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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The rumor mill surrounding Twitter is buzzing and this time pundits believe Apple, Microsoft, Google and News Corp are in talks to purchase the micro-blogging service. While these are indeed just rumors, because of the insane buzz and the free market, 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 →

The end is actually here. Sorry. Last Sunday evening I was home with my family doing what millions of other American families were doing — I was watching Celebrity Apprentice through my DVR 24 minutes delayed, so I could finish it at 11pm EDT, but skip all of the commercials. Now, this is really old Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank may introduce a bill to overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act as early as this week. The bill was signed and passed in 2006 as the US government hurried to combat illegal online betting operations, many Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. CNN has acquired the Twitter account @CNNbrk, which has nearly a million followers. While the Twitter account updated followers with breaking news, the account was not run by the news network, but rather James Cox. Cox, who has no affiliation with Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. According to several sources, Google is in late stage talks to acquire Twitter. If it happens, it will be pretty much what everyone expected. Google can help monetize the Twitter’s traffic and, maybe more importantly, they have the infrastructure to handle 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. Google announced that YouTube has been blocked in China. While it is not known exactly why the streaming video site has been censored, a report by a Chinese news organization notes a “fabricated” video in which Chinese police beat Tibetans during 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 →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer went head to head on the Daily Show last night after a week of Stewart laying into Cramer for recommending Bear Sterns stocks in the days before the company fell apart. Stewart questioned both Cramer’s and Continue Reading →