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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The recent Tiger Woods scandal has shed light on the lack of privacy in the digital world. Alleged text messages and voice messages are assumed to be private, however, in the end, nothing written or spoken and communicated digitally can be Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The new ShopSavvy app for the iPhone allows shoppers to photograph bar codes and identify them. ShopSavvy not only identifies the item, but provides information on the product, while locating other retailers and prices. The app could save you a lot Continue Reading →

This week on Digital Life, Google knows where you are! Is Android a Windows killer? What happens if you buy a chipped Xbox? And, is “Where My Ihop” a valid legal defense? Plus, I’ll talk with Jeff Hayzlett, Kodak‘s Chief Marketing Officer, I’ll discuss the famous Zagat’s Survey with Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Nina Zagat and Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Microsoft may ban as many as one million XBox Live users for modifying their consoles or playing illegal games. The company believes that between 600,000 and a million users have played pirated games on their system, or modified their Xbox console Continue Reading →

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. 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. Microsoft announced that it will now include information from Twitter and Facebook in its Bing search results. The announcement was the first of its kind, and positioned Microsoft ahead of Google in one category of search technology, but only for a Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Twitter is close to raising $100 million at a billion dollar valuation. The $100 million round is a significant increase over the $50 million the micro-blogging service planned to raise in its last round. Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Since Kanye West’s Video Music Award interuption hit the Internet, Viacom has been hard at work taking down videos of the incident. The company is doing its best to pull clips of Kanye’s stage rush during Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech from Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. GM is now selling new cars on eBay. The move comes after the government approved the cash for clunkers program and finds many California based GM dealerships auctioning off brand new cars, including Buick, Chevrolet, Pontiac and GMC trucks. Analysts believe Continue Reading →