Hacking Could Jailbreaking iPhone Become a Crime? Whether or not jailbreaking or rooting one's smartphone is a legal act isn't something most of us in the U.S. have had to think about for some time. That's because, in 2010, the U.S. Copyright Office declared that jailbreaking devices is not a violation of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Fine, said Apple, but it will still void your… Mobile John Paul Titlow View comments
Politics GOP Tries To Top White House's #40dollars Twitter Campaign Last month the White House struck upon a particularly effective idea: using the #40dollars hash tag on Twitter, they asked voters what $40 meant to them. That, the Obama administration said, was the amount of money that would have disappeared from an average middle class paycheck if Republicans allowed a tax cut to expire. The move was so popular… Dave Copeland View comments
Android Diversifying Your Android Strategy Mobile marketing company Tapjoy has had a tumultuous ride in the last year. It has been bounced around by Apple and its App Store terms of service, has gone to the Web to skirt Apple's policies, integrated mobile video ads and set up a fund for iOS developers to port their games to Android. It has been scattershot and frenetic but it appears… Mobile Dan Rowinski View comments
Announcements Tibbr Has a New Twist on Geolocation We haven't written much about TIBCO's enterprise social media tool tibbr since a year ago. But they have interesting news, including updates to the service, that they are announcing today with v3.5, scheduled to be available next month. David Strom View comments
Twitter [Infographic] Increase Click-Through Rates For Your Tweets HubSpot's resident social media scientist Dan Zarella released a new report on how to get the highest number of click-throughs for your tweets. Some of the information (presented below in a handy infographic) is stuff we already knew: Tweets between 120 and 130 characters tend to get retweeted more often than longer and shorter tweets and tweeting… Social Dave Copeland View comments