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Free e-book to Save Kids from Cyber Sharks
Surfing Among the Cyber Sharks is a guidebook on Internet safety for parents. The book uses real-life examples, illustrations, and statistics that show the risks and consequences for kids posed by their online activity. CyberPatrol, a leading provider of tools to protect people online, has released it. | You can download it.

Why Pay for Office when Symphony is Free?
This is the essence of IBM’s message with which it wants to hit Microsoft Office software and also promote its own new version of Lotus Symphony, a free of charge productivity software suite. | Its offer.

NBC, Microsoft form TV Advertising Alliance
NBC Universal (NBCU) and Microsoft today (June 18) announced a deal to use Microsoft's Admira television media marketplace to plan and sell national and local broadcast and cable television advertising inventory. | How it works?

The Silent Click: Building Brands Online
This study released today (June 18) by the Online Publishers Association (OPA) coincides with its "Eyes on the Internet" tour kicking off in San Francisco. “The Silent Click: Building Brands Online” study conducted by comScore, assessed 80 big branding campaigns across 200 of the most trafficked sites. | Findings.

AT&T’s Hot Spot Offer for iPhone OS 3.0 Users
AT&T will support auto-authentication for iPhone OS 3.0 users connecting to AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots. Auto-authentication allows iPhone users to seamlessly switch from AT&T's 3G network to an AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spot without being prompted. | The offer.

Meet the Texting Champion Kate Moore
LG Mobile Phones hosted the third annual LG U.S. National Texting Championship, which concluded Tuesday with 15-year-old Kate Moore from Des Moines, Iowa as the winner. Moore, who sends on average 500 text messages a day, took home the title, along with $50,000 in prize money, after beating out over 250,000 participants nationally. | Watch the video.

Over 14 Billion Searches in the U.S. Last Month
In May, Americans conducted 14.3 billion core searches. Researcher comScore has released its U.S. search engine rankings. While Bing is not yet included in the list, Google Sites led with 65.0% of the searches conducted, followed by Yahoo! Sites (20.1%), Microsoft Sites (8.0%), Ask Network (3.9%), and AOL (3.1%). | Search market.

Dating Goes Mobile with Palm Pre
Here’s the news for singles who are scouting for some on-the-go love. They can try new Match.com mobile dating application introduced for the new Palm Pre device. Match.com, a leading online dating service, says the application will offer members access to millions of singles. | Features.

Nokia Selects Carat as Global Media Agency
Nokia today (June 17) announced that it has appointed Carat, part of the Aegis Group, as the single global media partner to handle its media planning and buying. The main reason for selection is stated to be the agency’s capabilities to handle digital media. | The process.

Sapient Eyes Evolving Ad Market, to Acquire Nitro Group
Sapient today (June 17) announced that it will acquire Nitro Group, a leading global advertising network that offers services including communications, content delivery, and digital solutions. Focus is on tech-driven communications and social media. | Driving factors.

APPOINTMENT NEWS
World Wrestling Entertainment Boss Joins SourceForge
Morse Appointed CFO at Yahoo!
Jon Rubinstein Coming at Top of Palm
Toshiba Appoints Masahiro Yamada at the Top
Yahoo! Searches CMO, Gets Elisa Steele
Autodesk Appoints Mark Hawkins CFO
Microsoft Takes Maria on Board, Declares Dividend
Satyam Old Hand to Head the Company

CORPORATE NEWS
MySpace Asking 30% of its People to Go
Satyam Plans a Layoff Program with a Difference
Microsoft Declares Quarterly Dividend
Nokia Phones for MTS Retail Network in Russia
Intel to Buy Wind River for $884 Million
Funds Flow for Facebook from Digital Sky

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
LG too Stars in Transformers
Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare on iPhone
EA Releasing MySims Racing for Wii, DS
Dance Fabulous Blends Music and Gaming
Will Online Videos Kill TV?
Turner Creates Film Lovers Community
AT&T Using Social Media to Woo Golf Fans
Obama's Links with Germany, Brad Pitt
Romantic Proposal for Mobile Women in China
Microsoft Selects Safer Gaming Ambassadors
Women’s Network Shows in Your Car
Audi, Xbox 360 Getting Ready for Forza Motorsport 3
Xbox 360 Console Sales Hit 30 Million

