Techno-politics

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on YAHOO’s (NASD: YHOO)slumping stock price and its future with Carl Icahn. TechCrunch is reporting that GOOGLE (NASD: GOOG) is once again in negotiations to buy DIGG. Google will reportedly pay roughly $200 million for the social Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on TIVO (NASD: TIVO) and AMAZON (NASD: AMZN) teaming for “product purchase” and how this type of transactional schema is a parlor trick. YAHOO (NASD: YHOO) and CARL ICAHN have struck a deal that will give Icahn Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on MICROSOFT’s (NASD: MSFT) decision to cut the price of the Xbox 360. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin ruled that COMCAST (NASD: CMCSA) illegally blocked specific file transfers earlier in the year. Martin wants Comcast to stop blocking Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on the SENATE approving the surveillance bill which gives teleco’s immunity for cooperating with federal wiretapping of their customers. COMCAST (NASD: CMCSA) will work with VONAGE (NYSE: VG) to ensure that Vonage’s VOIP runs smoothly over its Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch and read Shelly’s commentary “The End of Analog Television”, which sheds light on the transition from Analog to Digital Television. NBC will use TAMI, a total audience measurement index, to gauge ratings during the Olympics. NBC is using TAMI Continue Reading →

Just a few weeks ago, the GAO joined the tragic chorus singing a parodos of unpreparedness. "Without a comprehensive plan that also addresses managing risks and mitigating against potential problems, tens of millions of consumers could be adversely affected and this important transition put needlessly in jeopardy," said Democratic Rep. Edward Markey, of Massachusetts, the Coryphaeus of this Modern Greek Tragedy. Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on Obama’s shifting stance regarding Telecom immunity and his understanding of the broadband environment. After MICROSOFT (NASD: MSFT) began talks seeking partners for a YAHOO deal, YAHOO (NASD: YHOO) has decided to strike back by pursuing the Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Read Shelly’s commentary “What Does Quality Online Video Look Like?” on the blog. Watch Shelly’s commentary on GOOGLE (NASD: GOOG) blocking several Anti-Obama blogs. EBAY (NASD: EBAY) has been fined $63.2 million for selling counterfeit Louis Vuitton items on the Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Read Shelly’s open letter to Senator Barack Obama entitled “Please Don’t Trade Space Exploration For Education” on the blog. Watch Shelly’s commentary on GOOGLE’s (NASD: GOOG) Android mobile platform, which has been pushed back to a fourth quarter release. MICROSOFT Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on YAHOO’s (NASD: YHOO) executive exodus and it’s potential impact on the search business. MOZILLA released its new FIREFOX 3.0 browser the other day to record downloads. The browser was downloaded 8,290, 545 times in 24 hours. Continue Reading →