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Mobile patent lawsuits #infographic

2011-08-22T10:42:00.001+03:00

Mike Bostock visualizes mobile patent lawsuits, improving on a graphic from Thomson Reuters that wasn't so good. Dashed lines are resolved suits and green ones are licenses to the company.

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Turkish bank earns 500k fans by offering Facebook games #Akbank

2011-08-17T09:35:00.001+03:00

by Jenny Ng, Posted Aug 16th 2011 7:15PM

These days, many companies are turning to Facebook games as a way of connecting with and building their audience (e.g. Channel 4's Beauty Town). But one pioneering company, a Turkish bank called Akbank, is really throwing themselves into their official Facebook page.
As of this writing, Akbank's Facebook page has 508,397 fans. The bank itself has 913 branches serving 8 million customers, and they've been managing a total of 15 social media accounts between Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. They've also created 5 Facebook applications, some of which, are games promoting their brand.
One of these games, Kur Yönet, which translates into "Manage the Exchange Rate", allows users to build a virtual factory that involves everything from production to marketing to R&D. All banking, of course, is handled by the Akbank branch within the game.
Another game, Kırmızı'nın Peşinde or "Pursuit of the Orange", is based on Pac-Man and comes with a super dramatic game trailer. Your characters run around each level collecting personal needs (e.g. education, vacation, home renovations). Ads are shown in-between level changes.

Aside from these two, there's also been a music trivia page offering free concert tickets that was targeted at the youth, a gift cards giveaway page on applying for personal loans, and another trivia game involving current events in Turkish history that later tells players how much money they could've made if only they opened a Cumulative Mutual Fund account on a certain date. These are all a bit of a stretch, but Akbank seems completely devoted to pushing their brand, wherever, whenever, and however possible. Moreover, it appears that all their efforts have paid off.
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Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility - Google Investor Relations

2011-08-15T14:55:00.001+03:00

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Google will acquire Motorola Mobility for $40.00 per share in cash, or a total of about $12.5 billion, a premium of 63% to the closing price of Motorola Mobility shares on Friday, August 12, 2011. The transaction was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies.

The acquisition of Motorola Mobility, a dedicated Android partner, will enable Google to supercharge the Android ecosystem and will enhance competition in mobile computing. Motorola Mobility will remain a licensee of Android and Android will remain open. Google will run Motorola Mobility as a separate business.

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LinkedIn opts 100 million users into sharing private information within advertisements - Yahoo! News

2011-08-12T10:14:00.001+03:00

In order to opt out of social advertising, the LinkedIn user has to take four steps to escape third-party advertisements:
Hover over the user name in the top right hand corner of any LinkedIn page and click ‘Settings’. On the Settings page, click ‘Account’. On the Account tab, click ‘Manage Social Advertising’. Uncheck the box next to “LinkedIn may use my name, photo in social advertising.” and click the save button.

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BankSimple Announces Funding & Partnerships to Launch Real-Time Banking Platform

2011-08-11T13:55:00.001+03:00

BankSimple, the highly anticipated web-only bank being built with an emphasis on user experience and no fees, is getting closer to launching, the company said today. CEO Joshua Reich put up a blog post this afternoon announcing that BankSimple has secured partnerships with VISA, Barcorp and other institutions to enable its customers to get transaction rewards and have their deposits FDIC insured. Additionally, the company announced that it has grown its venture capital war-chest from $3.1 million to $13.1 million. The company is testing its products now and says it will launch within the year.

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Gartner's Hype Cycle places #NFC at 'Peak of Inflated Expectations' • NFC World

2011-08-11T13:50:00.001+03:00

ON TOP OF THE WORLD? Gartner puts NFC payments right at the top of its hype curve, facing an uncomfortable slide into consumer and industry disillusionment. Hold on tight! Click to enlarge.
"Mobile technologies continue to be part of most of our clients' short- and long-range plans and are present on this Hype Cycle in the form of media tablets, NFC payments, QR codes and color codes, mobile application stores and location-aware applications," Fenn adds.

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How #Visa Plans To Dominate #Mobile #Payments, Create The Digital Wallet And More | TechCrunch

2011-08-08T18:30:00.001+03:00

Creating the digital wallet, both on the mobile and web platforms, is no easy task. Visa has a name for itself in the credit card industry but the fact is that the brand still has to attach innovation to itself in order for people to take these products seriously. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons why Google’s Mobile Wallet news created waves, even though NFC technology is in its early stages.

Visa competitor American Express is also working hard to innovate both at the large retailer level, as well as among smaller retailers, with GoSocial.

While Visa, American Express and others are looking to capitalize on the changes taking place in the payments industry, it is a challenging effort. Local commerce is a big part of this, and everyone is trying to find a way to close the redemption loop. But e-commerce, amongst larger retailers, is also a multi-billion dollar market that Visa hopes to continue to play in with products like a digital wallet. And in-store payments, whether that be through NFC, Square or others, represent another market.

I’ve been talking to a number of executives of payments companies and founders of innovative payments startups, and while their objectives are different, they all seem to agree on one thing. It’s early and there is still much more innovation were going to see in the next few years in the online and mobile payments space.

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Why Most #Facebook #Marketing Doesn't Work

2011-08-08T14:00:00.001+03:00

A big secret of Facebook marketing is that it is easy and cheap to drive promotions using ads targeted only at your fans that link to landing tabs that deliver the offer and encourage fans to share to their newsfeed.

A brand on Facebook should be like a casual friend or neighbor and not try to suck people into heavy levels of interaction. What do you do with a friend? Comment on their photos, like their status, vote on their outfit. These types of interactions take seconds, not minutes, and definitely not hours.

A brand on Facebook should offer their users regularly updated, simple to interact with engagement features. Each of the engagement apps should be fully branded, and run in a separate tab with traffic driven from wall posts, newsfeed and Facebook ad units to increase engagement. Start with a personality quiz. Then two weeks later put up a poll. Then try a trivia app. For special events, put up a gifting app for Valentine's Day, or for the holiday season, a holiday song card.

