Twitter

Twitter is the topic de jour. And, as far as I can tell, most people don’t have it quite right. While it is true that Twitter is a social network. And it is also true that Twitter is filled with much more ambient noise than curated knowledge. The power of Twitter is, first and foremost, Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Michael Jackson’s death increased Internet usage by more than 4.2 million worldwide users per minute, in comparison to the normal 2 million visitors a minute. Web usage was so massive that AOL’s AIM messaging service crashed for 40 minutes, the LA Continue Reading →

Television, the platform, is having a bad year. There are lots of reasons: the economy, consumer control, audience fragmentation/atomization, etc. On the other hand, Television, the art form, is alive and well with more (albeit different kinds of) projects in production than at any time in history. That being said, the long-term viability of big Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Comcast and Time Warner have scheduled a press conference to announce that the two companies will partner to roll out TV Everywhere. TW CEO Jeff Bewkes and Comcast CEO Brian Roberts are expected to note that Time Warner and Comcast will Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had a liver transplant during his medical leave. The article notes that Job received the transplant in April, 4 months after he left Apple, and has taken the last two Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The State Department asked Twitter to delay a “critical network upgrade” scheduled for yesterday in order for civilian reporters in Tehran to use the micro-blog as a means for communication. Meanwhile, thousands of Twitter users have changed their time zone stamp Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Universal Music Group is making its entire catalog available for free with subscription to the new UK Virgin Media website. While the world’s biggest recorded music company has been offering songs for free wrapped with DRM on other services like eMusic, Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Google is set to introduce a micro-blog search engine. The company reported on its blog that the users will soon be able to search Twitter and other micro-blog services through a channel similar to its Google blog and Google news search Continue Reading →

As most of you know, I am the host of a daily, two-minute show called, MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer. It is not a television show, although it can be seen on TV. It is not a radio show, although it is broadcast on dozens of news/talk radio stations. It is not a video blog, although Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. After six months of medical leave, Steve Jobs is set to return to Apple. While many predicted that the company would be lost without Jobs, its stock is back over $140 again, where it was in late August before the financial Continue Reading →