BizReport : Internet : September 03, 2010 A nationwide survey in the U.S. found that just... Read more
Apple's new products have one subtle quality that no company can touch: Cohesion. Just minutes... Read more
By Mark Wheeler The music industry injects about $4 billion annually into the Nashville... Read more
From: Digital Music News
Ping has incredible potential, but early adopters are trudging through a number of frustrations. Ultimately, this feels a bit more like v0.1 than 1.0. Here are ten complaints that top the list...
(1) Band pages are extremely limited, and most artists are currently excluded.... Read more
BY: DAN MACSAISeptember 1, 2010
Photograph by Sue Tallon
The race is on to transform your smartphone into your wallet.
The Japanese call it osaifu keitai (cell-phone wallet). Flash your phone virtually anywhere you go for almost any purchase and it's automatically logged into a digital expense report. Eat... Read more
How do artists connect with their fans? Twitter? MySpace? Facebook? Try iTunes.
At the Apple press conference today, Steve Jobs unveiled Ping, a music social network seamlessly integrated into the latest version of iTunes 10. Consumers can use the service to follow friends and artists, post thoughts and opinions, view custom top... Read more
Apple TV received a major overhaul today, and has been turned into a serious contender in the Web TV market. It's tiny, easy to use, and aimed directly at yours, and your Granny's TV set-top. This may even be the first set-top box that is a serious worry for the cable TV industry.
The new Apple TV is tiny--palm sized,... Read more
president Obama speech August 31 has been addressed not only to the US people, but also to the Iraqis and Afghans as well. The speech was broadcast on all major television channels. In his speech, President Obama announced the stop of Iraq war and said that only 50,000 troops are in Iraq now and they will be withdrawn within a year.
We all get too much email. It's not just spam, either--that stuff rarely makes it past the front gates of email security, so lots of people hardly ever see it anymore. But many of us get dozens of emails per day, some of which can be ignored, some of which may need responding at some point later, and some of which should be answered as... Read more
It has probably happened to you. You download a free BlackBerry game, full of so much hope and promise, only to discover that it was a waste of time and disk space. “At least it was free,” you tell yourself.
This is an especially common experience for BlackBerry owners. There are, however, many free top-notch... Read more
BY Dan NosowitzThu Aug 26, 2010
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which covers California and eight other Western states, just made what might be the scariest ruling of the year. You know who else thinks so? The dissenting judge, a conservative, no less, who himself made the connection to Orwell's 1984. This... Read more
Google adds phone calling to Gmail
Google's Gmail isn't just a mailbox -- it now doubles as a phone. Users of Google's Web e-mail service can now call any phone in the U.S. or Canada for free (and make international calls for almost free) from within their browser.
Google announced this feature in a blog post a... Read more
A retail study found that consumers are increasingly turning to mobile devices to add depth and convenience to their in-store shopping experience.
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Fairmont Hotels & Resorts targets affluent travelers with mobile app
Luxury hotel chain... Read more
Portable gaming is about to completely change directions. For awhile, portable gaming was limited... Read more
Why you should listen to her: Jane McGonigal asks: Why doesn't the real world work more like an... Read more
Facebook is making its first foray into bricks and mortar establishments with the sale of... Read more