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The Changing Face of Corporate Facebook Landing Pages

2011-08-05T14:38:00.001+03:00

As businesses get more involved in using social media, they are starting to redo their landing pages, or places where you enter their ecosystems on Facebook, Twitter et al. We were reminded by this post by my colleague Paul Gillin that it could be a good time to brush up on your Facebook Markup Language and other techniques to not just pretty up the place, but provide solid information as well as calls to action for your visitors.

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Older People Not Using Smartphones or Digital Media

2011-08-03T10:49:00.001+03:00

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New #Android #virus secretly records phone calls - #mobile #security

2011-08-02T17:47:00.001+03:00

A new Trojan virus that targets Android smartphones covertly records users' phone calls. Unfortunately, this malicious software is just one part of a new trend in hacking that targets Android and Apple iOS devices.
A new Android virus records users’ phone calls without their knowledge, reports Network World.

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#Facebook Officially Launches #Ads #API, Opening Efficient Ad Management Tool Development

2011-08-02T17:18:00.001+03:00

Facebook today announced the official launch of Ads API, which allows developers to create tools and services that programmatically create, buy, and manage Facebook ad campaigns. The Ads API had been in limited private beta since late 2009, and has been used by brands via third-party providers to run and optimize multi-million dollar ad campaigns too complex to conducted through Facebook’s self-serve ad tool.

Developers can now apply to join the program, which may lead to the rise of many new Ads API tool and service providers. The influx might create new small acquisition targets for Page management companies, or commodify ads management, with an economy tier of tools and services emerging to serve smaller advertisers. Alternatively it might lead Page management companies to build ads products and services in-house, slowing the recent wave of consolidation between the two industries.

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Flixmaster makes HTML5 video interactive — Online Video News

2011-08-02T16:10:00.001+03:00

Founder Cameron McCaddon, who previously worked in casual and online gaming, said the startup wanted to make sure from the beginning that it would be “really, really easy to use.” Hence the drag-and-drop interface. But if a user wanted to get more creative in building an interactive storyline, Flixmaster offers more advanced customization if needed.

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Farewell Flash? Adobe Launches HTML5 Web Animations Tool "Adobe Edge"

2011-08-01T15:30:00.001+03:00

Adobe's Support for HTML5 Continues with Edge

"HTML5 is an opportunity for Adobe," explains Devin Fernandez, Group Product Manager for Adobe's Web Pro Segment, "that's not to say there aren't opportunities for Flash." He contends that Flash will continue to push forward, and, as we have reported previously, it will focus on areas that HTML5 cannot yet address as well - like 3D gaming for example. (Although even there, HTML5 is making inroads.)

Still, with HTML5 being a relatively new technology, it doesn't today deliver a consistent experience across the widest range of devices and browsers. For example, Windows XP, which even to Microsoft's own chagrin remains a fairly popular computer operating system, can only run up to Internet Explorer 8. That means it can't take advantage of the many major leaps in terms of HTML5 support introduced in IE 9.

In other words, Adobe believes Flash still has a solid future here on the Web for some time. But when the Web is ready for an entirely Flash-free existence, this is surely Adobe's plan for maintaining its relevance among the creative professionals crowd, including developers and designers alike.

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The fight gets technical: mobile apps vs. mobile sites | Econsultancy

2011-07-29T13:56:00.001+03:00

To cover all bases, it is important to recognise that consumers are not using these channels in a mutually exclusive manner. They are using both native applications and browser-based apps, so the best strategy is to develop both types.

The decision to invest in an app or in a mobile website depends on the company’s target audience and the functionality of the app. Companies also need to consider time, budget and resources to develop each solution.

Native, web or hybrid mobile app development?

Source: Worklight

An inherent trade-off

Source: Worklight

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Springwise: RFID Wristbands Let Themepark Guests Instantly Share Photos On Facebook @PSFK

2011-07-28T10:21:00.001+03:00

Guests at Great Wolf Lodge resorts already use RFID wristbands as room keys and in-house charge accounts. Now, beginning at the chain’s property in Grand Mound, Washington, its new Great Wolf Connect service allows guests to register their wristbands at a dedicated kiosk and link them directly to their Facebook account as well. Then, when they stop to pose for a photo at any of the park’s five camera-equipped “Paw Posts,” guests simply scan their wristband and their photo can be automatically posted to their Facebook wall. Launched in late June, the Great Wolf Connect service was built by Fish Technologies.

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To Spread Your Brand On #Facebook, Don't Target Your Fans--Target Their Friends | Fast Company

2011-07-27T17:18:00.001+03:00

ComScore recently released a white paper based on the data that shows why brands should focus more on the friends of their fans, and engage the most hardcore users with interactions that will ripple throughout their network's newsfeed. The data was collected through a massive survey of privacy-flouting Facebookers who volunteered to have their complete Internet behavior vigorously tracked. Here's the key stat, as far as marketers are concerned: A meager 16% of company messages reach users in a given week, largely because the Facebook newsfeed usually only displays popular posts and few fans go to the brand's page on a regular basis.
The solution is to reach friends of fans through messages that are shareable, and promotions that require voting, checking in, or other interactivity. "Friends of fans represent about the most untapped potential in Facebook marketing," says ComScore VP of Marketing Solutions, Graham Mudd. For example, Starbucks's impressive 23 million fans pales in comparison to the number of friends of those same fans: 670 million. In other words, for popular brands, the friends of fans represents "a very large proportion of the Facebook universe."
ComScore's research finds a high degree of similarity between the tastes of friends. As a result, brand impressions of friends account for nearly double of what can be achieved from marketing to fans alone

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Confident Technologies Unveils New Mobile Authentication Technology

2011-07-27T13:06:00.001+03:00

Confident Technologies Unveils New Mobile Authentication Technology
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Internet #Strategy Briefing | Econsultancy #ux #crm #scrm #free #mobile

2011-07-26T14:14:00.001+03:00

Downloads

Internet Strategy Briefing (1.4 MB PDF)

Econsultancy’s 46-page Internet Marketing Strategy Briefing, which is is free to download, covers some the most significant online trends and is recommended reading for anyone interested in digital marketing strategy.

The report, which includes case studies and examples of best practice, includes sections on customer centricity, channel diversification, data, social media and content strategy.

