced, finds new Gartner report.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Best strategies, Corporate culture, Wireless Broadband, Carrier, Gartner Inc., investment strategy, research company, recession, financial
Research: Twitter has yet to grow into valuation
News Company is worth significantly less than US$1 billion, one company surmises. That's in part because the effectiveness of its possible business plan is still up in the air.
Tags: Web 2.0, Internet advertising, revenue strategy, Twitter Inc., advertisement, revenue, Web 2.0, T. Rowe Price Group Inc., API, research company
Hard drive industry shows resilience
News Although industry leader Seagate had a poor quarter, iSuppli says overall the industry is doing well despite economic uncertainty.
Tags: Storage, Peripherals, iSuppli Corp., Seagate Technology LLC, NAND flash, Notebook, research company, hard drive, revenue, U.S.
New report warns of dangers of trashy avatars
News In conjunction with the rise of virtual worlds as a tool for business training and meetings, companies should assign a dress code to their employees' avatars, according to market research firm Gartner.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Avatar, Web sites, Web 2.0, Gartner Inc., market research company, 3D, Environment, research company
Summer traffic up for Google, down for Microsoft
News The latest figures from research firm Nielsen Online show a slight lift to Google's audience from June to July. Microsoft's visitors shrunk by an estimated 700,000 in that time.
Tags: Internet advertising, Search, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., research company, network, Apple iPhone, Internet
Study: Display ad growth dips in the first quarter
News Sales of Internet display ads rose 8.5 percent in the first three months of 2008, off their double-digit percentage growth of years past.
Tags: Internet advertising, Online Advertising, Paid Search, Sales, Advertisement, cable television, research company, News.com, marketing, Internet
E-mail to lead APAC biz mobile apps
News Mobile e-mail will remain leading application among Asia-Pacific companies, accounting for 61 percent share of enterprise mobility software market, notes new report.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Applications and tools, Communications, Mobile, e-governance, insurance industry, Asia-Pacific, Small And Medium Business, e-mail, research company
Microsoft taps RFID for Tech.Ed delegates
News RFID tags will be embedded into badges at the annual conference in Sydney as part of a tracking experiment. Those who opt out will have less access to conference info.
Tags: RFID, Networking, Microsoft Corp., Delegate, Conference, RFID Tag, Australia, software company, Sydney, social networking
Has Apple hit the 10 millionth iPhone mark?
News Several bloggers using unofficial manufacturing data claim the company has surpassed its goal of selling more than 10 million of the popular gadgets.
Tags: Mac OS, Smart phones, Apple Inc., Mobile, Google Inc., Smart Phone, phone, research company, UMTS, NPD Group Inc.
Built-in mobile broadband will take time
News Industry move to push embedded broadband connectivity in mobile devices won't see immediate success, says analyst, who adds USB dongles give more flexibility.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, WiMax, 3G (Third Generation), Hewlett-Packard Co., Mobile Broadband, Mobile, Broadband, HSPA, Modem, phone
Gartner: Global mobile phone sales up
News Asia is main driver of growth, while the only region worldwide showing a dip in year-over-year handset sales was Western Europe, says research firm.
Tags: Cellular phones, Analyst reports, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile, Cell Phone, Mobile-phone Sale, Gartner Inc., Sales, research company, food
Android apps to lend it edge?
News Analysts are split on how much impact the growing application ecosystem on Google's new mobile OS will make to the eventual device sales.
Tags: Open source, Mobile applications, Development/design, App, Mobile, Google Inc., SDK, operating system, Microsoft Windows Mobile, phone
Mobile to drive 3.8B voice connections
News New study shows mobile will account for 83 percent of voice market in Asia, boosting connections from 2.2 billion this year to 3.8 billion by 2017.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile, India, Voice Connection, Europe, phone, telephony, research company, Emerging Market, research director
