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Operators will lose US$54bn by 2016 due to smartphone messaging apps | BizCommunity
LONDON, UK: Ovum, one of the Datamonitor group of companies, forecasts that by 2016 operators will have lost US$54bn in SMS revenues due to the increasing popularity of social messaging* services on smartphones, more than double the US$23bn they are expected to have lost by the end of 2012. The global technology analysts believe that collaboration with handset manufacturers is imperative if operators are to remain relevant and competitive in the messaging industry.
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World Wide Worx infographic: SA Social Media Landscape 2012 | BizCommunity
In recent weeks, World Wide Worx sent out the headline findings of the South African Social Media Landscape 2012 research study. The company has now summed up the headline data in an easy-to-digest infographic, as a handy reference guide for the media. The data reflects the status of social media sites used by South Africans as at August 2012.
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Venture capital deals | CNNMoney
Genocea Biosciences, a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of T-cell vaccines for infectious diseases, has raised $30 million in Series C funding. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and CVF LLC were joined by return backers Johnson & Johnson Development Corp., Skyline Ventures and MP Healthcare Venture Management, Polaris Venture Partners, Lux Capital Management, SR One, Cycad Group, Auriga Partners and Morningside Ventures. The company previously raised over $58 million.www.genocea.com
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Mobile Internet trends in emerging markets | FastMoving
New data published by Accenture has found that more than 70% of people in emerging economies, including Brazil, South Africa and Russia, are leading the adoption of mobile devices to access the Internet. Moreover, consumers are using multiple devices to connect to the web, including smartphones (61%), netbooks (37%), and tablets (22%). Nearly half (46%) of respondents conducted a banking transaction using their mobile device.
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GSMA mWomen Design Challenge
User Experience and the Smartphone. The objective of The GSMA mWomen Design Challenge: Redefining the User Experience is to meet the needs of resource-poor women by improving the smartphone user experience. Designers, programmers and innovators of all kinds are invited to consider the user experience of resource-poor women to reimagine a smartphone’s core user interface to be more intuitive and accessible.
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