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HTC has just been awarded FCC approval for the HTC Dream, the first phone to be based on Google's Android operating system.
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AT&T released the pricing scheme for the release of the latest versions of the popular iPhone. While many current AT&T customers will qualify for an upgrade to the newer models, the rest of us will have to spend between $199 and $699 (depending on the contract) for the new phones, which range from 8GB to 16GB.
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United Airlines recently announced this week that its first and business classes would be fully equipped with iPhone and iPod capability. That is, users would be able to plug in and charge and use their iPods on the airline's seat-back television units.
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The One Laptop Per Child Program (OLPC), dedicated to ensuring that student in low-income areas have the same access to computers as more affluent children, announced the next version of their low-cost laptops this week, with an estimated cost of $75.
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Apple has officially confirmed that the next version of its coveted iPhone, a 3G model, will launch June 9 in conjunction with the keynote of the Worldwide Developer's Conference in San Francisco.
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While PR traditionally works as a behind-the-scenes entity, Joe Thornley argues that the future of PR is in the spokesperson as the public face of the company, and as a public figure. Social media has forced that into being. Also: Finding an audience in the Tivo era, media databases and PR spam, that blasted Kindle and Zappos on Twitter.
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The Associated Press has announced a new service for iPhone users this week, with over 100 of the AP's member newspapers agreeing to syndicate their content. The news stories will be targeted according to location, with the iPhone user's zip code determining the content they receive.
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Spike Lee has signed on to "direct" a film project consisting of footage taken from users cell phones. Lee is calling the project the "democratization of film". In reality, the Nokia-produced film is an attempt at using user-generated content to create a long-form advertisement while fostering a community based on brand loyalty.
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What do you get when you cross Google maps, a mobile-based GPS for your friends and Twitter? FireBall! Leonard Lin, one of the founders of Upcoming.org, is releasing his latest project at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco this week, where conference goers can test out the new tool in beta. We are sure to hear more about this as buzz radiates through the blogosphere.
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The latest buzz indicates that Apple has filed for a patent on an instant messaging (IM) program for the iPhone. Consumers are looking for more and more ways to use their phones. Not content with standard text messaging via mobile phones, Apple will be bringing IM into their suite of iPhone applications.
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VoIP provider Fring has become the first company to offer VoIP capability for the iPhone. While the app is only available to jailbroken iPhones, and Fring is calling for customers to provide them with feedback as they prepare to launch a more widely available version.
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If you are mulling the idea of jumping on the iPhone bandwagon, you might want to hold off. Rumor has it that Apple will soon release several snazzy new upgrades.
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According to some reports, Apple is in talks with record labels regarding the possibility of offering access to the entire iTunes music library for a one-time (to be determined) payment, rather than the current model that allows users to purchase songs one at a time for 99 cents each.
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Popular digital video recording (DVR) service Tivo announced this week that it would be teaming up with YouTube to bring the video-sharing website's content to Tivo subscriber televisions. The deal would allow broadband connected homes to log into their Tivo accounts through their televisions, accessing the site's various channels and popular videos.
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According to BusinessWeek, market research is showing that iTunes has become the number two retailer of music in the United States. The online music seller especially popular among iPod users, lacks behind only Wal-Mart in overall sales, according to NPD research.
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Microsoft has developed a new method for tracking the success of online advertisements. The tech giant's newest tool, dubbed Engagement Mapping, is said to take a comprehensive approach to measuring consumer interaction with advertisements before a sale is ultimately made.
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Now that Sarah is back in the typing saddle, she takes the time to give a CustomScoop welcome to the Shill Podcast, the latest addition to the PR Pod Jots lineup. Also: everyone is talking My ooVoo!
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In a move that some analysts are calling a step towards competing with Apple and their popular iPhone, Microsoft has reshuffled some of its internal divisions regarding mobile phones.
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I came back from vacation with a broken right hand. For a communicator, this presented a particularly bleak problem: considering I spend the vast majority of my time at work either writing or editing other people's writing, how was I going to continue as my hand healed?
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Mitch Joel created a spot on parody of the latest MacBook air advertisements, if you haven't already seen it, come check it out! Also in today's Jots, a review of corporate blogging, and a recommendation for journalists regarding their personal brand management.
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To read the coverage of last week's MacWorld, one might get the impression that only two things happened: 1) Steve Jobs gave a speech and 2) Apple released a really skinny laptop. No, they can't release the iPod every year. But don't be fooled, the marketing coup that is at the heart of Apple's success rages on. How does it work?
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A number of social media and PR bloggers are slowly becoming avid photographers as well, toting their Nikon or Canon DSLRs around wherever they go. They're always snapping photos at events, at home, just about anywhere. Is there a method to their madness?
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If Steve Jobs sneezes, dozens of bloggers might just write about it. But when he gives his annual MacWorld keynote address everyone takes note. While it does not look like this year’s keynote revealed any bombshells of the iPhone variety, it did shine light on some interesting gadgets and services.
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At the MacWorld Expo this week, Apple has announced its latest notebook in the MacBook series, the MacBook Air. A super lightweight computer that is only a fraction of an inch thick at the screen and keyboard and weighing in at just three pounds, the Air is designed to work mostly wireless.
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Apple announces the launch of Time Capsule, a wireless backup system designed to work with Macs running the Leopard OS and back up files on any Mac in range.
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