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Led by #LinkedIn, Social Recruiting Continues to Grow [#Infographic]

2011-07-26T14:09:00.001+03:00

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ING Bank runs Group-Buy Deal to Acquire New Customers [Screenshots] | Social Commerce Today

2011-07-22T09:38:00.001+03:00

So it looks like the financial services industry has got the social commerce bug. Yesterday we covered Amex’s innovative open-graph powered Link-Like-Love rewards program that offers personalized rewards based on Facebook Likes and activity, and today ING bank (Canada) is running a group-buy deal to acquire new customers on dealoftheday.com.

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Jobs for Data Scientists Explode Across The Market

2011-07-21T09:57:00.001+03:00

In what's likely just the beginning of a long-term story, job listings indexed by employment search engine Indeed.com indicate that market demand for data scientists and people capable of working with "big data" took a huge leap over the last year. David Smith of Revolution Analytics performed several related queries and posted the results today on his company's blog.

The most common definition of "big data" is datasets that grow so large that they become awkward to work with using on-hand database management tools, such as Excel. It's a soft term and is super trendy right now - but that doesn't mean the trend's not big and real.

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‪American Express: Link, Like, Love Demo‬‏ - YouTube #amex #video #scrm

2011-07-21T09:39:00.001+03:00

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Kidfographics: #Infographic: Cisma // B2Ten/Canadian Sport for Life 'Recess' on Vimeo

2011-07-19T13:37:00.001+03:00

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Sync #Google Plus to #Twitter, #Facebook & Identi.ca with Agent G

2011-07-19T11:39:00.001+03:00

Want to sync your Google Plus updates to other social networks, without having to use a browser extension? There's a new way to do this, called "Agent G," which is actually a special Google Plus user account. Once configured, you can automatically share your Google Plus updates to the social networks of your choice, just by adding "Agent G" alongside the names of the Circles or friends you're sharing a post with on Google Plus.

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Cisco: 50 Billion Things on the Internet by 2020 [#Infographic]

2011-07-18T14:34:00.001+03:00

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What G+ really about (pst!!! it's not social)

2011-07-15T11:35:00.001+03:00

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9 Secrets To Successful #Facebook #Viral #Marketing

2011-07-15T06:40:00.001+03:00

Nine Secrets of Viral Marketing On Facebook

Click rate * share rate = viral index

Create an instant emotional response

Cater to 100 percent of the population

Make me look sexy

Amplify my emotions

Affiliate with a brand of higher resonance

Give stuff away

Make a baby with the user

Follow the collective conscious

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#Mobile #Trends - June 2011 - #Trending The Future

2011-07-12T12:08:00.001+03:00

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Fortumo Brings Carrier Billing to #Android, Now in 61 Countries #micropayment #sdk #sms

2011-07-06T17:46:00.001+03:00

One unique feature offered by the updated SDK from Fortumo is the addition of a "fallback" method for customers whose mobile operator does not support direct carrier billing. In these cases, Premium SMS will be used instead. And both options can be implemented with one integration.

Besides the fallback to Premium SMS, the new SDK also offers the following features:

1-click payments, no login or registration required

Built-in support for consumable and non-consumable single items as well as virtual currencies

A native Android look & feel

"Offline" payment when a data connection is unavailable

61 countries, 22 languages and 42 currencies

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#Facebook and #LinkedIn Block #Apps TOS-Violating Browser #Extension and Apps

2011-07-06T09:38:00.001+03:00

Late last week, a Google Chrome browser extension called Facebook Friend Exporter received a flood of new interest as Google+ users looked for a way to import their Facebook friends into Google’s social network, Circles. However, since the app collects contact information from Facebook, it violate’s the site’s terms of service, and Facebook implemented a throttling mechanism that prevents it from scraping email addresses.

LinkedIn also blocked two Facebook professional networking apps: BranchOut for trying to profit from pulling in LinkedIn profile data into an enterprise recruiting search tool,and Monster’s BeKnown for sending promotional messages through LinkedIn’s messages API. These are the latest examples of long-running issues with platform owners and developers both trying to provide the same value to users and customers.

The blocking of apps by Facebook and LinkedIn is a sign of the growing pains of social platforms that with time have built valuable collections of user data. There’s a fine balance between promoting innovation and giving away competitive advantage. Developers should expect the platforms to protect themselves, and should know that just because they aren’t shut down immediately doesn’t mean their data usage has been approved. While there are monetary and philosophical rewards for operating in the gray area, there’s also great potential for loss of development resources.

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#Mobile #Facebook Apps are upon us! - On The Eve Of One Facebook Event, The Spartans Prepare For Another

2011-07-06T09:10:00.001+03:00

You’ll recall that Project Spartan is the HTML5-driven mobile application platform that Facebook has been quietly building for months with the help of a group of third-party app developers. While some of those very developers believe Facebook’s intentions here is to break up the control Apple (and Google) have over the mobile app space, Facebook started freaking out when we reported that. The spin began almost immediately. And it has continued, even with the group of third-party developers working on the project — they’re affectionately known as “Spartans”.

We previously reported that after our initial story, Facebook began reaching out to the Spartans, reminding them that the information of the project was confidential (while telling the press this stuff was really “nothing new”). Since then, Facebook has stepped up their game as well. We now hear that there’s been a lot of stern talks with the Spartans, telling them that the project is not about going after Apple. But it’s not really working. “I look at these apps and how content rich they are and how they have nothing to do with Apple and everything to do with Facebook and assume that they think we are retarded,” is how one put it.

One developer says that the quality of the apps on the platform is really surprising — in a good way, naturally. Apparently, there are going to be a ton of games that will be a part of the Spartan launch. This shouldn’t be too surprising, HTML5 gaming has been something Facebook has been pushing. And Zynga is believed to be heavily involved in the project.

So when will Spartan launch? Facebook is pushing to have everyone ready by July 15. One source expects a formal unveiling to be sometime between then and August 1.

While we’ve been hesitant to provide many screenshots of what the project looks like since it could give away sources, we have secured the one below which has been slightly altered. You’ll note that it looks like a modified version of the current Facebook mobile site. Of course, two things you won’t find on the current mobile site are right there staring you in the face: Games and Apps — with notifications too!

