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As most of you know, I am not an iPhone lover. I bought my first one right when they came out and, then, immediately brought it back to the genius bar to ask why the speakers didn’t work. My iPhone version 1.0 story is chronicled in two articles from July 2007. The first July 7, Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Universal, Warner Bros, Sony and Paramount, amongst others, have teamed to fight the Pirate Bay. The group of Hollywood studios filed a lawsuit in the Pirate Bay’s native Sweden, claiming that the site should be shut down over copyright issues. While Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Amidst extreme turmoil in both the advertising business and its readership, The New York Times managed to eek out a profit. The company reported a net income of $39.1 million, up $18 million year over year. While the news is huge Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Conde Nast is restructuring its web presence by giving its top tier publications their own sites. While magazines like GQ and Vogue have had online properties, both were part of Style.com. While Conde will rebrand the digital world of GQ and Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. What do you do if you’re in a bank when it’s being robed? Tweet about it, of course. And that’s just what Annemarie Dooling did yesterday in NY. “My bank was just held up – with me in it. HSBC 34 Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Pandora and other online radio companies received great news yesterday when the Copyright Royalty Board agreed to a new set of royalty regulations for streaming sites. The board ruled that Internet radio stations will each pay SoundExchange based on how much Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Web sites are rapidly preparing for a big day today, as coverage of Michael Jackson’s funeral is expected to strain servers. The ceremony is expected to start at 9:30 am PST at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. George Hotz is the first hacker to unlock the Apple iPhone 3GS. Hotz, who was the first to jailbreak the first iPhone, released the application Purplera1n this past weekend, the first piece of software that will allow the iPhone 3GS to Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. In less than a week since he passed away, Michael Jackson has sold over 2.6 million digital songs. Digital sale of Jackson’s song in the past week shattered the old record, making Jackson the first artist to sell more than a Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Yesterday we lost two of our dearest pop-culture icons. Farah Fawcett, the subject of the best selling poster of all time and Michael Jackson, the musical force behind the best selling album of all time. Their untimely passings brought their extraordinary Continue Reading →