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Apple Patent Suggests their Cloud Will be the Fluffiest of All

Richard Howard — Wed, 25 May 2011 11:45:42 +0000

In a recent article on the status of the could music battle between Amazon, Google and Apple, I tendered my opinion that victory wouldn’t be based on chronological order, but on a litany of factors. I also touched on the fact that Apple has a storied history of entering the market later than competitors with a superior product and almost immediately leaving said competitors to fight for a very distant second place. Well I’m not one who revels in saying ‘I told you so’ (that’s an absolute lie, I love it) but a recently unearthed patent application strongly suggests that Apple’s cloud-based music service could be a game changer.

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A Brief History Of Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning… and Their New Project

Richard Howard — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:50:36 +0000

“Who are the Seans?” one might ask. Well, they may not officially be ‘The Seans’ just yet, but if their most recent venture blows up, they may well achieve that single name, ‘Winkelvii’ type status (without the d-bag-y conotations). Individually, you just may have heard of them though. Sean Parker? You know – that guy played by the pop star in one of last year’s biggest movies, Founding President of Facebook; the one that seems to have the Midas Touch with any tech startup? That Sean. Then there’s Shawn Fanning (sorry buddy, the ‘Sean’ spelling is more popular). In creating Napster, he almost single-handedly changed (Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich would write that as ‘destroyed’) the music industry. Yeah, they’ve done stuff.

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Is the New York Times Tumblr Actual Journalism?

Kenna McHugh — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:00:19 +0000

The headlines say that The New York Times is now on Tumblr, but truthfully it is not the New York Times on the popular social networking platform. It’s T Magazine, a subsidy online magazine of the NY Times. Which bears an interesting point: What is so special about T Magazine other than its association with the New York Times? Why say New York Times is on Tumblr when in fact it’s T Magazine.
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Another Online Newspaper Ventures Into Socal Shopping

Kenna McHugh — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:30:15 +0000

The McClatchy Company, the third largest publication company in the U.S., is another major publisher venturing into the social shopping business. The company, which involves 30 daily newspapers, including The Miami Herald and The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and 43 non-dailies, is offering daily discounts on its local newspaper websites. The New York Times and Denver Post have also ventured into the social shopping business.
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WTF! Social Media Propels Oxford Dictionary To Accept OMG, LOL and More

Kenna McHugh — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:56:44 +0000

Instant Messaging clients like Messenger and ICQ once made terms like WTF and LOL mainstream, as they were used in person-to-person chats, but it can be said that the rise of social media has meant that these terms now live in the public domain, and are becoming ubiquitous in today’s culture. Oxford Dictionary agrees, as they’ve added a whole slew of WTF words to the library.

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PopcornFlix Hopes People Will Watch Free, Ad-Sponsored Movies Online

Kenna McHugh — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:45:56 +0000

Screen Media ventures into streaming movies with Popcornflix.com and has tapped into the streaming movie growth by launching an ad-supported online digital platform for delivery of free movies. The service will feature more than 1,500 titles from The Private Lives of Pippa Lee to Sherrybaby.
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Frenzy Turns Your DropBox Into The Easiest Way To Share Files Online

Kenna McHugh — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:15:04 +0000

Just released for Mac users is a new social-networking utility called Frenzy. Introduced by Aptonic Software, the new function allows the user to turn cloud storage service Dropbox into an impromptu social network for sharing links and files.
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Ever Wanted To Invite Your Online Friends To Watch A YouTube Video Together?

Kenna McHugh — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:00:41 +0000

With SynchTube you can create a video and have members of your group watch the same video at the same time. This is a way cool application because it doesn’t matter the location of each member; they could be located at different locations around the world and view the same video together at the same time.
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Netflix CEO Understood "mailing people DVDs was a mere way station on the road to streaming video.”

Kenna McHugh — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:40:24 +0000

Chunka Mui, who co-authored “Billion-Dollar” Lessons with Paul B.Carroll, wrote an interesting piece for Forbes.com on the success of Netflix CEO Reed Hastings’ vision to stream movies over the Internet directly into people’s homes.
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SeeMeBecomeFamous Is A Social Network Talent Search

Kenna McHugh — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:45:43 +0000

The Internet has a new social networking entertainment talent site called SeeMeBecomeFamous.com. The site sounds like a small town booking agent, which features music artists and bands, models, dancers, actors, and variety acts. I’d fall under the “variety of acts” if I joined because I am a mother.
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Would You Watch Movies on Facebook?

Kenna McHugh — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:40:03 +0000

Sony is considering the possibility of distribution of films via social networks or other methods similar to a Facebook-Warner deal announced this week, according to John Calkins, executive VP global digital and commercial innovation at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. He was speaking Wednesday on a panel at the 2011 Media Summit New York.
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China Goes Foursqaure

Amanda Cosco — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:00:05 +0000

I’m from Toronto – the most multicultural city in the most diverse country in the world. We’re a mishmash of people, from all different places and various walks of life. Despite our multiculturalism, the landscape of Toronto is culturally divided. There’s Chinatown, Korea-town, Little Italy, the Danforth and even “the Village,” a place claimed by Toronto’s gay community.

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Burn Your Facebook Photos To Raise Awareness For Home Fire Prevention

Kenna McHugh — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:30:36 +0000

Some Facebook users may find this kind of cool, burning their photo album on Facebook, and then having them still available to share with their friends. Nonetheless, it’s an attention-grabber that will send the message that we need to be aware of the impact of a fire burning of our most precious real estate.
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Social Media Author Brian Solis Joins Altimeter Group As Analyst

Kenna McHugh — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:44:25 +0000

Altimeter Group announced this morning that author and thought-leader Brian Solis will be joining them as principal analyst.
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SXSW 2011 — The Top 5 Interactive Parties to Attend

Kenna McHugh — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:40:16 +0000

The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences & Festivals is a social activity that offers a unique convergence of original music, independent films and emerging technologies.

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