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Confirmed: Google+ iOS app is awaiting approval from Apple! — 24100.NET

2011-07-05T09:57:00.001+03:00

Today, Google’s own Erica joy has confirmed, that the iOS app has in fact been submitted to Apple for review some time ago. It is now stuck in review and waiting for approval. Erica actually posted it to the public on the Google+ network itself:

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#Google’s Six-Front War - Techcrunch

2011-07-04T09:41:00.001+03:00

The Browser Front:

The Mobile Front:

The Search Front:

The Local Front:

The Social Front:

The Enterprise Front:

It’s easy to pile on Google given their size, their wallet, and their global influence and impact. They are the goliath, and have been for many years, and are now facing many challenging tests, all at the same time. And while it’s a fun parlor game to sit around and pontificate about how Google’s reign might be over or how slow GMail loads, the reality is that no other company could compete legitimately on so many different battlefronts against so many different competitors. There’s no way Google can win each battle, and they must know that, but they will win some, and it will be fascinating to see how the company both adapts and stays the course along the way. Google is not going to go down without a fight, and it could take another decade for all of these battles to play out. The company has some of the world’s brightest engineers, a stockpile of cash, and incredible consumer Internet mind share, worldwide. Sit tight.

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Yankee Group: Global #mobile transactions to exceed US$1 trillion by 2015 • #NFC World

2011-07-01T20:52:00.001+03:00

The value of global mobile transactions will grow from US$241 billion in 2011 to more than $1 trillion by 2015, a compound annual growth rate of 56%, according to Yankee Group's latest Mobile Money Forecast, part of a new Mobile Money Strategies research service.

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#Multichannel: it’s not what it used to be… | Econsultancy #marketing

2011-07-01T17:43:00.001+03:00

Converting a consumer from a browser to a buyer no longer happens on a single channel, it happens across a multi-channel journey. And at each step of the way during this multi-channel journey you will have to make sure that:

You deliver what your customer is after at that stage of their user journey, whether this is information or transactional capability.

The touchpoint is easy to access and easy to use.

The information you provide is accurate, consistent and relevant.

You provide enough arguments that will make the consumer want to use your touchpoint next in their multi-channel journey (and a little incentive such as a discount may just help).

Each touchpoint can fulfil certain customer needs as part of a multi-channel customer journey and as you roll out these touchpoints you need to be clear about what its roles are.

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‪The History of Payments - a mockumentary from Barclaycard ‬‏

2011-07-01T15:39:00.001+03:00

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The Official Lookout Blog | How a Phone is Phished: New #Infographic #security #mobile

2011-07-01T14:44:00.001+03:00

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#Infographic: What Makes People Want to Follow a Brand? #facebook #twitter #myspace

2011-06-30T10:12:00.001+03:00

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TDL-4 creates 4.5 million PC ‘indestructible’ botnet #security

2011-06-30T09:01:00.001+03:00

New malware TDL-4 has features that may make it indestructible, enslaves over 4.5 million PCs in early 2011
According to Kaspersky Lab, a new TDSS rootkit variant called TDL-4 has infected more than 4.5 million PCs worldwide in just the first three months of 2011. The security experts say that this sneaky malware is one of the most technologically sophisticated threats to date. Because of upgrades from the previous TDL-3 incarnation, this new TDL-4 has the ability to create a botnet that is practically ‘indestructible’.

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#Google #Analytics & Webmaster Tools Now Track the Impact of Tweets, Likes and +1s

2011-06-30T08:45:00.001+03:00

Social Plugin Tracking generates three reports: Social Engagement, Social Actions and Social Pages. Social Engagement tracks behavior changes (time on site, pageviews, bounce rate, etc.) for visits from social plugins. Social Actions tracks the number of social actions users take on your site, and Social Pages compares your pages on the number of social actions they are receiving.
These tools give website owners a great deal more insight into the impact of social on their websites. Tracking social just makes sense, especially as social sites drive more of the web’s traffic. We also suspect that Google also wants to encourage more sites to adopt the +1 Button. Raw data showing that +1s increase web traffic is the most convincing thing Google can provide.

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Guy Kawasaki’s 5-Step Guide to Becoming an Enchanting Authority | Copyblogger

2011-06-29T19:45:00.001+03:00

Guy’s (unofficial) 5 steps to gaining your own stamp of approval from readers and customers:

Validation

Prognostication

Social proof

Past performance

Personality

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Proxama unveils #NFC Murder Mystery #game • NFC World

2011-06-29T17:42:00.001+03:00

SUSPECT:A phone-based dossier sets the scene
NFC specialist Proxama has devised a hi-tech version of a traditional murder mystery game that is designed to show businesses how easy it is to use NFC tag reading to transfer information to mobile phone users.

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#Google #Mobile Revenues to Hit $14B in 2015 - Mobile and Wireless - News & Reviews - eWeek.com

2011-06-29T16:44:00.001+03:00

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) could earn as much as $14 billion from mobile-ad sales in 2015, or nearly half the $29 billion it banked in online ads combined in 2010, according to a financial research firm.

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The Seven Performance Metrics that Matter Most - eMarketer

2011-06-29T11:40:00.001+03:00

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American retail #banking: As #internet and #mobile banking take off, the #branch is evolving - The Economist

2011-06-29T09:52:00.001+03:00

When interest rates are low, as they are today, the appeal for banks of online deposits grows relative to those harvested in the branch, points out Aaron Fine of Oliver Wyman, a consultancy. The reason is that traditional banks hold a lot more non-interest-bearing and low-interest deposits than direct banks typically do, and the profitmaking opportunities from reinvesting these in wholesale markets shrinks dramatically as rates fall. Indeed, most retail banks will suffer more from this lost “carry” than from more-publicised regulatory curbs on overdraft and card fees. ING Direct’s all-in costs per dollar of deposits are now slightly below those of the typical large bank—though they would jump back above if interest rates rose substantially. Online banking is “an implicit bet that rates won’t rise too far,” says one banker.

Moreover, the branch’s role is evolving. Fewer customers use it for routine services, such as withdrawing or transferring funds, but many still value it for more complicated transactions (see chart). Even as BofA trims its network, it is hiring more branch specialists in mortgages, investments and small-business banking. It announced this week that it will double the number of financial advisers in its branches by the end of 2011. Many Americans who bank predominantly online or on their iPhone still consider the density of nearby branches an important factor when choosing their provider, according to surveys.

