New and Much Improved Apple TV Steve Jobs unveiled a new version of Apple TV at the Apple press event on Wednesday. The new device is smaller than it’s predecessor and will only deliver rentals, including 99-cent TV shows from News Corp. and the Walt Disney Co. The device also connects with Netflix and online Continue Reading →
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Google Makes Mail a Priority Google unveiled a new feature for Gmail called Priority Inbox, to help combat e-mail overload. Priority Inbox organizes emails and puts them into one of three categories: “Important and Unread,” “Starred” and “Everything Else.” The new feature also places a higher priority on messages received from contacts that a user Continue Reading →
People Don’t Want to Share their Location Location-based apps are all the rage, but most people still don’t want to share their location. According to Forrester Research, only 4-percent of Americans have tried location-based technology and only 1-percent use them on a weekly basis. Will Facebook’s Places lead to a faster adoption rate of location-based Continue Reading →
Will Disney Go Dark on TWC? The Walt Disney Company and Time Warner Cable have made significant progress regarding their programming fee negotiations. People close to the talks report that online video is the major source of dispute. If an agreement is not made before midnight this Wednesday, ABC local, ESPN and some Disney channels Continue Reading →
Flash Drive Attacked U.S. Military The worst security breach of U.S. military computers was caused by a flash drive containing malware. In 2008, the undetectable malware uploaded itself onto the U.S. Central Command network and quickly spread to computers across the network. The malware was used to deliver military operational plans to a foreign intelligence Continue Reading →
This week on Digital Life: Can a Facebook friend request land you in jail? Is there a way to escape your Google past? Who is the most dangerous celebrity online? And, what happens when you make Justin Bieber mad? Plus, I’ll talk with PayPal’s VP of Global Product Strategy, Sam Shrauger. I’ll chat with SkyGrid’s Continue Reading →
Lady Gaga is Queen of Twitter Lady Gaga surpassed Brittney Spears as having the most followers on Twitter. MTV.com reports that Lady Gaga has over 5.7 million followers. In a video to fans, Lady Gaga wore an outfit adorned with the Twitter logo and proclaimed herself, “Queen of Twitter.” There’s No Blocking Zuckerberg Facebook gives Continue Reading →
“Don’t Be Evil” –The Movie First a film about Facebook, and now a film about Google. Groundswell Productions has acquired the film rights to Ken Auletta’s book: “Googled: The End of the World As We Know It.” The story takes a look at how Google’s founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, started the company and Continue Reading →
Over the past few weeks, we've been discussing the concepts and constructs of Truth (with a capital "T"), truth (with a lower case "t"), truthiness (as coined by Stephen Colbert), reality, wikiality (also coined by Stephen Colbert) and facts as they apply to our connected world. Continue Reading →
Cameron Diaz is Dangerous Who’s the most dangerous celebrity on the web? Cameron Diaz. McAfee reports that when doing an online search for the leading lady, there’s a 10 percent chance that the site you land on has malware such as spam, viruses or spyware. Diaz takes the top spot from Jessica Biel, last year’s Continue Reading →