MARKET RESEARCH NEWS
Why Gen Y isn’t Twittering
Top 10 Online Ad Leaders in U.K.
Is Internet Bad for Teen Girls?
Top 25 Ad Networks in the U.S.
Employers vs. Employees on Social Networks
Swine Flu Search Spreading on the Web
The Sun on Top of Online Newspapers in U.K.
Online Ads: Top 10 Ad Publishers in the U.S.
Mobile Internet Shopping Attracting Consumers

PRODUCT NEWS
Yahoo! Goes Mobile on iPhone, More Countries
Bluetooth Headset: Jabra from GN Netcom
Nokia's E72, 5530 XpressMusic, 3710 fold
Hillcrest Loop Pointer In-Air Mouse for TV
Safari 4 Downloads: 11 Million in 3 Days
Verizon Introduces Motorola Rival
Nokia Offers Mobile Development Tools
Snow Leopard Unleashed

Can Cloud Move from Rhetoric to Reality?
Yes, says IBM while rolling out its commercial cloud services for the enterprise, today (June 16). The IBM Smart Business cloud portfolio is supposed to help user companies turn complex business processes into simple services. | Cloud market.

How to Use Social Media for Business Apps
Ask IBM, HP, Microsoft, SAP, Verizon, and other tech leaders that have embraced social media models to promote their business interests. Now, leading online businesses like LinkedIn, Salesforce.com, and Skype are coming to take community-building campaigns to the next level. IBM has just introduced a social networking platform for its global partners. | Part of My Techbox Online Market Intelligence Series. 

India Market

Airtel Gets Over 5 Million Mobile Users in Delhi In the weakening global mobile market, Airtel has crossed 5 million consumers mark in the Delhi & NCR (national capital region) circle. During the last month, about 8 million new GSM subscribers came in the Indian market, which has over 300 million GSM consumers in a total mobile user base of nearly 400 million in the country. | Mobile market.

Is Pricing Right for HTC Phone in India? Nokia Provides Life Tools in India Satyam's Layoff Program with a Difference IBM to Build Green Data Centres in India Lean IT Event for CIOs in India HDFC Bank on IBM System z Mainframe Satyam Selects Tech Mahindra Indians Prefer Global Social Networks More Info on India Market

The 7-O-7 Tech Shop
Here are the 7 hot tech shop offers in the last 7 days, ended June 21. For home buyers, Hillcrest unveiled its Loop pointer in-air mouse for TV. Nokia came with a flurry of devices including E72, 5530 XpressMusic, 3710 fold targeting mobile consumers while GN Netcom offered its headset, the Jabra BT2080 and Yahoo! goes mobile on iPhone and 100 more devices. More action around mobiles: Singles can try new Match.com mobile dating application on Palm Pre device and AT&T will support auto-authentication for iPhone OS 3.0 users connecting to AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots. Then IBM comes with its new version of Lotus Symphony, a free of charge productivity software suite…More

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PepsiCo's Mtn Dew Enters World of Warcraft
In the U.S., PepsiCo's Mtn Dew is offering two limited edition line extensions inspired by Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft, a subscription-based multiplayer online role-playing game. Mtn Dew Game Fuel is the latest in a series of the brand's gaming programs. | The game plan.

Now Coming the New iPhone 3G S
Apple has introduced iPhone 3G S. The company says it’ll come with new features including improved speed and performance – up to twice as fast as iPhone 3G – with longer battery life, a 3 megapixel autofocus camera, easy to use video recording, and hands-free voice control. The device will be available on June 19. | Price and features?

THOUGHT LEADERS

Tom Ojala, founder and chairman of the Board of Joikusoft – on Wi-Fi Tethering...More

Ganesh Natarajan, chairman, NASSCOM – on software exports from India…More

John Batter, co-president of Production, DreamWorks Animation – on 3-D animation movies…More

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EDITOR'S WINDOW

Are You Okay, Web?
Believe me or not, but there’s something seriously wrong with the web. In fact, I have observed that it has never recovered after the May 14 trauma that it experienced when Google systems went out of order. | By Rakesh Raman

Twitter TV On, Twitter TV Off
The microblogging site Twitter has put an end to all the gossips about it making a TV show. It says it’s not making any such show. By Rakesh Raman

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