One option for the cost-conscious bank is to replace traditional branches with cheaper mini-branches, staffed by two or three employees trained to give advice and loans as well as man the counters. Huntington Bancshares is opening 100 such outlets in Giant Eagle grocery stores across Ohio. These cost 85-90% less than normal branches to build and 50% less to run, says Stephen Steinour, the bank’s boss. But Huntington is investing heavily in internet and mobile banking, too—and thus “moving towards channel agnosticism”.

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The History of #Advertising on #Facebook [#INFOGRAPHIC]

2011-06-28T17:24:00.001+03:00

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Jay-Z "Decoded" Campaign Wins Integrated Grand Prix And Titanium At Cannes

2011-06-28T15:54:00.001+03:00

New York agency Droga5 continued its hot streak at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity with big wins for its Bing/Jay-Z "Decoded" campaign in the key Titanium/Integrated Lions category. The campaign won the Integrated Grand Prix and nabbed a Titanium Lion, winning over a jury that was “looking for the bravest idea.”

Jury chair Bob Scarpelli, the chairman of DDB Worldwide, acknowledged that the definition of an integrated campaign has shifted and that today, “the best ideas are integrated into culture.” Scarpelli called the campaign, which has also picked up Grand Prix in the Outdoor and Film Craft categories, “bold, innovative, interactive, immersive. It’s creating media.” There was no Titanium Grand Prix awarded.

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2011-06-28T13:53:00.001+03:00

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Crazy company launch branding using #QR cut haircuts to market their product

2011-06-28T11:17:00.001+03:00

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#Data is the new platform, and #social is the intelligence — #Tech News and Analysis

2011-06-24T13:15:00.001+03:00

Michael was on hand to present the Accenture Technology Vision 2011, a cross-industry research project that takes stock of the evolving trends in IT and how they will impact business and society as a whole. The research team looked into 400 hypotheses based on input from scientists, architects and engineers. They found fifty that held true, which they consolidated into eight trends:

Data takes its rightful place as a platform.

Analytics is driving a discontinuous evolution from business intelligence.

Cloud computing will create more value higher up the stack.

Architecture will shift from server-centric to service-centric.

IT security will respond rapidly, progressively—and in proportion.

Data privacy will adopt a risk-based approach.

Social platforms will emerge as a new source of business intelligence.

User experience is what matters.

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10 kick-ass features in Google Analytics v5 | Internet Marketing Strategy: Conversation Marketing

2011-06-24T10:10:00.001+03:00

Google Analytics version 5, coming soon to a browser near you, addresses some major shortcomings. Here are ten features you’ll want to check out, the moment they’re available:

1: Multi-touch attribution

This is the big one. The brass ring. The Big Woo. You can now track how different channels, like organic search and pay-per-click marketing, contribute to each conversion on your site. Until now, you could use first- or last-click attribution.

If you don’t know what this means, and the implications for marketing, read my 2-part post about attribution.

A simple example: I can do a quick Venn diagram showing how much different marketing types contribute to each other:

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Marriott creates Facebook game for international recruitment | Springwise

2011-06-23T11:28:00.001+03:00

At My Marriott Hotel on Facebook, gamers begin by managing a virtual hotel restaurant kitchen, including buying equipment and ingredients on a budget, hiring and training employees, and serving guests. Much like in the wildly popular Farmville game, players earn points for happy customers but lose points for poor service; they’re also rewarded when their operation turns a profit. The game can be played in English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Mandarin, and after playing in the restaurant portion of the game, users can then move on to other areas of hotel operations. The video below demonstrates the game in action:

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The Internet Might Kill Us All

2011-06-22T21:32:00.001+03:00

The ultimate in asymmetric warfare
In the 20^th century, the United States was continually unprepared for an adversary using asymmetric warfare — the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,Soviet Anthrax warheads on their ICBMs during the cold war, Vietnam and guerilla warfare, and the 9/11 attacks.

While hacker attacks against banks and commercial institutions make good press, the most troubling portents of the next war were the Stuxnet attack on the Iranian centrifuge facilities, the compromise of the RSA security system and the penetration of American defense contractors. These weren’t Lulz orAnonymous hackers, these were attacks by government military projects with thousands of programmers coordinating their efforts. All had a single goal in mind: to prepare to use the internet to destroy a country without physically killing its people.

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2011-06-22T19:33:00.001+03:00

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Klout Comes to Facebook Fan Pages « Measuring Online Influence: The Official Klout Blog

2011-06-22T17:17:00.001+03:00

Today, we’re proud to announce that we’re partnering with Involver to allow brands to provide customized experiences to their Facebook fans based on Klout Scores. Besides the number of fans, brands know surprisingly little about who those people are, their potential reach, and have little ability to message them individually. Now, with this partnership, brands can choose to give different offers, promotions, or messaging to fans based on their Klout. We’re excited to have Audi on board as our first partner on their Audi USA fan page.

Read the full press release below:

Klout Comes to Facebook: Brands and Agencies Can Now Engage Facebook Fans Based on Klout Scores

Involver App, built in SML™, allows brands and agencies to customize engagement, promotions, and offers to reward influential fans

SAN FRANCISCO – June 22, 2011 – Involver Inc., the web’s most trusted social marketing platform, and Klout, the standard for influence across the social web, today bring Klout to Facebook, giving brands a new way to engage with their most influential fans, and rewarding consumers based on their influence, as measured by Klout. Facebook has been largely devoid of the ability to filter how brands focus their attention. This integration marks the first time brands can engage with their fans on Facebook using the Klout scoring system.

Audi USA, the brand with the most actively engaged Facebook fans, has deployed the new Klout app to engage with its nearly 4 milion fans in a more customized and personalized way. Live now on Audi’s Facebook fan page, users will receive a customized brand experience, tailored to them based on their Klout score. On Audi’s Facebook page, fans who sign up to get their Klout Score will receive a custom digital Perk.

With this integration the Klout app is fully developed in Involver’s SML™, which means brands and agencies can incorporate a user’s Klout scores to dynamically change the content/interaction with the Involver platform applications. An agency or brand can create highly customized experiences across the spectrum of Klout scores, unlocking the ability to uniquely target connected influencers.

