Microsoft Surface review

Google Now and the predictive future of search

Apple reports $36B in revenue, sells 27M iPhones, 14M iPads

Apple’s fiscal fourth quarter figures: 

• 26.9 million iPhones in the quarter, up 58 percent from the same quarter a year ago.

• 14 million iPads, an increase of 26 percent.

• 4.9 million Macs, barely above the same quarter a year ago, just a 1 percent unit increase.

• 5.3 million iPods, which is a 19 percent unit in the last year.

More details here: Gigaom.com

China's Yihaodian Plans 1,000 Virtual AR Supermarkets Where You'll Shop With Your Smartphone's Camera

China’s biggest food e-commerce site, Yihaodian, announced plans to form 1,000 virtual supermarkets at locations across the country. These stores, to be called “Unlimited Yihaodian” will actually just be blank city spaces where Augmented Reality (AR) technology and your smartphone’s camera bring the store to life. So, yes, no actual physical products. The items that are bought will then be delivered – just like with Yihaodian’s regular website.

Read at TechInAsia.com

Explore a Google data center with Street View

See inside one of Google's data centers:  http://www.google.com/about/datacenters/streetview

Windows reimagined: Windows 8 is Coming Soon

Há 17 mil lojas online em Portugal

O número de páginas na internet com comércio electrónico em Portugal cresceu quase 150 por cento entre 2010 e 2012, para um total de 17.097, revela um estudo da Email Brokers hoje divulgado.

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Meios & Publicidade

Which Are the Riskiest Social Media Sites for Brands?

Social media provides opportunities for brands to connect with customers and prospects, but that openness and transparency often leaves companies vulnerable to critics.

Read more at eMarketer

China's Lenovo on track to overtake Hewlett-Packard as the world's biggest PC maker

Lenovo Group Ltd is on track to overtake Hewlett-Packard Co as the world's biggest PC maker by sales as soon as this year, making it the first Chinese company to grab the top spot globally in a technology sector.

Full story: Reuters

5 ways social media mistakes are damaging companies’ reputations online

By studying some mistakes by other companies that have resulted in negative exposure, you can learn how your business can avoid a similar fate. Here are five easy-to-avoid mistakes: 

5 ways social media mistakes are damaging companies’ reputations online

Mary Meeker on the economy, mobile, and the internet global usage

KPCB Internet Trends 2012.

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Mobile Devices Now Make Up About 20 Percent of U.S. Web Traffic

Mobile Web browsing continues to take off, with smartphones and tablets accounting for 20 percent of Web traffic in the U.S. and Canada, according to a new report.

The analysis finds that those stodgy old PCs still produce just under 80 percent of Web traffic, with smartphones accounting for 14.6 percent and tablets making up 5.6 percent.

Read here: AllThingsD

Google Maps 8-bit for NES

Poster Shopping - the face of retail is changing

One more experiment with virtual stores in public spaces. This time at Stockholm Central Station, Swedish e-commerce platform provider Jetshop set up a 130 square meter concept superstore which featured twenty individual departments with a selection of products from a supermarket chain, a fashion retailer and a camping equipment specialist.

This video produced by Jetshop explains the main idea:

Havas Media Social: How not to get stuck on the treasure island

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Eric Schmidt at Mobile World Congress 2012

Generation Y around the World

Generation Y around the World: global youth research by InSites Consulting
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Pinterest for brands : opportunity or fad?

 

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