Email Marketing:

• StrongMail acquires The Email Advisor.

• e-Dialog adds campaign management, social sharing, and landing page creation to email marketing application.

Nuts and Bolts:

• Four things agencies should know about site testing.

Smartphones:

• Top 10 smartphone advances of 2009.

• Apple users slow to upgrade mobile OS.

• Google could sell Nexus One via SAAS model.

• Military could use iPhones to track friends, enemies in war.

• Verizon prepping for Palm Pre, iPhone, reports say.

• Verizon says early termination fees fair.

WoM:

• Friends play top role in video gamers' purchase decisions.

Media:

• Detroit News offers e-edition on Kindle.

Gaming:

• Sales of video games plummet in 2009.

• Final Fantasy XIII nears 2 million sales mark.