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Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: PayPal’s new iPhone app lets users send money to each other. Making a transaction is as easy as bumping your iPhone with a friends, and instantly moves money from one account to another. The new application also makes it easy for users to share a restaurant Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. According to many reports, Apple is currently working on a subscription television service for iTunes. Apple is currently shopping the deal, which would cost consumers an estimated $30 a month, with all major networks. While details are slim, a subscription offer Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. In an effort to create a popular new beverage for the masses, Vitaminwater is letting Facebook users pick its next flavor. Vitaminwater will monitor Facebook and Twitter for trending flavor topics related to its contest, before dwindling down popular choices in Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Facebook has begun letting users pay for Facebook Credits with their mobile phones. The move comes as Facebook begins to develop revenue streams separate from ad revenue. Facebook is also hard at work developing a PayPal like system for making payments Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. New York congressman Eric Massa announced that he will introduce a bill that would make bandwidth caps for heavy broadband users illegal. The representative for Corning, NY, where Time Warner Cable plans to test tiered broadband plans, noted that the unlimited Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” took home the top spot at the Box Office this week. The DreamWorks-Paramount production took in $63.5 million at 4,056 theaters nationwide, besting runner-up Role Models by over $40 million. Madagascar helped increase Box Office earnings Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Last night Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson was interviewed by Larry Kudlow. When Kudlow posed some of the big questions on every American’s mind, including “Why did you switch the strategy of the rescue plan?” Paulson sidestepped the question Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Yesterday the Dow Jones fell under 10000, the lowest its hit since 2003. While the Dow was down as much as 800 points, it ended only down 370. A tough day for stocks, specifically tech stocks like GOOGLE (down 4%, Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on Alaskan Senator Ted Steven’s indictment and his famous Internet tubes speech. Page Six is reporting that NBC’s (NYSE: GE) summer ratings are so bad, co-chairman Ben Silverman’s could be out of a job if his Fall Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on NBC’s Ben Silverman and his decision to manage for margins. JULIE ROEHM will be a judge on the new Mark Burnett reality show “Jingles.” The CBS reality show, which also features Gene Simmons, has contestants write Continue Reading →