July 1, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Microsoft’s Dead Kin: Just a couple of months after it hit the market, Microsoft will kill its Kin phone. It was aimed at socially-minded teens, but teens ignored it. Some reports say that Microsoft sold as few as 500 units. That doesn’t Continue Reading →
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June 30, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Verizon iPhone’s By January?: According to Bloomberg, Verizon will begin carrying the iPhone in January. While rumors about iPhones and the Nation’s #1 carrier are a dime a dozen, the latest news also reminds us that Apple reportedly plans to begin producing Continue Reading →
June 29, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: FCC To Auction More Spectrum: Yesterday President Obama decided to help you get a handle on your digital life. The government will auction off more wireless spectrum to be used for fixed and mobile broadband connections. What? It means that within a Continue Reading →
June 24, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Google (YouTube) Beats Viacom Suit: Viacom’s three-year-old, $1 Billion lawsuit against YouTube hit a snag yesterday. The judge ruled that YouTube is protected under the “safe harbor” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, because it instantly responded to Viacom’s requests to Continue Reading →
June 22, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: FiOS Without A Contract: Verizon is now offering its FiOS service without a contract. In fact, you can pay month-to-month if you like with no termination fee Why? Remember those negative ads from cable companies saying that Verizon locks you into a Continue Reading →
June 16, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Location-based Tweeting: What does Twitter think about Four Square? Well, if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. So now, Twitter easily integrates with Four Square. On top of that, Twitter just announced Twitter Places, its own location-based service. Why check in, when Continue Reading →
From Google News: June 11, 2015 Washington, D.C. — Representatives from AT&T, Verizon and Comcast were up on The Hill today trying to persuade Congress to take aggressive action against the millions of ProxyNets that have popped up around the globe. With two of the major content companies in bankruptcy and the others on the Continue Reading →
AT&T has ended its unlimited wireless data plan. Should you care? What does it mean? Does it make sense? All good questions, let’s try to sort it out. Note: If you are an existing AT&T customer with an unlimited data plan, this announcement will not have an impact on your phone bill — unless you Continue Reading →
I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. We’ll be back with the top stories in Technology, Media and Entertainment on Tuesday, June 1, 2010. In the meantime, checkout Digital Life with Shelly Palmer. On this episode: Is Facebook really going to change their privacy policy? How many tablet computers will Verizon bring to market Continue Reading →
May 28, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: TV Nets Love Flash: Don’t expect to watch 30 Rock or Conan O’Brien’s new show on your iPad anytime soon. Both NBC and TBS announced that they do not plan to jump on the HTML5 bandwagon just so that their content will Continue Reading →