In addition to the iPhone app now available in the Apple App Store, and the Smarter Planet and The Social Business apps on the Android Market, you can text yourself a link to download the Smarter Planet app customized by GetJar for other phones such as Nokia (Symbian) Palm (WebOS) and 2,100 smartphone models.

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IBM to Add Corporate Social Network to IPhone, IPad Source: Bloomberg International Business Machines Corp.’s head of social networking was in an Indian airport last year when the client he was meeting changed topics. Unprepared, Alistair Rennie used his BlackBerry to access IBM’s internal network and poll colleagues on the matter. “I had everything I needed,” Rennie said Jan. 28 in a telephone interview. “It saved me hours.” Rennie is betting IBM’s customers will have the same reaction. The company is revamping its social-networking programs for mobile devices, including Apple Inc.’s iPhone and iPad tablet and Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry. As Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. continue to add millions of users, IBM is aiming to carve its own space in corporate social networking. Sales of social-business programs should triple to almost $2 billion by 2014, IBM said, citing research firm IDC Corp. Adding its collaborative software to mobile devices will give IBM an extra boost in the industry as it raises corporate productivity, Rennie said.

IBM to Add Corporate Social Network to IPhone, IPad

Source: Bloomberg

International Business Machines Corp.’s head of social networking was in an Indian airport last year when the client he was meeting changed topics. Unprepared, Alistair Rennie used his BlackBerry to access IBM’s internal network and poll colleagues on the matter.

“I had everything I needed,” Rennie said Jan. 28 in a telephone interview. “It saved me hours.”

Rennie is betting IBM’s customers will have the same reaction. The company is revamping its social-networking programs for mobile devices, including Apple Inc.’s iPhone and iPad tablet and Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry.

As Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. continue to add millions of users, IBM is aiming to carve its own space in corporate social networking. Sales of social-business programs should triple to almost $2 billion by 2014, IBM said, citing research firm IDC Corp. Adding its collaborative software to mobile devices will give IBM an extra boost in the industry as it raises corporate productivity, Rennie said.

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Android Leaves iOS Behind In Millennial Ad Impressions Source: GigaOM Android has finally surged past iOS in ad impressions on Millennial’s ad network for the first time, breaking a two-month tiethat suggested a possible lull in the growth of Google’s mobile platform. Android now represents 46 percent of ad impressions in December, compared to 32 percent for iOS after the two OSes were tied at 38 percent in November. Millennial said Android has also widened its lead in ad revenue from applications with 55 percent compared to 39 percent for iOS. 

Android Leaves iOS Behind In Millennial Ad Impressions

Source: GigaOM

Android has finally surged past iOS in ad impressions on Millennial’s ad network for the first time, breaking a two-month tiethat suggested a possible lull in the growth of Google’s mobile platform. Android now represents 46 percent of ad impressions in December, compared to 32 percent for iOS after the two OSes were tied at 38 percent in November. Millennial said Android has also widened its lead in ad revenue from applications with 55 percent compared to 39 percent for iOS. 

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IBM App “Creek Watch” to Help Monitor Water Health in California (via IBMLabs)

IBM Research created an iPhone application to help local water boards collect and analyze critical data about water. A form of crowdsourcing called Citizen Science, people hiking or biking passed a creek or stream can snap a photo with their phones, answer a few simple questions about the condition of the water, and instantly send it off to their local water authority.

The app is called Creek Watch and will be available for free in App Store soon. Visit www.creekwatch.org to sign up to be notified when the app is live.

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