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Christophe Cauvy

Digital Director Europe at McCann Erickson

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Mobile

BBC smartphone future

The mobile phone industry is in trouble. Network operators are squeezed for margins.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8292101.stm

Browsers

Google launches piggyback browser as war with Microsoft gathers

http://www.timesplus.co.uk/tto/news/?login=false&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.co.uk%2Ftto%2Fbusiness%2Findustries%2Ftechnology%2F

Britain’s biggest teaching unions have set a collision course with the Government after voting for further industrial action including strikes which could hit schools this summer.

TV vs Video

Catch-up TV : le match - Blogs Economie : l’analyse de Dominique

Canal +, TF1 et M6 négocient discrètement un projet qu’ils pourraient présenter en commun et qui modifie encore un peu plus la « télévision de papa ». Il ne s’agit pas pour ces chaînes de la diffusion d’un spectacle. Mais, selon nos informations, de mettre en commun leurs forces sur Internet pour construire une plate-forme commune de télévision de rattrapage, qui est en train de devenir le vrai canal d’avenir.

http://blogs.lesechos.fr/dominique-seux/catch-up-tv-le-match-a3076.html

Virgin Media beat analysts' forecasts for the third quarter, adding 8,100 net new cable TV households and boosting revenues by 1.3% to £953m.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/29/virgin-media-q3-results

Virgin Media revenues beat forecasts | Media | guardian.co.uk

YouTube

Mr Bean: the language-free comedy has benefited from Google's video 'fingerprint' system, with rights owner Tiger Aspect choosing to monetise most of the unauthorised content posted on the web

Google seeks to turn YouTube rights clash into profit | Business

Music

The Song Decoders at Pandora - NYTimes.com

Google launches music search with Lala and iLike | Technology |

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Google Inc on Wednesday partnered with Web services Lala and MySpace's iLike to give music fans an easier way to find, sample and buy songs on the Internet, expanding its music industry footprint. The global Web search leader will provide users who want to sample a song with a pop-up box that will play at least a 30-second segment -- in some cases the entire song -- provided by iLike and Lala, which will then offer links to purchase the music.

Hit streaming service Spotify eyes U.S. music fans | Technology

DENVER (Billboard) - MTV Urge ... Yahoo Music Unlimited ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/11/02/us-spotify-idUSTRE5A10YD20091102

Faint rumblings have begun in the social networking landscape.

Early Tremors: Is It Time for Another Social Network Shakeout? -

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2354

Twitter

In search of the perfect Facebook and Twitter client

I use Twitter and Facebook a lot. Probably more than 99.9999% of people in the world.

media

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/nov/16/news-corporation-newspapers

Rupert Murdoch argues free newspaper websites is a 'flawed' business model Photograph: Saul Loeb/Getty Images Rupert Murdoch 's plans to impose fees for newspaper websites received a morale boost from research suggesting that as many as 48% of British and American consumers would be willing to pay a few pounds a month for online news.