Technology

Yahoo! Connected TV Enhances TV Viewing Experience for Millions of Toshiba Consumers with the Best of the Web

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & IRVINE, Calif., Sep 15, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. today announced that Yahoo! Connected TV is now available on several new models of Toshiba 46″-55″ HDTVs, including the WX800 Cinema Series(R) 3D LED. For the first time on Toshiba HDTVs, consumers will be able to access Yahoo! Connected TV to easily interact with high-quality Internet content and services while they watch TV.

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comScore Appoints Wolf Allisat as Executive Vice President for International Markets

*Proven Digital Measurement Veteran to Lead comScore’s Expansion Efforts*

RESTON, VA, September 15, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world today announced that Wolf Allisat is joining the comScore management team as Executive Vice President for international markets. Mr. Allisat will be responsible for overseeing comScore’s international expansion strategy in the European, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific regions.

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New Kindle Exclusive: David Morrell, New York Times Bestselling Author, Makes Electronic Editions of 10 Books, Including a New Thriller, “The Naked Edge,” and the Classic “First Blood”Available Exclusively in the Kindle Store

*Kindle and Kindle app customers can now download and start reading 10 books — 6 of them previously out of print–including one new novel, in less than 60 seconds*

SEATTLE, Sep 14, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that internationally bestselling author David Morrell is releasing a new, never-before-published, full-length thriller, “The Naked Edge,” along with nine of his previously published books, in electronic book format exclusively in the Kindle Store.

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European Smartphone Market Grows 41 Percent in Past Year

*Nokia Continues to Lead Smartphone Market But Apple and Android Devices are Gaining Fast* 

LONDON, U.K., September 14, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study of smartphone use showing that the Symbian platform holds 54.4 percent of the Western European market. Despite Symbian’s continued growth in number of smartphone subscribers, its market share has fallen as growth in the Apple OS and Android (Google) platforms has surged in the past year.

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