If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. After being hit with over a foot of snow over the weekend, Twitter users in Washington D.C. organized a snow ball fight. The crowd-sourced snow ball fight was all in good fun, until an off duty police officer brandished a gun Continue Reading →
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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Vevo, the Recorded Music Industries answer to its business woes, launched last night with a star-studded party in Manhattan. Bono, John Mayer, WyClef Jean, Rihanna, and Queen Rania of Jordan joined Universal’s Doug Morris, Google’s Eric Schmidt and practically every major Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Toys “R” Us is giving customers the opportunity to preview its Holiday sales online Rather than publish its Black Friday deals in newspapers, the popular toy store is previewing its sales event on Facebook. The sales preview is not only a Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Oprah announced that she will exclusively air her flagship program on the Oprah Winfrey Network beginning 2011. The move finds Oprah walking away from her massive syndication deals, in an attempt to flesh out the programming of her new venture with Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. According to T-Mobile, about 22% of male texters end their sms messages to their male friends with hugs and kisses. Lower case x’s, which denote little kisses, and even upper case x’s or multiple x’s which denote big kisses. If you’re Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Netflix wll begin offering its Watch Instantly service through Nintendo’s Wii. While rumors have been circulating, especially after Netflix reached a deal with Sony to include Watch Instantly with the PS3, sources say the Wii could be packaged with the service Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The US Government is scared that a swine flu epidemic could crash the countries broadband infrastructure. A report released by the US Accountability Office said that if 40% of employees and students were at home sick, there is a high likely Continue Reading →
This week on Digital Life, the Droids are coming, Hulu may charge for content, the e-reader wars heat up, and the downside of friending your employees. Plus, I’ll talk with Alan Wurtzel, the guy who runs research for NBC Universal, and I’ll discuss Google TV with the director of TV ads for Google, Mike Steib. 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. Not to be outdone by Barnes & Noble, Amazon is set to release “Kindle for PC.” The new program will let anyone with a Windows-based computer buy, download and read Kindle books on their machine, even if you don’t own a Continue Reading →