NEW YORK-Oct 24, 2012–Time Warner Cable today announced the launch of an application to help users simplify their social lives. Social One is a one-stop destination that allows customers to easily access social media platforms and instant messaging services, directly from their desktop, using an...Learn More

Global IT spending will grow a healthy 3.8% year-over-year (YoY) to more than $3.7 trillion in 2013 as the IT industry enters a period of accelerating change in which the cloud will play a key role, says Gartner. Gartner senior vice president and global head...Learn More

Smartphones are emerging as the centerpiece of wireless social media, with the seamless connectivity offered by mobile social networking applications such as Twitter and Facebook playing a critical role in overall smartphone satisfaction, according to two reports from J.D. Power and Associates. Regular users of...Learn More

Streamed live, stored for time-shifted access and delivered through digital networks to screens of all sizes worldwide–from smartphones and tablets to smart TV sets– the 2012 Summer Olympics in London is set to be the latest in a growing string of global events that serve...Learn More

PORTLAND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Frontier Communications (NASDAQ: FTR) has launched an online Small Business Social Media All-Star contest to identify the best small business-focused social media initiatives in its markets. The launch was announced during a live webinar in Portland, Ore. on July 13, 2012. Small businesses...Learn More

The percentage of U.S. online adults using Twitter remained about the same as of February as it did in May last year, but the percentage using it on a typical day nearly doubled between May, 2011 and February and quadrupled since late 2010, according to...Learn More

Rapid diffusion and use of Internet-enabled mobile devices, smartphones in particular, along with that of social networks is “creating a new culture of real-time information seekers and problem solvers,” in the U.S., according to a new report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American...Learn More

Internet adoption may have plateaued somewhat in recent years in the U.S., but there has been significant growth in the Internet activities that users engage in, and that’s driving the Internet knowledge gap between online and offline adults wider, according to research results from the...Learn More

The average volume of video traffic on mobile networks has risen 10% since February, 2011, from 40% to 50% of total traffic. For particular mobile networks, it’s as high as 69% of overall traffic, according to Bytemobile’s “Mobile Analytics Report — February 2012.” “Our latest...Learn More

Growth of the nascent, so-called “living room” sub-market of the video calling market is set to expand from an estimated 1.5 million users today to some 16.4 million in 2015. Asia-Pacific’s user base will lead the way and grow fastest by a large margin, according...Learn More

Social media are already playing an increasingly large role in companies’ marketing and communications strategies and activities, and the use of social media is going to surge as utilities become increasingly customer, and demand-side, oriented with the migration to smart grids, according to a Pike...Learn More

The Skype and Facebook platforms are becoming more tightly integrated. Today, Skype’s Rick Osterloh announced the launch of Skype 5.4 Beta for Mac and Skype 5.7 Beta for Windows, which allow users to make Facebook-to-Facebook calls from within Skype. This latest announcement builds on successful...Learn More