November 2009

Pizza Hut tops list of brand apps with 1 million downloads, says Forbes Magazine

November 30, 2009

Forbes Magazine named the Pizza Hut iPhone app the #1 Branded Mobile Application of 2009 in an article released this week. In 2009, the Pizza Hut iPhone app also was named the winner of two MMA awards for Best Mobile Display Campaign and Best Emerging Technology Campaign in North America, as well as an OMMA [...]

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Bing’s top searches for 2009—so far

November 30, 2009

Now, here’s a surprise (yawn): The top trending search topics on Bing  are: Michael Jackson Twitter Swine Flu Stock Market Farrah Fawcett Patrick Swayze Cash for Clunkers Jon and Kate Gosselin Billy Mays Jaycee Dugard Bing plans to release a more comprehensive list before the year’s out. Sneak preview: Perez Hilton already is the most [...]

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The social equality of men and women

November 30, 2009

Ever wondered how many of Twitter’s users are women? Or men? What about Facebook, MySpace, Digg, LinkedIn, and other sites in the social media sphere? Market researchers at Royal Pingdom tracked down this information for 19 leading social network and news sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Digg, Reddit and Slashdot. Here’s RP’s breakdown of [...]

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New media’s downs and ups

November 30, 2009

Historically, young women and men who sought to thrive in publishing made their way to Manhattan. Once there, they were told, they would work in marginal jobs for indifferent bosses doing mundane tasks and then one day, if they did all of that without whimper or complaint, they would magically be granted access to a [...]

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