TechCrunch:
In October we wrote “Joost Turns On Its All-Flash Website. Is Anybody Watching?” It turns out that yes, it appears that they are.A year ago Joost was a ghost town. Then in September, when the company moved away from the use of downloaded software to an all-browser video experience, viewership spiked. Compete say (Read More)
CNN:
Microsoft has beat out Google to become the default search provider on all phones on the Verizon Wireless network. Steve Ballmer made the announcement to a packed hall as part of his keynote address at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 7. Starting in the first half of 2009, Microsoft will power all sea (Read More)
Mashable!:
FlyCast is a nifty little iPhone application that lets you stream over 1200 radio channels, with a little twist: it can preload music while you have an internet connection and then play it even while you’re offline. Today at CES the company has unveiled several major upgrades to the product. First, there’s Andro (Read More)
Mashable!:
I’m not at MacWorld or CES, but there have been enough tweets about the event that it almost feels like I’m there. Trendrr has done some analysis of the buzz surrounding the events using its graphing tools, displaying how many tweets relating to each event are showing up over time.Not surprisingly, MacWorld saw an enormous (Read More)
Mashable!:
Brian Wallace is a social media consultant. He authors a blog at nowsourcing.com/blog.With the economy showing no signs of bouncing back in 2009, consumers will inevitably be searching for channels of escapism, means to momentarily forget their everyday woes, financial and otherwise. Although most e-businesses are bracing f (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Google Street View may get a bad rap from some overzealous privacy watchdogs and conspiracy theorists, but it just helped police save a young girl who had been kidnapped over the weekend.In the case, which involved a woman who allegedly kidnapped her granddaughter, Athol Police Officer Todd Neale managed to track down the m (Read More)