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Nokia dominates the global handset market- in Q2 2007 the company sold 100 million phones and holds over 35% of the global market. However, it’s been something of a sleeping giant, it hasn’t had the coolest products or image that Apple possesses, but could that be about to change? In...

Obviously, Influx has been tracking Apple's sales trends like everyone else, but with an estimated 700,000 iPhones sold in the first weekend, we felt we had to respond.We know there's a big correlation between Influx Insights readership and iPhone ownership.We've responded by making Influx...

Nokia and Microsoft now have armies of anthroplogists scouring the globe for insight into how people communicate and use technology. "As an ethnographer for Microsoft, Donna Flynn uses her training as a Ph.D. in archeology to analyze how ordinary folks from London to Beijing make daily use of...

The millions of dollars of free airtime and cult like fans contributed to a perfect opportunity for causes and individuals to hijack Apple's primetime. Some examples:Hats off to Johnny and the crew at Anomaly- they lined up in NYC for phones to auction for charityRobert Scoble proved himself to be...

"So far, the throngs of iPhone-demanding humanity beating on the glass shells of Apple Stores across the globe haven't materialized -- at least not here in Apple's backyard. At this point, the line consists of about one woman, four gentlemen, and three clowns."Via EngadgetPosted by Ed Cotton

In the last week, there have been a couple of really interesting developments in the world of media. - New media entity Facebook, run by a 23 year-old,  opened up its API to third party developers.- Old media giant, CBS purchased Wallstrip, Last FM and opened up its video content to broad...

We are fast moving into a world where "touch" becomes the "way" we control our devices and our computers. Much like Tom Cruise in the movie, The Minority Report, we will use our hands and fingers to manipulate data, just like this video shows.Apple's iPhone is going to be the first mass...