We wish you all happy holidays and best wishes for a happy new year. We are not finished with our round-up of the top stories and smartphones of the year, yet. However, you will get a clue of what were the top trends of the year by the following song, sung to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas."
AT&T is so convinced that you have to convince your Facebook friends that you should have a smartphone they will have faux attorney Kent Wesley, played by comedian/actor Will Arnett, to build your case for a new AT&T smartphone with the shameless self-promotion Facebook app "You've Got a Case."
The app syncs with Facebook users' profiles to create a customized case proving to the person of your choice that you deserve an AT&T smartphone. A series of unexpected "expert witnesses" will take the stand on your behalf to help Kent Wesley deliver an argument to a jury of your Facebook friends where every "Like" tips the scales your way.
comScore reported that 72.2 million Americans accessed social networking sites or blogs on their mobile device in August 2011, an increase of 37 percent in the past year. Methods of access included the mobile web and apps. Facebook was the most accessed social media site followed by Twitter and LinkedIn
The study also found that more than half read a post from an organization, brand or event while on their mobile device.
Nearly 40 million U.S. mobile users, more than half of the mobile social media audience, access social media sites almost every day.
Google+ has come out of field trial, opened to the masses and updated the Android Google+ app and mobile website. ...
Symantec's 2011 Social Media Protection Flash Poll shows how expensive leaked information on social media really can be and a bad Tweet can cost a company as much as $4 million. The typical enterprise experienced nine social-media incidents, such as...