Daily Snippets for today!

Today we bring you 1000odd people that tell you we spend the equivalent of 9hours a day consuming media, Google going into TV and more – including why Google will win the smartphone battle.

Ofcom report highlights ‘multi-tasking media users’

A study has revealed that people cram the equivalent of 9hours a day worth of media consumption into their waking hours.

Wow. That is certainly a lot!

Read about the statistics at BBC.co.uk

Catch is they surveyed just north of 1000 people – that is a VERY small sample.

Nine arrests in iPhone premium rate number scam

In the UK premium numbers are expensive. A scam has been uncovered where people swindle sim cards from network providers and use them to call premium numbers overseas.

Some of those numbers cost as much as £10 per minute! Wow.

Read about it at BBC.co.uk

In battle of smartphones, Google has the right answer

Want to know why Google is doing so well with Android versus the iPhone? Simple – any phone manufacturer can build an Android phone. It is Windows versus Apple all over.

Read this awesome story from Boston.com, it includes some comments on the Dell Streak smartphone too@

Vodacom Announces iPhone 4 Launch

The iPhone 4 is coming to South Africa!!!

Now that all four of you who have not heard the news calmed down, read the story about the Vodacom launch over at Newstime.co.za

Google TV plan worries Hollywood

Google eyeing a TV service? Seems like it.

Hollywood, who likes to control everything related to entertainment, are of course not happy. How dare Google offer an alternative to viewers? Don’t they know that Hollywood has monopoly on the “gut people for everything” business model?

Mediapost.com has the story.

CrackBerrys fear the end

With the threat to the BlackBerry services by India and UAE, many users are looking for alternatives to the devices and the services provided by it before the crackdown begins.

What will they do? Read about it on News24.com

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