Social Media Highlights AT&T Servers Sputtering Under Enormous Weight of iPhone 4S Activations

AT&T servers are working overtime this Friday. The activation demands incumbent on AT&T this morning (the first day of availability for the iPhone 4S) are overpowering the carrier, causing innumerable subscribers difficulty in activating their new iPhone.

                                      

Angry customers have now taken to the social media realm to vent their frustration.

Across Twitter and Facebook, unhappy AT&T subscribers say they’ve been getting error messages for hours as they’ve attempted to get their freshly un-boxed iPhone 4S up and running.

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Millennial Media Looks At Local Market Targeting in Q3 SMART Report

On Thursday, Millennial Media published its Q3 SMART report.

The latest in-depth report from the folks at Millennial Media highlights key areas of the mobile marketing realm that have made significant gains in recent months.

According to the findings presented in the report, local market targeting grew a staggering 50% quarter-over-quarter, and certain “post-click” options, like the ability to watch video, similarly grew 78% quarter-over-quarter.

Finance, however, was the top US ad vertical on Millennial Media’s network and has grown 356% year-over-year. Entertainment, on the other hand, was the top International ad vertical.

                                      

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