Politics

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. President Barack Obama is calling digital security a top priority. To oversee an enhanced security system for the nation’s computer networks, Obama is creating a “cyber czar.” He also is expected to call for a new education campaign to raise public Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. MTV’s new social media-television program will share ad rev with Facebook and Twitter. The new show, What You’re Watching With Alexa Cheung, will feature live tweets, as well as Facebook updates. The move, which is obvious for a network with a Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The Supreme Court upheld the FCC’s right to censor explicit content on live television. A 5-4 decision revered an Appellite Court ruling which stated that the FCC did not have the right change its stance on expletives. The Court also ruled, Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Samsung is set to introduce the second Google Android based phone. Unlike Apple’s iPhone and Palm’s Pre, Samsung’s I7500 does not include multi-touch controls, a feature that many consider the lifeblood of next generation handheld devices. Like the G1, the Samsung Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Yahoo is set to officially shut down GeoCities by the end of 2009. The free personal web-page host, which Yahoo acquired in 1999, is a relic from the Web 1.0 era, which cost Yahoo an estimated $4.6 billion. The service will Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Ad gurus Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval, whose agency created the Aflac Duck, have a new book called, The Power of Small: Why Little Things Make All the Difference. They say that big has gone bust in 2009, and it’s Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. During his weekly video address, President Obama named Aneesh Chopra the United States first Chief Technology Officer. President Obama noted that Chopra, who has served as Virginia’s secretary of technology, along with Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, “will promote technological innovation Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. President Obama will host an online chat today starting at 11:30am Eastern at whitehouse.gov. This is another digital first for the Obama team. In related news, President Obama has restarted his Twitter account. Yesterday President Obama issued his first tweet since Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. President Obama’s historical visit to the Tonight Show garnered the highest ratings for Jay Leno since 2005. Nielsen reports that the Obama interview drew an 11.2 rating, compared to Leno’s average of 3.9. The show proved to be the fourth most Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. President Barack Obama made a special appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night. Obama used the platform to pitch a change in economic ethics and values, much of it centered on the recent AIG bonuses scandal. President Obama Continue Reading →