Mobile & Wireless

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. After days of outrageous coverage, a Colorado Sheriff is now saying that the Balloon Boy hoax was “publicity stunt” to generate buzz for a reality show. Richard Henne, the controversial father behind the weather balloon stunt, reportedly had been planning the Continue Reading →

The Paley Center for Media billed it as, “The Great Digital Debate: Free vs. Paid Content Online” a luncheon conversation sponsored by KPMG in the very nice boardroom at the Paley Center. The key debaters were Steven Brill, Cofounder, Journalism Online and Vivian Schiller, CEO of NPR. Free food and a bunch of smart people Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Microsoft has revealed its new line of smart phones it hopes will compete with RIM’s BlackBerry and Apple’s iPhone. The new line of HTC handsets on AT&T, Verizon and Sprint will feature touch-screen pads, as well as access Microsoft’s patented Office Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Despite the extortion scandal, advertisers on the The Late Show with David Letterman have not abandoned the show. While some had feared that wholesome, family brands may move away from the late show, Disney, the premier family oriented company in the Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Verizon is set to bring two Google Android based smartphones to the market. The deal was revealed when Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam unveiled a new Motorola phone bundled with Android. The “Sholes,” the phones code-name, Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Condé Nast announced that it will close four magazine publications. The publishing giant will shutter Gourmet, first published in 1941, along with Cookie, Mondern Bride and Elegant Bride. Condé, which has relied on luxury brands to advertise in its magazines, has Continue Reading →

About a year ago I decided that it was time to try out the triple play from my cable company in Connecticut. Charter Communications was offering video, voice and data at an extremely attractive rate. At the time I was paying Verizon about $100 per month for my telephone service. I was paying Charter about Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. A recent survey finds that two-thirds of Americans are against online tracking. The report, conducted by UPenn and University of California, Berkeley, notes that users are even more unnerved after finding out how marketers use data to cater to consumers. The Continue Reading →

Gamar Chatimah Tovah. MediaBytes will return as scheduled tomorrow morning. Time Warner is reportedly ready to begin looking into selling its magazine business. Shareholder Gordon Crawford noted that TW is “going to sell their print division, they are going to spin off AOL and they’re just going to be Warner Brothers, HBO and the Turner Continue Reading →