Media & Entertainment

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. According to many reports, Apple is currently working on a subscription television service for iTunes. Apple is currently shopping the deal, which would cost consumers an estimated $30 a month, with all major networks. While details are slim, a subscription offer Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. After introducing a new Lists feature to select users last week, Twitter has now made Lists available to all Twitter users. Lists give Twitter users the ability to organize tweets into different categories, helping to ease the following and viewing process. Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Netflix wll begin offering its Watch Instantly service through Nintendo’s Wii. While rumors have been circulating, especially after Netflix reached a deal with Sony to include Watch Instantly with the PS3, sources say the Wii could be packaged with the service Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The US Government is scared that a swine flu epidemic could crash the countries broadband infrastructure. A report released by the US Accountability Office said that if 40% of employees and students were at home sick, there is a high likely Continue Reading →

This week on Digital Life, the Droids are coming, Hulu may charge for content, the e-reader wars heat up, and the downside of friending your employees. Plus, I’ll talk with Alan Wurtzel, the guy who runs research for NBC Universal, and I’ll discuss Google TV with the director of TV ads for Google, Mike Steib. 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. Not to be outdone by Barnes & Noble, Amazon is set to release “Kindle for PC.” The new program will let anyone with a Windows-based computer buy, download and read Kindle books on their machine, even if you don’t own a Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. On Monday I reported that authorities alleged that Richard Henne, the man who said his kid was in the balloon, had called a tv station before he called 911.  I asked why the tv station didn’t confirm the situation before covering Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Depending who you ask, Barnes & Noble’s new eReader is due out today, or Thursday, which would be interesting since it’s Windows 7 day. B&N leaked a picture to the Wall Street Journal of the eReader that features an eInk display Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Google is set to launch a digital book store to rival Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Google’s online store will open up next year with approximately 500,000 for sale. Google will split revenue with publishers, giving the publishers 63% when selling Continue Reading →