Wired |
October 12th, 2008 |
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In effort to get a handle on wannabe spies' cyber behaviors, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence hands out $800,000 to researchers to figure out whether hopping on World of Warcraft or Facebook "suggests an unwillingness to abide by rules." Wired.com[...]
eMarketer |
October 9th, 2008 |
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Befriended and poked by companies[...]
Silicon Valley parents are going to need more than youth league Web sites to free them from the chaos community. But maybe they're a start.[...]
Adrants |
October 9th, 2008 |
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- Doritos is holding another CGM contest for Super Bowl 2009.[...]
Portfolio |
October 8th, 2008 |
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Andrea Chalupa writes: Looks like cat's out of that bag as to why EMI was holding out from joining other major labels in turning over music catalogues to MySpace Music, which streamed its billionth song within a week of its launch last month. Though EMI ultimately signed on, it turns [...]
Portfolio |
October 8th, 2008 |
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Facebook has integrated Microsoft LiveSearch into its site as part of a deal announced in July. Facebook users can now search the web without leaving the site.[News.com]Pandora Radio is now available on Chumby. All Chumby players can now tune into Pandora radio and have Pandora radio as the audio source [...]
USA Today |
October 8th, 2008 |
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Social networking is going corporate. The popular technology used by millions of people to share ideas and photos on MySpace, [...]
Portfolio |
October 7th, 2008 |
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Kevin Maney writes: Nice to wake up to news of global market crashes, eBay laying off 1,000, and AMD spinning off its plants to an Abu Dhabi investment company to stay alive. (Cue Sarah Palin: Time to blame Obama for "American dependence on foreign chips!")Over in Web land, one majorly [...]
Adrants |
October 7th, 2008 |
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- A handful of rich-ass celebrities use reverse psychology to cajole MySpace users into voting.[...]
Wired |
October 7th, 2008 |
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If it wasn't immediately obvious why Comcast forked over a reported $150 million for Plaxo, a social networking site, it may become clearer later this month, when Plaxo officially launches Fan Pages for FanCast, Comcast's online video site. The social features available in beta now let users join fan groups [...]
Forbes |
October 6th, 2008 |
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As MySpace music debuts, a conversation with Spencer Hyman, chief operating officer of rival Last.fm.[...]
By Steven Zeitchik We've learned long ago to be skeptical of Comic-Con sensations. The place is the ultimate bubble, and just because a few light sabers swing in your direction doesn't mean the money will follow. But just because something has a hardcore fan base in San Diego doesn't mean [...]
Recognizing that social networking features as key to attracting and retaining a youthful audience, NPR is adding them to its website. Listeners can create personal profiles containing photos, and[...]
Wired |
October 1st, 2008 |
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A developer on Tuesday released a free patch enabling Apple TV to play virtually any multimedia file with the insertion of a thumb drive into the box. Though similar hacks for Apple TV have been released in the past, Boxee is unique in that it will soon include a social [...]
Portfolio |
October 5th, 2008 |
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Andrea Chalupa asks: Is Ireland the new Caymans? The green isle is the latest tax haven hot spot and big tech is flocking over. Facebook announced yesterday that it will open a global headquarters in Dublin, joining Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Intel that also relish in the tax breaks and [...]
Rolling Stone |
October 3rd, 2008 |
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Social-networking giant's new service streams millions of songs for free From Lily Allen to My Chemical Romance, MySpace has made its name as a career booster for rising acts. But can the social-networking site now do the same for the beleaguered music business? On September 25th, the company launched MySpace [...]
Wired |
October 3rd, 2008 |
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I'm sitting outside a trendy Brooklyn café chatting with friends. I glance to my left and notice a huge telephoto lens peeking around the corner of the building. The actress Keri Russell is known to hang here, but she's nowhere in sight. That paparazzo is hounding me. And it's no [...]
Portfolio |
October 2nd, 2008 |
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Andrea Chalupa writes: Silicon Valley is seeing pink. Hit by turmoil in the financial markets, general economic decline, and slowing sales, the tech sector is expected to follow Wall Street with its own mass layoffs.Rumors abound that AT&T, Yahoo, and Ebay will together release tens of thousands of workers into [...]
Portfolio |
October 2nd, 2008 |
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Kevin Maney writes: I was underwhelmed by my meeting at NHL headquarters this week about the league's Web plans. The league's strategy is safe and practical. Maybe it makes solid business sense. Maybe it's just that you don't roll the dice with a major sports league. But a lot of [...]
Li Ning defied gravity when he lit the Olympic flame two months ago, but shares in his sportswear manufacturing firm have proved less able to fly.[...]
