Submitted by Logicalextremes
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When, in late September, rumors surfaced that Comcast was trying to buy NBC Universal from General Electric, Wall Street reacted with dismay. Grandiose attempts to combine media production and distribution — programming and plumbing — are nothing new in the entertainment business, but they almost always end in disappointmen (Read More)
: That’s one funny thing about the Internet: it’s an extraordinarily rich communications system, but as an information and entertainment medium, it encourages private consumption. The pictures and sounds served up through our PCs, iPods and smart phones absorb us deeply but in isolation. Even when we’re together today, we’re often apart, peering into our own screens.
Submitted by Pink Lisa
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SnazL and Flip.to are two of the first open source tools to bridge the gap between content and community. By allowing users to create and share their videos, photos and content from one central location, the user become the center of his or her own sphere of influence cross social media platforms.
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Mashable!:
Susan Payton is the Managing Partner of Egg Marketing & Public Relations, an internet marketing firm. She blogs at The Marketing Eggspert Blog, and teaches marketing courses at Marketing EggSchool. Follow her on Twitter @eggmarketing.We’re a week away from Black Friday and just a few years ago, if you wanted to find the be (Read More)
Technology Talks:
The MyVu Solo Plus EV Media Viewer with iPod and iPhone Conversion Cable was a recent buzz on the net because it is a whole new world in imaging technology. MyVu Solo Plus EV Media Viewer is actually a wearable video display glasses that looks really cool. In fact this personal media viewer by Myvu [...]. (Read More)
Submitted by Mogston
from blog:
Social media is a double-edged sword. Due to its unfiltered nature, it can be a powerful promotional tool. However, it can also publicly expose our problems. Former reality TV star Tila Tequila is an unfortunate but prime example.Some backstory: Tila Tequila is one of the most popular artists on MySpace, was the subject (Read More)
Submitted by Magitam
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Vevo is an upcoming music video website that will be similar to Hulu. Rio Caraeff is the head of Vevo and the company is rumored to have raised $300 million. The company expects to stream about 450 million videos per month. The company will be ran by about 45 people initially.Vevo is co-owned by Universal Music Group, So (Read More)
Mashable!:
The Open Web Awards: Social Media Edition, our annual contest highlighting the very best the web has to offer, is entering its final round. The 70,000+ nominees have been narrowed down to just 5 finalists per category, and you have from now until December 15th to pick the winners.By popular demand, here is the full list of (Read More)
Submitted by Motown Terri
from blog:
Author : Melissa KayHow do viral campaigns become successful?
- Learn how an alternate reality game for Halo 2 received 240,000 visitors on its debut
- Find out how The Big Word Project achieved worldwide publicity with almost zero cost
- Discover how The Blair Witch Project became the largest per screen gross in mot (Read More)
The Apple Blog:
Speaking yesterday at the Professional Developer’s Conference, Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie explained what’s really important when it comes to the smartphone business, and it’s apparently nothing at all to do with the number of apps available on any one platform.All the apps that count will be ported to ev (Read More)
: Amusing: "That’s why there are more than 100,000 apps in the iTunes Store and, what, five in the Windows Marketplace? And that’s why quality apps like Facebook or Tweetie 2.0 have been ported, feature-complete, from the iPhone to Windows Mobile, Blackberry and Palm OS? Oh, wait…"
Submitted by The Reporter
from blog:
MyVu Solo Plus EV Media Viewer with iPod and iPhone Conversion Cable was on sale yesterday. This piece of personal techonology allows us to have a better view of videos from our iPod and iPhones. The MyVu Solo Plus EV Media Viewer features a patented SolidOptex technology that provides high quality optics which kind of [...]. (Read More)
Submitted by Premiumusb
from blog:
Custom flash drives are relatively new compared to traditional media such as CDs, DVDs, or BRDs, and have been improving as technology advances. Technology has advanced so much that many consumers and companies alike are having to face the very difficult decision; whether to go with custom USB drives or traditional media fo (Read More)
L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Thing Labs in their San Francisco office. Chris Wetherell, middle left, and Jason Shellen, middle right. Credit: Mark Milian / Los Angeles TimesThe mad scientists at Thing Labs have a very impressive track record.On the sixth floor of a trendy building in San Francisco's recently renovated Mint Plaza, four former Google emp (Read More)
The Future Buzz:
You should probably try it. There’s a reason you’re unsure. Perhaps you’re unsure because it involves taking a chance or you don’t think it’s perfect. Yet the ideas – especially the creative variety – that you’re unsure about are probably the most interesting. They’re also probably interesting because they are imperfect (Read More)
Submitted by Loucypher
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After taking its time building itself up in private beta, Brizzly, the Twitter and Facebook client is finally available for the public. The client makes it easier for users to easily view videos and photos right within the streams on Twitter as well as letting you make direct uploads. The client is still in beta which means (Read More)
Submitted by Ivanwalsh
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Meet Captain Jing, eat Alphabetti Spaghetti, create lists in Robohelp, move technical writers to network thinking, LaTeX (not that type!), Why I Wasn’t Sold on Single Sourcing, The Moment I Felt Like an Executive, Does Your Company Need a Dedicated Tweeter? and how much does Darren Rowse earn from Blogging. What are you (Read More)