. Google is reportedly set to transform GMail into a social hub. The move will bring an additional screen to the GMail service that would broadcast status updates and link shares from contacts. Google hopes that users will be able to quickly integrate the new social aspect into their digital lives, just as GChat and Continue Reading →
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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Shortly after the Academy Awards nominations were announced, Avatar was uploaded to multiple torrent sharing networks. Insiders noted that the high quality torrent may have come from a screener sent to members of the Academy. While Hollywood studios have often branded Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Just as everyone is getting used to the latest layout, Facebook has begun testing a new redesign. In a move that could delight users who preferred old Facebook designs, the social network is now moving services that lay inside the Application Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. As the tablet wars heatup, Fusion Garage announced that its new Joojoo offering will ship by the end of the month. The controversial touch-screen tablet, formerly known as the CrunchPad, is 12″ and, unlike the iPad, will support Flash. One of Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Last night was the scheduled premier of the final season of Lost. However, a sneak preview of the mysterious show was held Monday night in Hawaii and someone in attendance recorded the show and subsequently posted it on a torrent sharing Continue Reading →
Next on Digital Life. The Apple iPad is announced. Can a Facebook post land you in jail? The Pope becomes a social media guru and AT&T admits that it’s network has not met it’s performance objectives in key cities. Jack Myers and I discuss Apple’s plan to charge less for TV shows on iTunes, plus Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. A Google camera used to survey streets caught a criminal in the act. A Google Street View car roaming the neighborhood captured a tree removal company illegally cutting down and removing over twenty trees from a private property. Margaret Burnyeat had Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. After unveiling the iPad, Steve Jobs went on to bash both Google and Adobe. The Apple CEO called Google’s “Don’t Be Evil” motto “bullshit,” while noting that Adobe has been “lazy”. Jobs also reiterated that Adobe’s Flash software will have no Continue Reading →