BrandBrains

• Interactive marketing spending up despite slowing economy
  “48% plan to increase investment in social networks; 42% said they would boost spending on user-generated content; 41% plan to boost spending in email marketing; blogging (40%); and search marketing (38%).”
  (tags: marketing interactivemarketing interactiveadvertising advertising forresterresearch research email sem blogging ugc usergeneratedcontent)

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• BrandBucket
  “Our team seeks out unique and memorable domain names for internet companies and web 2.0 applications.”
  (tags: domains brands branddevelopment naming)

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“…we build it in.”

This is what the MacBook Air should have been. But then, it wouldn’t be the “World’s Thinnest,” would it Steve?

Technorati Tags: Apple, MacBook Air, Lenovo X300, ThinkPad, Notebooks, Computers, Hardware, Laptops, Video

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• Increasing Interest in Social Networking on Mobile Phones
  “New analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds that revenue from on-deck mobile social networking services in the U.S. expect to reach $ 412 million in 2012.”
  (tags: socialnetworking mobile wireless research forecasting forecasts digitalmedia)

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• Justice Dept looking at Google/Yahoo test
  “The U.S. Justice Department is investigating possible antitrust implications of Google’s two-week test with Yahoo to combine some of their Web search and advertising business.”
  (tags: google yahoo advertising searchadvertising doj antitrust)
• WidgetWebExpo
  Extend and optimize your marketing through web, mobile and desktop Widgets
  (tags: widgets marketing conferences newyorkcity events web2.0)

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Technorati Tags: Evernote, Skitch, Software, Demo, Cool, Video

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• Microsoft’s Tellme launches BlackBerry voice search
  Once users download the program, they can push on their phone’s green “talk” button and say either the name of a business, type of business, or the keywords “weather,” “movies,” “traffic,” “map” or “driving directions.”
  (tags: microsoft tellme blackberry search mobile wireless digitalmedia)

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• Virtualization Goes Mobile
  The technology could finally lead to one phone that does everything well. It’s still early, but Motorola, Cisco, and Intel want in
  (tags: virtualization mobile wireless motorola virtuallogix investments vc venturecapital digitalmedia software)
• Murdoch: Should Google’s Growth Be Stopped?
  “Rupert Murdoch says he is concerned about Google’s “tremendous momentum.” While commenting on his company’s possible … involvement in a bid to buy Yahoo, the News Corp. chief ponders: “Is Google going to get control of the advertising world?”
  (tags: newscorp rupertmurdoch google yahoo microsoft acquisitions digitalmedia advertising onlineadvertising sem searchadvertising)

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• On Digital Media, Episode #64: Where does the box go?
  (tags: digitalmedia advertising onlineadvertising media onlinemedia apple iphone twitter facebook johnfederico kengellman stevehatch chialinsimmons conversationalmarketingsummit podcampnyc ecommerce microsoft newscorp friendfeed alertthingy socialthing circuitcity blockbuster tivo platforma aol yahoo google matchmine acquisitions cable pownce podcast podcasting itunes retail)

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The latest episode of On Digital Media has been posted. Show notes and audio can be found here.

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