Nokia Retains Crown As King Of Smartphone Vendors

Nokia Retains Crown As King Of Smartphone VendorsThe latest research from stat-gorging boffins Gartner reveals that no less than 32.2 million smartphones were sold in the second-quarter this year – a figure that represents a fairly hefty 15.7% hike from the same period last year.

However, the company noted sales slowing down in the first half due to the weakening economy, with Roberta Cozza, principal analyst at Gartner, observing, “The current economic environment continues to negatively impact the market, limiting consumer spending and replacement purchases in general.”

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Microsoft Skymarket Online App Store Arrives Late To The Party

Microsoft Skymarket Online App Store Arrives Late To The PartyAfter casting envious looks at the hugely successful AppStore for the iPhone and hearing about Google’s proposed Android Market for the Android smartphone platform, Microsoft looks set to belatedly join the online mobile apps store party.

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Digital Design Day Details: 17 September, London

Digital Design Day Details: 17 September, LondonWe know that lots of you, dear reader, are into Digital Design. Well, NMK have brought an event to our attention that we think you could well enjoy.

Digital Design Day is part of the London Design Festival and will be running the full day of 17th September 2008 at the Southbank Centre in London.

Scheduled to run between 9am and 11:30pm. The breakdown of the free and pay-for events is below.

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Orange Mobile Broadband: Asus Eee 900 And Modem Free: £25/month

Orange Mobile Broadband: Asus Eee 900 And Modem Free: £25/monthThe battle for Mobile Broadband is heating up in the UK.

At the weekend, Orange launched their latest offer to try and entice UK must-have-data freaks onto their network.

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YouTube NOT Doing Live Video

YouTube NOT Doing Live VideoA couple of months back one of the founders of YouTube, Steve Chen, somewhat excitedly announced on video with pretty blogger, Sarah Meyers, that YouTube would be offering a Live version.

There was considerable amount of excitement around this, and a fair amount of terror in the companies that are in the live video space currently.

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