By partnering with Involver, Klout’s Facebook app is easily deployed to more than 400,000 brands and agencies using Involver’s platform. The Klout app is available as a free application and with progressivly more features enabled as a part of Involver’s Professional, Business, and Enterprise offerings with advanced features including deeper customization, and content control based on Klout scores.

How the Klout App Works
● A brand deploys the Klout App and configures it settings
● Once fan interacts with the application the brand is able to show different content based on users’ Klout scores. Like a “fan-gate” on steroids.
● Example: When a user above a certain threshhold interacts, they get access to special, unreleased content (a new trailer, product, coupon, etc.). That person is more likely to share it, and it’s more likely to catch on.

“We identified Klout as a skilled partner to help us recognize and idenfity our Facebook fans with followings and influence,” said Doug Clark, General Manager, Social Media & Customer Engagement, Audi of America whom is currently using the application “We currently have over 3,500,000 fans on Facebook and we see this as a great tool to help manage and work more directly with our fan base.”

“Facebook represents a huge opportunity for brands to connect with their fans and deliver a unique experience,” said Joe Fernancez, founder and CEO, Klout. “The real value for brands comes in being able to personalize and customize that experience based on specific attributes of individuals. Involver helped us make Klout scores actionable for brands and agencies on the most influential social platform out there.”

“The new Klout app is particularly exciting for us because of the deep customization and personalization around fan engagement,” said Rahim Fazal, CEO and Co-Founder, Involver. “Brands like Audi have massive followings, and the logical next step is to empower those brands and their agencies to engage with their fans in specific, highly personalized ways.”

The Klout app is now available directly from Klout and Involver.

About Involver
Involver is the solution of choice for the world’s biggest brands trying to connect with customers on social networks. Over 400,000 brands and agencies — including Nike, Facebook, Cisco, and the NFL — use Involver to power their marketing efforts to a combined audience of over a billion relationships.

Involver pioneered the first social app suite on Facebook and is now leading the industry with SML (Social Markup Language), allowing front-end developers to achieve pixel-perfect application development. Involver’s Audience Management Platform acts as a marketer’s system of record, bringing everything from app management and wall response/moderation to publishing updates and analytics into a single intuitive interface.

Involver is a Facebook Preferred Developer and a technology provider for Facebook’s internal marketing team, with applications like the Involver Leaderboard and Stories. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA with Offices in Austin, TX and New York, NY Involver was founded in 2007 and investors include Bessemer Ventures, Cervin Ventures and WTI. Learn more at www.involver.com.

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Training Secrets From Inside The Googleplex

2011-06-21T17:26:00.001+03:00

Every other Friday, the company hosts a “Product Spotlight,” a dial-in conference call which Learning and Development Manager Debbie Newhouse tells Fast Company is run like a Jon Stewart-style “talk show" (well, minus any adult toy-themed spinning wheels). A moderator interviews a product manager about a particular new feature, as sales agents across the country, and around the world, listen in. Sometimes there are also slides or video to follow along with online, and the agents get to ask questions via chat. Maybe it's more like Leno.

“People learn best from experts,” Newhouse says, “but they learn best from experts who are not droning on and on.” The secret to the Product Spotlights, she says, is that rather than relying on product managers to dream up a course, the moderator simply guides them to the aspects of the product most relevant to the sales staff.

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UN declares Internet access a human right

2011-06-09T12:34:00.001+03:00

As evidenced by the Facebook Revolutions and ensuing Middle East turmoil, the Internet is a powerful tool and one capable of change. Of course, its eliminating citizen use of the Web under oppressive regimes has also yielded consequences. Perhaps inspired by these effects, the UN has declared the Internet a human right. A recent report titled “Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression” declares that Internet access falls under freedom of expression.

While the report may have especially poignant significance for Middle Eastern nations, it applies internationally. “Each state should thus develop a concrete and effective policy to make the Internet widely available, accessible, and affordable to all segments of population.” The US National Telecommunications and Information Association (NCIA) are collaborating with the FCC to analyze the state of broadband availability in the country. Recent findings revealed that a five to 10 percent of American cannot access Internet speeds that allow basic Web functions. So if you think this is merely a third-world problem or issue with oppressive governments, you’d be wrong.

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McCann Worldgroup - Truth About Youth

2011-06-08T17:29:00.001+03:00

McCann Worldgroup - Truth About Youth

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The T-Mobile Royal Wedding

2011-06-07T14:02:00.001+03:00

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#EBay acquires Magento, builds a commerce OS

2011-06-07T10:32:00.001+03:00

By swallowing up Magento, eBay is building what it calls X.Commerce, an open platform that can offer a wide array of end-to-end services to merchants, providing everything from local inventory data and discounts to historical information on pricing, transactions and browsing. It then offers tools for payment and helps close the loop on transactions so retailers know how it all came together. EBay, PayPal and GSI, a digital marketing and e-commerce company that eBay is in the process of buying, would provide some of the basic building blocks for the platform. But X.Commerce would also incorporate other eBay assets and enlist the help of developers who could build on the operating system. EBay expects to share more about the X.Commerce platform at its newly renamed X.Commerce Innovate conference on Oct. 12 and 13. From the eBay press release:

It’s a big strategy move but one that has been tipped off by eBay’s recent acquisitions. With its pickups of RedLaser and Milo as well as its recent purchases of WHERE and Fig Card, eBay has been assembling the components for a deeper push into commerce, especially local transactions. RedLaser allows eBay to insert itself into comparison shopping as mobile consumers use their smartphones to help them shop. Milo helps connect users to the local inventory of products around them. With WHERE, eBay got not only a local guide for mobile users but also a location-based ad network and a deals service called WHEREBuys. That allows eBay to engage a user through an ad or deal; then, by integrating with PayPal for payments, it can close the loop on the transaction and theoretically charge a premium for it. Fig Card, a competitor to Square, also helps merchants accept mobile payments, which can include PayPal. And combined with GSI, which provides e-commerce infrastructure for large retailers and brands, eBay has solutions that appeal to both small and large companies.

