Electronics

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. As Apple’s scheduled event nears, sources now say that not only will Apple reveal its long awaited tablet, but also a new iPhone OS. Apple is tauting the event with the slogan “come see our latest creation.” While the long rumored Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The recent Tiger Woods scandal has shed light on the lack of privacy in the digital world. Alleged text messages and voice messages are assumed to be private, however, in the end, nothing written or spoken and communicated digitally can be Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The new ShopSavvy app for the iPhone allows shoppers to photograph bar codes and identify them. ShopSavvy not only identifies the item, but provides information on the product, while locating other retailers and prices. The app could save you a lot Continue Reading →

This week on Digital Life, Google knows where you are! Is Android a Windows killer? What happens if you buy a chipped Xbox? And, is “Where My Ihop” a valid legal defense? Plus, I’ll talk with Jeff Hayzlett, Kodak‘s Chief Marketing Officer, I’ll discuss the famous Zagat’s Survey with Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Nina Zagat and Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Microsoft may ban as many as one million XBox Live users for modifying their consoles or playing illegal games. The company believes that between 600,000 and a million users have played pirated games on their system, or modified their Xbox console Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Lawyers are warning employers against friending employees on social networks. The National Law Journal wrote that friending or following employees on Facebook or Twitter could “trigger or exacerbate a host of legal claims, including harassment, discrimination or wrongful termination.” While employers Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Twitter is close to raising $100 million at a billion dollar valuation. The $100 million round is a significant increase over the $50 million the micro-blogging service planned to raise in its last round. Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. New York representative Edolphus Towns announced that he plans to introduce a bill to ban file sharing networks on government computers. The goal is to eliminate peer-to-peer networks, which are easily hackable, from networks and computers connected to the government infrastructure. Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. TV Week’s will cease to exist as a print publication after this week. With ad revenue down, among other things, Crain’s will continue TV Week as a web-only destination. While some may toil over the loss, the move begs to ask Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Yahoo is set to officially shut down GeoCities by the end of 2009. The free personal web-page host, which Yahoo acquired in 1999, is a relic from the Web 1.0 era, which cost Yahoo an estimated $4.6 billion. The service will Continue Reading →