If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Google is stepping up its mobile tracking services. The company added a Location History feature to its Google Latitude application, which specifies locations users have visited, as well as a Google Map which outlines where users can receive flu shots. The Continue Reading →
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I have a rule about business meetings. When someone’s elevator pitch includes the explanatory phrase, “We’re going to be Google for __________.” I always respond by asking, “What are you going to do when Google decides to become Google for ___________?” Invariably the pitch-person quickly answers, “Google’s not going into this, it’s not their business Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Oprah announced that she will exclusively air her flagship program on the Oprah Winfrey Network beginning 2011. The move finds Oprah walking away from her massive syndication deals, in an attempt to flesh out the programming of her new venture with 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. Google will allow Android phone users the ability to get turn-by-turn directions when using Google Maps on their phone. The feature update to the application also includes voice-powered search and will be exclusively available on phones running Android. The turn-by-turn feature 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 →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. For the first time in its existence, web domain names will be able to be written in languages besides English. Peter Dengate, chairman of ICANN, the group who presides over domain names, believes it “is the biggest change technically to the 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. 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 →