We Need A New Path To Liquidity
Watching all these machinations between Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google, AOL, News Corp/MySpace, and their ilk makes me sick. They are playing around with Internet assets like they are toys. And meanwhile...
WHY I DELETED MY TWITTER ACCOUNT
It's no big deal. I liked Twitter. But I found it too easy. — I think my time would be better spent drawing cartoons and writing books. — That's just how I feel.
Firmware (v.2.30) Details and Store Walkthrough
Hey Everyone! We know you're all patiently waiting for the next PS3 firmware update, ver. 2.30, which includes the revamped PLAYSTATION Store. The good news is that it's coming soon, and you can now...
Microsoft Introduces Tool for Avoiding Traffic Jams
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft on Thursday plans to introduce a Web-based service for driving directions that incorporates complex software models to help users avoid traffic jams. — The new service's so...
Engadget gets a new look and adds Switched to the family!
It's been well over a year since our last big redesign, which in gadget time means our last design was unveiled circa original Walkman. So we're freshening up the whole joint — all seven sites — with...
Blockbuster eyes streaming to TVs
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Apple TV is getting some competition from Blockbuster. — The home video giant is developing a set-top device for streaming films directly to TV sets and is expecte...
MySpaceTV inks international distribution deal
The MySpaceTV show ‘Quarterlife’ is going international — MySpace is a social-networking site that behaves increasingly like an entertainment conglomerate. — MySpace, owned by Rupert Murdoch's New...
Meebo Can't Get Their Price, Goes For Fundraising Instead Of Sale
Web chat startup Meebo has been working with investment bank Montgomery & Co. for the last few months to either find a buyer or raise a big new round of financing. The rumor was they were looking for...
Yahoo's largest investor doubles down
Oh baby. — Capital World Investors virtually doubled down on its Yahoo holdings - giving the investment firm a 10.1 percent stake, according to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission...
YouTube Updates Layout, Now With Tabs And Statistics
YouTube has quietly launch a new layout on video pages with a new tab focused layout and video statistics (pic above). — The first change in the consolidation of Share, Favorites, Playlists and Flag...
Start making sense
Big and small companies are getting into the business of building an intelligent web of linked data — SOME new ideas take wing spontaneously. Others struggle to be born. The “semantic web” is defi...
Did you sign Google's noncompete? Good, you're fired
A recently departed DoubleClicker tells us that Google managers asked employees at the online ad company it acquired last month to sign one-year noncompete agreements. Most agreed, thinking that it w...
Yahoo Goes Scorched Earth
What a day. I can't say neither side is throwing punches any longer in the epic fight over what's left of Yahoo. Microsoft and Yahoo are done, for the most part, with sternly worded letters. — Yes...
Microsoft Remains Favorite In Crowded Battle for Yahoo
Yahoo Inc.'s directors meet Friday to discuss alternatives to a Microsoft Corp. takeover, with many insiders still seeing a Microsoft deal — without the participation of News Corp. — as the most likel...
The Social Press Release: Multimedia, Two-Way, Direct to the Public
The Social Press Release: Multimedia, Two-Way, Direct to the Public — Silicon Valley journalist/blogger Tom Foremski had had enough. Two years ago, he wrote a poison pen letter to the PR industry i...
Text Alerts to Cellphones in Emergency Are Approved
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators approved a plan on Wednesday to create a nationwide emergency alert system using text messages delivered to cellphones. — Text messages have exploded in populari...
MySpace signs TV show deal
Social networking site MySpace has signed a deal to put its shows on TV. — The deal means that MySpaceTV shows such as Quarterlife, Roommates and Special Delivery will soon air on screens outside th...
Blockbuster eyes streaming to TVs
Apple TV is getting some competition from Blockbuster. — The home video giant is developing a set-top device for streaming films directly to TV sets and is expected to announce the offering sometime...
AdBrite Launches Open Targeting Exchange
Online advertising network AdBrite (our coverage) is announcing the launch of the Open Targeting Exchange or OTX today. I have to say that it took me a bit of time to understand what this OTX does an...
comScore Video Metrix Launched in U.K., France, Germany and Canada
New Online Measurement Service Will Support the Growth of Online Video Advertising — Google Sites Ranks as Most Popular Online Video Property in All Reported Countries — comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SC...