Having been noticeably absent from the list of launch partners for Nokia's new Lumia 800 Windows Phone handset, Telefonica-owned O2 is to begin selling the device in the UK from December 9,...

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A Singapore-based price comparison service has scooped the top prize in the Asia Top 50 Apps competition. Comparative pricing service Lobangclub was selected as the most valuable app by a...

Read More: Price comparison service scoops top accolade in Singapore

Russian antitrust agency, the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service, believes that mobile operators in the country may be colluding to restrict the pricing of Apple's iPhone handsets, which when unlocked are among the most expensive...

Read More: Russian Antitrust body to quiz operators over suspicions of iPhone price fixing

Russian antitrust agency, the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service, believes that mobile operators in the country may be colluding to restrict the pricing of Apple's iPhone handsets, which when unlocked are among the most expensive in the world. Dow Jones reports that both OAO Mobile TeleSystems (MBT) and VimpelCom Ltd. (VIP) have priced the iPhone 4 32GB Black and the iPhone 4 [...]

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The research in this post was conducted for our new report, The Conversation Index. The fact that macro-level economic trends impact our personal purchasing decisions is not new news. But like no other time in history, we have unprecedented access to the conversations that express and influence consumer decision-making. We don’t have to rely on [...]

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With the exception of Apple's iPad, it is hard to point to a tablet computer that can be considered successful. The only two slate form factor devices (other than the iPad) that have captured any mindshare at all are Amazon's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook Color. The Nook Color became a general purpose Android tablet earlier this year although it does not have a camera, GPS and other hardware features now commonly associated with tablets. Speculation is high that Amazon will enter the tab [...]

Read More: Speculation: Amazon Android Tablet Price? $199 and $149 (ad subsidized)

Reportedly, Twitter‘s value has more than doubled in 9 months, receiving an $8.4 billion valuation. The company landed an $800 million investment just this week by Russian venture firm, Digital Sky Technologies. It was back in December 2010 that Twitter was valued at $3.7 million, which makes this new number a 127% increase. Yuri Milner, ...

Read More: Twitter’s Value More Than Doubles in Price in Just 9 Months

If you haven’t heard the news yet—yesterday, Netflix updated their pricing system, raising the price of a combined streaming and DVD-by-mail plan by a whopping 60 percent.  Netflix users are none too pleased and are lashing out on Twitter via the trending topic ‘Dear Netflix’.


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Do you watch a lot of Netflix streaming video on your iPad or smartphone? That is certainly what I do. Did you stay with the $9.99 per month Netflix plan that let you have unlimited video streaming and unlimited DVDs (one at a time) even after Netflix starting offering a streaming-only plan for $7.99? I did even though I never request DVD discs. Well, if you did what I did, you have a decision to make before September 1 because Netflix changed the rules again.Netflix Introduces New Plans and Ann [...]

Read More: Watch a lot of Netflix Video on your iPad? Still Get DVDs Too? Prepare for a Price Hike