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Featured Articles » Study Shows People are Crazy about the iPhone 4S » My Thoughts on the iPhone 4S » Apple Pulls the Plug on iPhone Tethering Application » iPhone Boasts Highest Customer Loyalty   Sponsored By: 4GWE Conference 4GWE is designed to focus on issues related to mobile evolution - as well as expanding mobile coverage. Sessions will explore the quickly evolving mobile enterprise market, covering important topics such as; supporting mobile nomads, mobile apps including the next generation of apps and HTML5, security for the enterprise, devices and so much more. 4GWE has become the industry's premier gathering place for Mobile Network Operators, fixed carriers, handset manufacturers, mobile internet device manufacturers, application providers, and venture capitalists.   Top Stories » Ntractive Unveils Elements CRM 4.0 » ParentLink Unveils Newest iPhone Applications for Parents » LogMeIn Upgrades LogMeIn Ignition for iPad/iPhone App » Samsung Galaxy S II Dismisses the Virtue of Waiting for iPhone   From The Expert Corner December 01, 2011 Apple's iPhone Tops Most Searched Terms on Yahoo for 2011 By Oliver VanDervoort Contributing Writer It should surprise no one that the iPhone (News - Alert) is one of the most popular devices in the world. Even the apps that are made for it are some of the top apps around the globe. Companies line up in order to be featured by Apple's (News - Alert) crowning glory and when they finally are featured they are rewarded with a loyal audience. Of course, when a device is as popular as the iPhone it makes the news even when that news is less than positive. That's why the story about an iPhone exploding in mid-air has helped the device take the number one spot in the Yahoo search engines for 2011. Yahoo says that in 2011, the iPhone was able to beat out major news stories like Libya's dictator falling, Rick Perry's debate gaffe and Demi and Ashton breaking up.  The device proved to be more searched for than Katy Perry, Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Lopez who all finished in the top five of the search terms. Casey Anthony, the woman who was acquitted of murdering her young child took the second spot in the searches this year. Web trend analyst Vera Chan said that this is the first time since 2002 that Yahoo has had a gadget as the number one search term. That year, the new gaming system, the Playstation 2 was the top search term. Chan added that the ability of the iPhone to do so many things has lead to political movements utilizing and mentioning the device, driving up the times people searched for it... Read More   From The Blogs Apple iPad - Your Next Desktop Phone? I've been thinking about how the Apple iPad could really disrupt the VoIP space and become your next desktop phone. Think about the impact to companies such as Cisco, Polycom, Aastra, snom, Grandstream, and others. While these companies do offer low-end IP desktop phones, they have higher margins on the high-end large color screen IP phones that sport advanced features like RSS feeds (weather, news), collaboration, and video conferencing... Read More    Featured Videos Interview with iPass    Featured Resources » Your Customers Are on the Smartphone. Is Your Call Center? » SMS: THE VOICE ALTERNATIVE CHANNEL THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES » Going Mobile: Mobile Customer Service Moves to the Forefront of Multi-Channel Interaction   Featured Channels » Mobile Unified Communications » Mobile Video » Mobile Device Management   iPhone.tmcnet.com is Your Source for the Latest iPhone News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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