The On-Going Conversation

Breaking News: AT&T and T-Mobile Unite

AT&T reached an agreement with Deutsche Telekom to buy T-Mobile for $39 billion. If approved, AT&T will become the largest wireless provider in the US.

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LinkedIn Wants Users to Visit Daily

LinkedIn launched LinkedIn Today, a social news tool for business users that encourages perpetual use, similar to Facebook and Twitter.

From a consistent use standpoint, LinkedIn has a hard time competing with Facebook and Twitter. Users seem to view LinkedIn as a professional portal that doesn't require continual monitoring. Facebook and Twitter on the other hand seem to have a connected mantra that requires daily attention, and users feel out of touch if they aren't constantly engaged and interconnected.

Obviously this isn't the case, but users feel a subconscious isolation if they aren't checking their digital lives on a daily basis. Most people view LinkedIn as an environment for career networking, which doesn't consist of frequent changes and status updates. Users even have their Twitter updates linked via an external platform that appears on the LinkedIn feed, which is included on the landing page.

As a result, LinkedIn is trying to capture a degree of success with this approach to social media. They want to encourage uses to visit on a daily basis, by providing more value and the ability to directly search news online. To a certain extent, they want to be a one-stop shop for online content absorption. This may be quite challenging, although it is a great place to commence in a difficult social space.

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A Late-Night Tech Breakdown

Apparently Verizon iPhones fell back an hour at midnight, instead of springing forward as expected. Hopefully if you happen to have a Verizon iPhone, you didn't wake up in utter bewilderment and potential frustration. Even worse would be having a commitment, which you didn't meet due to the digital complication. 

The issue wasn't only confined to Verizon either and AT&T customers have reported the same time lapse issue. As you may recall, this isn't the first time either. Apple iPhones experienced a same issue in January that may have caused customers to fall into a world of technological confusion.

If you have a phone that is currently experiencing this inconvenience, restart your device to resolve the problem and get your biological clock back on track. Best of luck and hopefully the iPhone can put the problems behind them moving forward.

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Digital Tennis in a 3D World

The Wimbledon men's and women's finals will be shown in 3D capable movie theaters this summer, with help from Sony.

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The Success of Microsoft Kinect

Microsoft has sold 10 million Kinect systems for the Xbox 360, making it the fastest-selling consumer device according to Guinness.

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Bonnaroo: Mobile Live Music via Vevo

Consider watching Bonnaroo live this summer on your iPhone, iPad, Android device or Google TV, including Grammy-winning Arcade Fire.

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Flash-to-HTML5 Tool Via Adobe

Adobe released a Flash to HTML5 tool, allowing developers to bring their content onto iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad.

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The Era of Tablets: Microsoft Strives to Compete with Apple and Google

Microsoft will strive to release a tablet-oriented version of Windows by 2012 to compete with Apple's iOS and Google's Honeycomb.

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The Mobile Consumer World

We Live in a Digital World! 57% of Facebook and Twitter users have scanned a mobile bar bode at least one time within the year.

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A Showdown: Amazon. Netflix and Hulu Style

Amazon launched Instant Video, a streaming movie and TV service, which is less expensive than subscriptions to Netflix and Hulu.

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