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iPhone 3GS Drives Blog Buzz In June

Apple was the top hardware manufacturer site in May 2009, with 55.7 million unique visitors and an average time spent per person of 1 hour and 14 minutes, according to a new report from Nielsen Online. Excitement surrounding the new iPhone 3GS sent blog mentions up 1,226 percent week-over-week on June 8, the day of the announcement. After the initial announcement, buzz dipped but picked up again after the phone became available on June 19, with blog mentions more than doubling compared to the prior week.

YouTube Gets Mobile Boost From New iPhone

Google said today that the number of videos filmed on mobile phones and uploaded to YouTube has increased 400 percent since the release of Apple's iPhone 3GS last Friday. The new device allows users to film video clips and upload them wirelessly to YouTube. The increase is part of an overall trend with mobile uploads to YouTube surging by 1,700 percent in the last six months.