1. Apple Leads Smartphone Race, while Android Attracts Most Recent Customers  permalink

Apple Leads Smartphone Race, while Android Attracts Most Recent Customers
Blog.nielsen.com

The race for the lead in U.S. smartphone operating system (OS) consumer market share is tighter than it has ever been. According to November data from The Nielsen Company, the popularity of the Android OS among those who purchased a smartphone in the last six months (40%) makes it the leading OS among recent acquirers.

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Apple's iOS market share tops Android, RIM Apple Holds Smartphone Lead, But Android Is Gaining   —  While Android surges among new smartphone buyers, Apple iOS continues to hold on to the overall marketshare lead, though still within spitting distance of a fading BlackBerry OS and a hard-charging Android OS, according to the latest figures from the Nielsen Company.

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2011 The Year Of Android vs iPhone - who wins?   —  Prediction season has started early this year. Fortune, Techcrunch, Scoble, Louis Gray, and others are already picking winners in the Smartphone market, which most see as a two horse race between iPhone and Android. My prediction? Both will win because they are playing different games. Android will win the market share battle, but Apple will ...

2. Goldman Offering Clients a Chance to Invest in Facebook  permalink

Goldman Offering Clients a Chance to Invest in Facebook
Dealbook.nytimes.com

Goldman Sachs has reached out to its wealthy private clients, offering them a chance to invest in Facebook, the hot social networking giant that is considering a possible public offering in 2012, according to people familiar with the matter.

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3. Click Verification  permalink

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4. Missing e-mail, folder bug in Hotmail fixed  permalink

Missing e-mail, folder bug in Hotmail fixed
News.cnet.com

A bug that made e-mails and folders go missing for some Windows Live Hotmail users has been fixed according to Microsoft. "We have identified the source of the issue (and) have restored e=mail access to those who were affected," the company said on the Windows Live Solution Center help site yesterday afternoon. "We recognize that even though we ...

5. Facebook placenta pose gets student expelled  permalink

Facebook placenta pose gets student expelled
News.cnet.com

Take Doyle Byrnes, a nursing student at Johnson County Community College in Kansas. Or, should I say, former nursing student. According to the Kansas City Star, Byrnes was due to graduate in May and, perhaps because she was feeling sentimental, she was part of a group that allegedly asked their nursing instructor, Amber Delphia, whether they ...

6. NOOK Line of eReading Devices Becomes Barnes & Noble's Biggest Bestseller in Its History  permalink

NOOK Line of eReading Devices Becomes Barnes & Noble's Biggest Bestseller in Its History
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The new NOOKcolor was Barnes and Nobles number one selling gift of the holiday season and the company is now selling more digital books than physical books on BN.com.