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#Apple's iOS 5: all the details #iPhone

2011-06-07T09:19:00.001+03:00

And the first new feature: an overhaul of notifications. At last! A new Notification Center aggregates all your, well, notifications into one and is accessible by swiping down a menu from the top of the screen. Yes, just like Android. Small X buttons alongside each note allow you to dismiss it, though there's no "clear all" option for the more decisive among us. Notifications are also making their way onto the lockscreen, where swiping across a text message takes you right into it. A little something like Samsung's TouchWiz implementation.

Twitter integration is also coming to iOS 5, with a single sign-in allowing a multitude of apps to make use of your Twitter credentials. That includes the Camera and Photos programs, finally letting you tweet images out directly from your galleries.

Yay, there's now a camera button right on your lockscreen! The volume-up button is also doubling up as a physical shutter release key when you're in the camera app. Pinch-to-zoom is said to be available right in the app, while holding your finger down on a particular area will lock down exposure to optimize the shot for its particular lighting. Some new in-device editing options have also been added, including cropping, rotation, red-eye reduction, and a one-click enhance option.

Headline feature: PC Free! No more cables required for syncing. Now we're talking. Setting up and activating a new iOS device can be done right on the device itself, and syncing will be wireless too -- there'll be no need to tether to a computer anymore. Over-the-air updates are also part of the new deal, and in better news still, they'll contain only the data that's changed, meaning you won't have to re-download the entire OS every time Apple opts to make a minor tweak.

Another pretty significant novelty: iMessage. It's a messaging service exclusively for iOS users (irrespective of which device they're rocking), which comes with delivery and read receipts, an indicator for when the other party is typing, and the ability to push messages to all your devices. Kinda, sorta like BBM. You'll be able to send messages, photos, videos, and contacts. Group messaging will also be available. It works over either WiFi or 3G and looks to be making good use of Apple's new push notifications.

Perhaps the biggest innovation of all in iOS 5, however, will be the way iCloud affects the use of your mobile device. Hit up our overview post of the company's new cloud-syncing solution to learn all about it.

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Russian #Facebook Roulette on Vimeo

2011-06-06T18:33:00.001+03:00

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#REPORT: #Facebook Ads Surge Despite Lag In ROI

2011-06-03T17:40:00.001+03:00

Brands are making a big push [on Facebook]. At an effective [cost per impression] that’s well under half as expensive of most TV or glossy magazine buys, brands are seeing that they can easily equal the reach at much more attractive frequency, so it’s becomign the awareness and interest builder of choice.

In contrast to more expensive advertising destinations like AOL and Yahoo! where CPMs can be $15 – $25 or even higher, Facebook is reportedly hovering at somewhere between $4 and $8.

The last finding from this report that stood out was that newspaper advertising dollars appears to be the greatest source of Facebook’s growth.

A Detailed Look Into the Groupon IPO Filing

2011-06-03T16:31:00.001+03:00

"Our business has grown rapidly as merchants and consumers have increasingly used our marketplace," Groupon wrote in the S-1. "However, this is a new market which we only created in late 2008 and which has operated at a substantial scale for only a limited period of time. Given the limited history, it is difficult to predict whether this market will continue to grow or whether it can be maintained. We expect that the market will evolve in ways which may be difficult to predict."

Other risk factors for Groupon include: failure to retain or acquire subscribers; failure to stave off net loses due to operating expenses; failure to add or maintain new merchants; failure to hold off competition and clones; failure to recover subscriber acquisition costs (marketing expenses such as the infamous Super Bowl ads); disruption of email chain or email restrictions; international growth problems.

Those are the highlights of Groupon's risks, though the S-1 does go on for about 10 more pages outlining potential harmful market conditions including government regulation of e-commerce or losing members of the managerial team.

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#QR Codes Going Mainstream

2011-06-03T14:37:00.001+03:00

According to the research, almost 40 per cent of consumers are now familiar with the interactive matrix barcodes. Across all age groups 12 per cent of consumers have successfully scanned a QR code with their mobile phone and accessed the information it contained. This figure increases to 20 per cent among 18 - 24 year olds, and 15 per cent among 25 - 34 year olds.

On average, men (15 per cent) were more likely to have used a QR code than women (12 per ceng) and, of people who have interacted them, most have done so with QR codes on advertising and products (both 41 per cent).

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#Heist for #iPhone reaches 500.000+ downloads ((tags: game, mobile, iphone, heist, app, download, record)

2011-06-02T14:21:00.001+03:00

As of today, The Heist (DOWNLOAD) has sold more than 500,000 copies and made$300,000. This makes it one of the fastest, if not the fastest-selling app ever made.

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How #Twitter Works as a Q&A App [#INFOGRAPHIC]

2011-06-02T12:28:00.001+03:00

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97% of #Android #App Downloads in April were Free, Says Chomp

2011-05-31T13:12:00.001+03:00

97% of Android Downloads were Free

Paid Downloads on iOS Increased 3.8%

During this past month, 97% of all Android downloads throughout its search properties were free apps, and that number has increased by 2% over March, the company says.
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ACT and sQuid join forces to launch #NFC and #mobile solutions

2011-05-31T12:12:00.001+03:00

Two UK firms involved in contactless ticketing and payments have joined forces to launch NFC and mobile phone-based solutions.

Transit specialist Applied Card Technologies (ACT) and digital payments company sQuid have merged under a new corporate umbrella, Smart Transactions Group, in a deal valued at £53.3m (US$87m).

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How Social Shoppers Share Local Deals

2011-05-31T11:40:00.001+03:00

In a Q1 2011 survey of its Wi-Fi Media Channel users, JiWire found that 44% made a purchase from a social shopping deal site, such as Groupon or LivingSocial, at least once a month. That includes 14% who do so at least once a week. Fewer than one-third of mobile Wi-Fi users said they never used social deals sites.

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Official Google Blog: Coming soon: make your phone your wallet

2011-05-30T10:22:00.001+03:00

Google Wallet is a key part of our ongoing effort to improve shopping for both businesses and consumers. It’s aimed at making it easier for you to pay for and save on the goods you want, while giving merchants more ways to offer coupons and loyalty programs to customers, as well as bridging the gap between online and offline commerce.
Because Google Wallet is a mobile app, it will do more than a regular wallet ever could. You'll be able to store your credit cards, offers, loyalty cards and gift cards, but without the bulk. When you tap to pay, your phone will also automatically redeem offers and earn loyalty points for you. Someday, even things like boarding passes, tickets, ID and keys could be stored in Google Wallet.

