Feb 07, 2009

Forbes Whether you're looking to find love or make it last, these are among the best in the business. (Read More)

Feb 06, 2009

Delicious/twit We do an annual look into the size of the mobile industry here at the Communities Dominate blog. So its time to review the growth of mobile and report on the technology that has 4 Billion subscribers. Recognizing that the world has about 6.6 Billion people, it means there is a mobile phones subscription now for 60% of the w (Read More)

Feb 07, 2009

CMSWire.com - All News The twists, turns and tips you need for staying up-to-date by the water cooler.Highlights of the Week Vignette Reports 29.4% Revenue Plunge. Following a round of layoffs at the dusk of last year, Vignette has announced 2008 fiscal year and Q4 2008 financial results. Web Content: Simple is Better. When it comes to webs (Read More)

Feb 06, 2009

Mashable! Samir Balwani is a social media marketer who helps businesses create effective web strategies. You can follow him on Twitter and get his newsletter.As we battle a global recession, corporations are looking for new ways to sell their products and engage their consumers. Many have turned to the Internet, with Social Media in (Read More)

Feb 06, 2009

ReadWriteWeb What's got a button to push, knows how to make money while changing the world and is read all over? StumbleUpon! The social discovery network, like Pandora for webpages and videos, just passed 7 million users according to the site. That's about 50% bigger than Twitter, though Stumble is rarely talked about and never prom (Read More)

Jan 21, 2009

SF Gate FCC investigating Comcast over phone service routing Comcast Corp., the nation's biggest cable TV operator, is being investigated by the Federal Communications Commission over concerns that it is giving preferential treatment to its phone service at the... . (Read More)

Jan 27, 2009

feeds.reuters.com  Netflix Inc apparently didn't get the memo: there's a recession on.The online DVD rental company is aiming for "at least" 12 percent net earnings growth in 2009 and will invest any "surplus profit" -- terms not heard much on Wall Street these days -- in growing its subscriber base and streaming content, Chief Executive Re (Read More)

Jan 23, 2009

Digital Media Wire - connecting people & knowledge Doylestown, Penn. - Gamervision, a site that features user-generated video game reviews and other editorial content, has raised $3.5 million in its second round of funding from private investors, PaidContent reported.read more. (Read More)

Jan 22, 2009

Silicon Alley Insider EchoStar/Sling Media's Sling.com video site gets a boost: Its viewers will soon be able to watch Viacom (VIAB) shows like MTV's "The Hills" via a new deal.That means -- for now, at least -- you'll be able to watch some shows on Sling.com that you can't catch on Hulu, the Web video site owned by News Corp. (NWS) and NBC Univ (Read More)

Feb 02, 2009

Silicon Alley Insider In an earnings call last week, Netflix (NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings said he would "substantially increase" spending on streaming content this year. So this report has us curious: Netflix is currently asking some of its subscribers if they'd be willing to pay $9.99 a month for HBO shows.Hacking Netflix got a screen-cap of the po (Read More)

Jan 27, 2009

Ars Technica Those who make use of Netflix's ever-popular "Watch Instantly" streaming service rent fewer DVDs than the rest of the population, a Netflix executive revealed during the company's quarterly earnings call on Monday. The phenomenon reinforces the fact that online offerings really do compete with physical media f (Read More)

Jan 27, 2009

Silicon Alley Insider NBC had so much trouble selling its Super Bowl ad inventory that it's going to run house ads from its parent company, GE, and Hulu, its Web video joint venture with News Corp.But apparently, NBC is not desperate enough to run the below-embedded ad from PETA. NBC told the animal-rights activist organization "depicts a level (Read More)

Feb 06, 2009

Ars Technica Advocates for intellectual property reform are sounding skittish about the emerging upper echelon of Barack Obama's Justice Department, which is shaping up as a who's-who of star litigators for the music, movie, and software industries. The most recent addition to a long roster, prospective Associate Deputy At (Read More)

Feb 03, 2009

Ars Technica The Federal Communications Commission's main sparring partner in the realm of network management has sent the agency a polite but chilly refutation of its suggestion that the company may allow its own VoIP service an advantage over others running through its pipes. Comcast says that the ISP giant doesn't give (Read More)

Feb 06, 2009

Reuters: Deals NEW YORK (Reuters) - EchoStar chief Charlie Ergen's surprising interest in Sirius XM Radio Inc belies his ambition to liberate his satellite television service from the living room into cars and mobile devices. . (Read More)

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