Twitter buys TweetDeck for reported $40M to $50M
BARBARA ORTUTAY NEW YORK (AP) – Twitter has bought TweetDeck, a London-based startup that helps people read, write and organize the short messages posted on the online network – and will keep the service going. Twitter is not giving financial terms, though published reports have pegged the price at around $40 million to $50 million. … Read more
Google tries to replace wallets with smartphones
PETER SVENSSON NEW YORK (AP) – Google Inc. is trying to nudge consumers and merchants into a world where the smartphone has replaced the wallet as the container for credit cards, coupons and receipts. In Google’s vision detailed Thursday, shoppers will touch their phone screen to select a card, then tap the phone to a … Read more
E-Book report: Nook is up, iPad still catching up
NEW YORK (AP) – As the publishing industry wrapped up four days of digital talk at its annual national convention, Amazon.com’s Kindle was seen as the clear, if not dominant, player in the growing e-market; Barnes & Noble’s Nook was considered a pleasant surprise and Apple’s iPad an underachiever. “They had a respectable launch, but … Read more
Internet rules at center of ‘e-G8′ forum in Paris
By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press PARIS – France wants better regulation of the Internet. Google’s executive chairman says policymakers should tread lightly and avoid “stupid” rules. Bridging such differences about how the Internet could or should be more regulated took center stage Tuesday at an “e-G8″ meeting aimed to parlay the digital world’s growing economic … Read more
NBC LOCAL MEDIA ANNOUNCES MULTY-CITY SEARCH FOR LOCALLY-FOCUSED, NON-PROFIT NEWS ORGANIZATIONS
NBC Universal NBC Local Media Announces Multi-City Search For Locally-Focused, Non-Profit News Organizations To Cooperate In News Gathering and Reporting Publishing Of Request For Proposals Initiates Process of Identifying Non-Profit Outlets in Markets Served by NBC’s Owned & Operated Stations Effort Modeled On Successful Relationship Between KNSD, The NBC-Owned Station in San Diego, and Non-Profit … Read more
Upfronts 2011: ‘The Choice’ Served Up By Fox Hispanic Media
By Laura Martinez, Multichannel News — Broadcasting & Cable The newly created Fox Hispanic Media welcomed about 350 guests at the New York City Public Library Tuesday to unveil its fall programming and present agencies and marketers with the possibility to reach the full spectrum of the Hispanic TV audience (men, women, families) through three … Read more
Facebook-Google rivalry intensifies with PR fiasco
BARBARA ORTUTAY NEW YORK (AP) – The intense rivalry between Facebook and Google just got juicier. In a twist seemingly out of a Hollywood thriller, Facebook hired a prominent public relations firm to try to plant stories harshly criticizing Google’s privacy practices in leading news outlets. The efforts backfired when the firm approached a blogger … Read more
Adobe After Effects 5.5: Warp Stabilizer
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Skype-Style Calls Force Wireless Carriers to Adapt
New York Times By JENNA WORTHAM Today, long-winded talkers need to worry about running out of minutes on their cellphone plans. But someday there will be no minutes to run out of — just megabytes. Wireless carriers now funnel voice and data traffic over two separate networks and charge customers accordingly. In the not-so-distant future, … Read more
Put down that tablet! And back away from my precious TV
By Tim Mullaney, Special for USA TODAY Tablet computers are stealing more consumer time from other computers than any other devices — but nothing, not even the mighty iPad, gets between Americans and their TVs. A new Neilsen Co. survey shows that 35 percent of tablet owners say they use their desktop computers less often … Read more
