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What kids do online: UK Internet Usage

Recent indepth report from New Media Age in the UK focused on the internet usage habits of kids. Kids research is hard – the age group is from 7 – 13. They are already exposed to a lot of marketing, aware of trends and ‘peer pressure’, but still very much aware of having to please [...]

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Does building an iPhone App make cents? sense?

With the boom in the number of apps in the App Store (over 100,000) and total downloads in excess of 2bn … someone has got to be making money … right? In part, the iPhone does offer a better platform for apps – it’s about to overtake RIM as the leading consumer smartphone, sold more [...]

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3 rewards customers who get customers

From today 3 UK will reward customers with cashback for referrals. Join 3’s Free Agent team and get paid for promoting our free SIMs online. You get £5 cash when each friend first tops up their SIM by a minimum of £10, and they get an extra £2 credit. There’s no limit to the amount [...]

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New UK MVNO before Christmas – Giffgaff to offer free calls

Name: Giffgaff MNO: O2 A SIM-only MVNO offering cheaper calls to its most active subscribers is to launch in the UK before Christmas. Giffgaff will reward subscribers with cash rebates when they distribute its SIMs, help other members via its forums and suggest ideas which are then implemented by the company. source: http://www.nma.co.uk/

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We are watching you and reading your texts and emails

The UK for along time has been a country full of honours and award systems — the most CCTV cameras comes to mind and from today it seems that the UK Government believes that for your safety,  they will need to record details and the contents of every SMS, email, voicemails and phone calls. How [...]

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Datz makes downloading unlimited DRM free music hard

Comment: Datz music lounge has come out for Xmas in the UK with a £99.99 unlimited music DRM free offer. So whats the hooks … plenty even before you get going. So Datz announced unlimited DRM Free music downloads (legally) this week … the service has an upfront fee of £99.99 – probably too steep [...]

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