Best of CTIA 2007 Announced [Laptop Magazine]
The Nokia N810 Internet Tablet, AAA Mobile, and the LogMeIn Rescue + Mobile are among the winners at this week’s CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment expo (Check out our roundup here).
Related: Talkster another CTIA winner, allows users to make free international calls from their mobile or landline in exchange for listening to advertisements. [cNet]
Related: Guitar Hero mobile gets nods at CTIA [c|net]
Apple To Air Remake of Student’s YouTube Commercial [NYT]
Apple flies an 18-year-old British student across the Atlantic to rework an amateur iTouch commercial he posted on YouTube. The new ad, developed with help from TBWA Worldwide (a division of Omnicom), will air this weekend during the World Series and Desperate Housewives.
Fantasy Bands Getting their Own Social Network [GameDaily]
Rockband.com will allow users to feature their in-game bands on a social network with profile pages, classifieds, and blogs.
Facing Competition, MySpace Works To Monetize Content [BusinessWeek]
MySpace, struggling as Facebook and niche social sites rise in popularity, is working to overcome advertising obstacles and build a media brand through video and gaming.
Related: MySpace Gaming may yield big ad buys[MarketingVOX]
Related: Presidential candidate Barack Obama to appear in MySpace-MTV forum Monday [Mashable]
Facebook Still On the $$$ Search [WSJ]
Facebook is seeking as much as $260 million in investment funds—in addition to the $240 million boost it received from Microsoft earlier this week—to support an international expansion, new advertising platform, and the doubling of staff.
Social Networks Making it Big Outside U.S., Report Finds [comScore]
Social networking is most popular in Asia, where its user base grew by 29% from November 2006 to June 2007, according to comScore (Growth was just 10% in North America). Latin American visitors spend the most time on social networking sites—an average of 375 minutes a month.
“Halo 3″ Puts Microsoft Division Back in the Black [LATimes]
Strong demand for “Halo 3″ helped to generate $165 million in profit at Microsoft’s entertainment division, reversing last year’s loss of $142 million. The last time the entertainment department posted a profit was when “Halo 2″ debuted almost three years ago.
Bye-Bye-Bye Pandora? [PC Magazine]
Pandora and other online radio stations may be forced to shut down unless the Copyright Royalty Board revokes its March rate increase.
Anthropologie Grateful for Enthusiastic Blogger [The Star Ledger]
Jennifer Fuchs blogs about her favorite items from Anthropologie, the woman’s apparel store, attracting upwards of 1,400 visitors a week.
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