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A Gamification Framework for Interaction Designers

2011-05-25T14:14:00.001+03:00

As the critics point out, some gamified products are just poorly executed. Just because you saw something in a game once doesn’t mean it’ll be fun in your product. But I think that most of the critics of gamification fail to take into account the wide range of execution that’s possible. Gamification can be applied as a superficial afterthought, or as a useful or even fundamental integration. To tease out some differences and to think about how to implement gamification, we at DesignMap have started to put together a framework:

Cosmetic: adding game-like visual elements or copy (usually visual design or copy driven)

Accessory: wedging in easy-to-add-on game elements, such as badges or adjacent products (usually marketing driven)
Integrated: more subtle, deeply integrated elements like % complete (usually interaction design driven)
Basis: making the entire offering a game (usually product driven)

Gamification is a hot topic. Missed it? On Google Trends it first appeared as a blip in late October 2010 and then took off in January so quickly that it appeared on NPR’s Weekend Edition in March. Investors seem interested, and it already has a sold-out conference and a fast-growing list of agencies that will help you “do gamification.” You can even join a quest to become a gamification expert.

More Reading

“Gamification” returns 847,000 results on Google, but we found some particularly clear, helpful, and super-smart thinkers if you want to learn a little more:

Stephen Anderson, The Art & Science of Seductive Interactions

Sebastian Deterding, Just Add Points?

Dan Saffer, Gaming the Web

Amy Jo Kim, Beyond Gamification

An interesting example of using a game to facilitate sharing information about road changes

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Google Expected to Debut New Mobile Payments System for Android Tomorrow

2011-05-25T11:33:00.001+03:00

According to a report published late Tuesday from Reuters, sources close to the Internet search giant say Google will unveil a new mobile payment system this week.

The mobile payments system will run on the Android operating system and be available on phones from Sprint Nextel Corp.
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The Internet Is 20% Of Economic Growth

2011-05-25T11:08:00.001+03:00

The whole report is downloadable as a 50-odd page PDF here, but we've pulled out the best charts for you. They're fascinating.

But where it's most striking is how much it contributes to GDP growth: 21% in mature countries, more in the past 5 years than previously.

Image: McKinsey Global Institute

The Internet has a 3.4% share of GDP in the countries McKinsey analyzed

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Countries that create strong Internet ecosystems reap huge economic benefits

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Download: LBi/bigmouthmedia Innovations in Retail white paper

2011-05-24T15:00:00.001+03:00

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The white paper, authored by digital experts across both LBi and its media arm bigmouthmedia, draws in knowledge of trends in digital retail, explains their impact and looks into how they can be harnessed by brands to engage and reward consumers and to develop brand and retail loyalty. Areas under the microscope include new technology in retail, mobile retailing, integrated marketing, display technologies, CRM and social customer service, affiliate marketing, multi-channel user experiences and creative social media.

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A Website To Cut Your #CreditCard Processing Fee - Sites To Use

2011-05-24T14:30:00.001+03:00

FeeFighters is a shopping comparison site for credit card processing and it saves 40% on average on businesses credit card processing.

Site provide easy to use UI and you will get bid within minutes of joining it.If you are a business then this site is absolutely free for you because they will charge it from processor once you join them.

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#Foursquare and #Groupon Planning Distribution Deal – AllThingsD

2011-05-23T17:35:00.001+03:00

The arrangement is likely to see Groupon deals targeted to Foursquare users’ check-ins. Mobile app users who tell their friends that they’re in the vicinity of a venue offering a discount are obviously prime customers.

Social distribution could help Groupon move beyond email lists to a more precise and targeted audience. And Foursquare wouldn’t mind the revenue it would get from these leads.

http://allthingsd.com/20110523/foursquare-and-groupon-planning-distribution-deal/

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Mobile User Personas

2011-05-23T11:05:00.001+03:00

Get the report at: http://www.mobile-attitudes.com/

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#Sony's Augmented Reality Demo #Video "SmartAR" #AR

2011-05-23T10:58:00.001+03:00

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#iPad users spend most time in front of TV

2011-05-23T10:34:00.001+03:00

A new study by Nielsen reveals where people are using their iPads, and it’s even more evidence that tablets are natural “second screen” devices in front of TV.

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#Infographic: A Look At The Size And Shape Of The Geosocial Universe In 2011

2011-05-20T16:24:00.001+03:00

Mobile: 5.3 billion mobile devices are used worldwide — that’s 77 percent of the world’s population
Smartphones: 21.8 percent of all mobile devices are smartphones. Despite what one might think, Apple does not top the list in sales—Nokia does
Skype: Mobile usage continues to increase thanks to Skype’s wise investment in apps and its mobile platform
Facebook: Now tops 629 million registered users with almost 250 million people accessing the site via mobile
Twitter: Broke the 200 million registered user mark with nearly 40 percent of people tweeting via mobile
Foursquare and Gowalla: These geosocial specialists are still growing, but growth seems to be slowing down a bit

via: Techcrunch

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Most People Ready to Make Payments with Their #Mobile Phone

2011-05-20T12:33:00.001+03:00

2011 is the beginning of the NFC mobile payments era and consumers are eager to pay with their mobile phones at stores, stadiums, restaurants and etc. – for convenience or impress a date. Well, that’s what we found in a recent survey we conducted with U.S. consumers.

Defined as a mobile generation with its pulse on digital trends, 18-34 year-olds are particularly ready to take their transactions to the next level:

63 percent of 18-34 year olds would be at ease using mobile phones to make purchases versus those age 35 or older (37 percent).

Consumers ages 18-34 (65 percent) feel more naked without their phones than their wallets, compared to 34 percent of those in the 35 and older group.

via: MasterCard

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#Akbank Para Gönder #Android Application ready for download

2011-05-20T11:04:00.001+03:00

Akbank's Para Gönder (translation: Send Money) Android Application

Send money from:

Chequing account
Credit card

Send money to:

Any recipient's GSM number to be withdrawn from an ATM
Akbank customer's GSM number to be transferred to their chequing account
Any credit card

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Financial Products Comparison Engine: #Google Advisor

2011-05-20T11:00:00.001+03:00