Twitter has announced it will be offering expanded services for its business customers
Twitter is taking a much-anticipated first-step to transfer its popularity into the business world by offering certain customers an expanded range of services. The company is preparing to offer commercial accounts in which businesses and corporations can purchase extra features and tools for Twitter.
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YouTube opens up video analyst tool
YouTube plans to make its Insight analytics tool accessible to all viewers. The tool, launched last year, allows uploaders to track metrics related to clips' usage, viewers and popularity. Insight captures the country of viewers, the sites from which the views are referred and the varying popularity levels of different parts of a single video clip.
PC Advisor  

A 3D web moves closer to reality 
Mozilla has joined forces with graphics consortium Khronos. Khronos has set up a working group for accelerated 3D graphics on the web, which could lead to widespread browser-based gaming as well as 3D environments in social networking sites. The aim is to produce the first public version within a year.
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SIM-free iPhones now available in the UK
Play.com has started listing brand new, unlocked and SIM-free iPhones on its website. Both the original and 3G models are for sale, hence opening up Apple's smartphone for use on any UK mobile network. A spokesperson for Play.com has said that the iPhone can be registered as normal on Apple's website.
Silicon.com  

Huge growth for mobile broadband predicted
Research firm Ovum has predicted that revenues from mobile broadband are set to explode over the next five years, as the number of mobile broadband users climbs to 2 billion by 2014. According to Ovum’s latest report, mobile broadband revenues will grow to $137 billion (£94 billion) in 2014, an increase of roughly 450% from the total in 2008.
TechWorld  

Orange enters distribution agreement with Brightpoint
Orange UK has partnered with Brightpoint, a distributor of wireless devices. This collaboration will see Brightpoint target business customers with a range of solutions including Orange connectivity, Orange devices and SIM only deals.
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Nokia buys a minority stake in US mobile money firm Obopay
Nokia has bought a minority stake in Obopay, enabling the US mobile money firm to extend its product offering and geographical presence. Research firm Berg Insight expects the number of people using mobile financial services to grow on average 89% a year to 913 million in 2014 from just 20 million last year.
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Ericsson enters IPTV partnership with Edgeware
Edgeware, the provider of server systems for network deployed on demand TV, has announced a global IPTV cooperation with Ericsson. Edgeware is integrating its solid state VoD platform with the Ericsson end to end IPTV solution and OpenStream Digital Services Platform to enable operators worldwide to easily deploy advanced on demand TV services.
Comms Business  

Barclays trials surface computing
Barclays is trialing Microsoft’s Surface computer as a tool to win more customers and increase client interactivity at its flagship branch in London’s Piccadilly Circus. Surface computers enable interaction with digital content through hand gestures, touch and physical objects.
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Britain rules European telecoms roost says EU
Britain is the most competitive mobile and fixed line telecoms market in the EU, according to a new report out from the European Commission. One of the main conclusions is that the consumers are benefiting from the sector's competitiveness in that they pay less while getting better value for money.
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