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71% of Airlines See Mobile as the Future of Airline Payments

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Mobile and social media will be a focus for airlines over the next few years, according to a recent survey from airline payment processing company WorldPay. Kiosks will become less important, and sales will shift to social media and mobile. And mobile looks like the future of those improvements.

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Which Airlines Are Most Responsive On Twitter?

The Realtime Report

Which airline brands are the most responsive on Twitter? New data from SocialBakers looks at the difference between the amount of answered and unanswered questions – on Twitter only – among major airlines. American Airlines is well in the lead, with 9,058 questions answered.

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Turkish Airlines Video Ad Tops 100 Million Views

The Realtime Report

Turkish Airlines’ viral video ad, featuring Kobe Bryant and Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi, topped 100 million views on YouTube today. The Turkish Airlines spot was an immediate success, garnering over 4 million views within 1 day of the video’s YouTube launch on December 6th.

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YouTube Commands 50% of Time Spent On Mobile Entertainment Apps

The Realtime Report

How much time are Americans spending on mobile apps, and which are the most popular? A new study from Flurry takes a look at how apps are dominating mobile, and Google and Facebook are commanding lots of our time. Time spent on the mobile web has continued to drop, now totaling just 14% of Americans’ time on mobile.

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Virgin America Launches First In-Flight Social Network With #PlanePitch Twitter Contest

The Realtime Report

The ability to access your social networks while in the air is nothing new; many airlines offer in-flight WiFi (for a price) within the US. Users access the network by downloading Here on Biz iOS mobile app and registering a new account using their LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter profile. Million Twitter Sweepstakes.

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Mobile Breaks Search. And Your Brand

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Mobile could well be the last true computing platform. Not smartphones, but mobile. Back then, the mobile carriers were not concerned with data. Back then, the mobile carriers were not concerned with data. There was no real mobile Web. Mobile is eating the world. The ecosystem - at the core - is mobile.

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11 Smart Ways to Use Twitter Advanced Search

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Twitter advanced search has different powers across different platforms — you will have a different experience using it on mobile vs. desktop, for example. Searching Twitter on mobile. First, the bad news: Twitter doesn’t currently offer an advanced search function on its mobile app. But there’s a great workaround.

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