- It’s been a big week for Microsoft. Their “revamped Hotmail”, outlook.com launched this week and lured one million subscribers in just one day.
- Bing took another leap forward into social search by adding facebook friend tagging to your searches.
- Facebook revealed they are edging towards the 1bn user mark with mobile growing 67% year-on-year.
- Even more interestingly, 85% of users are actively “creating content” (which means 15% are just lurking?!)
- Social media hasn’t been too kind to the TV stations recently, with Nine copping some Olympics backlash this week.
- Some big online retailers have been exposed for blocking Aussie consumers from accessing cheaper prices overseas.
- Apple is now the No.1 PC seller in the world (if you count the iPad as a PC that is).
- Traditional media & digital convergence is fast becoming a reality thanks to technology partnerships:
- Interactive OOH billboard experience from PerceptionTNT.
- Web ads now targeted based on what you watched on TV thanks to TiVo-Datalogix partnership.
- Wouldn’t it be amazing if all your friend’s baby pictures on facebook turned into kittens and puppies?
- Forget the nerdy looking glasses, contact lenses could be the future of Augmented Reality.