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Latest Apple iPhone to hit China on 13 January

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:43:00 +0200

SAN FRANCISCO, US: Apple has announced that the latest version of its hot-selling iPhones will be released in China and 21 other countries on 13 January. It is already available in South Africa.
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Bizcommunity launches new dedicated sectors, newsletters

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:45:00 +0200

Bizcommunity.com - South Africa's largest online B2B publisher - is set to grow even more with the introduction of 16 new content channels, with weekly newsletters, as from yesterday Tuesday, 20 September 2011.
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Telecoms service market grows by 4% to hit US$1.85 trillion

Tue, 17 May 2011 14:50:00 +0200

Telecoms service provider revenues grew by 4% in 2010 to reach $1.85 trillion, driven by strong growth in the mobile market in the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) economies, according to new figures from Ovum.
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Intelsat wins new contracts

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:56:00 +0200

LUXEMBOURG: Intelsat SA, one of the world's leading providers of fixed satellite services, recently announced a series of new contracts with media customers using the company's leading video neighbourhoods.
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[2011 trends] It's a Wild. Wired. Wellthy. World!

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:17:00 +0200

The recent global recession has changed our world forever. In a new digital age, characterised by oversupply and too many product types in almost every market, the challenge for companies will be to locate and capture pools of high-profit demand and be able to move with speed and flexibility to take advantage of them. Here are 11 trends for 2011.
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New apps for iPhone, iPod touch

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:04:00 +0200

ATLANTA, US: CNN launches international news app for iPhone and iPod touch on App Store; interactive app features ability to follow news by topic, upload iReports and watch video.
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Brits turn to social media

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:49:00 +0200

RESTON, US: According to leading US-based researcher, comScore, of the 38.2 million Britons aged 15 and over who went online in the United Kingdom in May 2010, nine out of ten visited at least one social networking site, thus making it the most popular online activity in the UK. That level of engagement represents a user base of 33 million people, and a year-on-year increase of some 13%.
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Facebook hits 500 million users

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:39:00 +0200

More than 500 million people all around the world are now actively using Facebook to stay connected with their friends and the people around them. If Facebook were a country, it would be the world's third largest by population, behind China and India, and ahead of the US.
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YouTube, Art Directors Club launch second round of 'Show & Tell'

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:12:00 +0200

NEW YORK, US: YouTube and the Art Directors Club (www.adcglobal.org) have selected the latest round of new content for the YouTube Show & Tell brand channel, and announced the next group of top agency creatives and strategists to provide written and video reviews and commentary on the work.
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Investment in speech analytics in call centres set to double

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:03:00 +0200

GLOBAL: Call centre spending on speech analytics is set to double worldwide, growing from around US$95 million in 2009 to US$180 million (about R720 million to about R1.36 billion, respectively) by 2014 according to Ovum.
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