News Corp Sells MySpace for $100 Million News Corp paid $580 million for MySpace back in 2005. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but Facebook has since taken the spotlight. Now, according to The Wall Street Journal, News Corp. is seeking bids for no less that $100 million. Potential buyers include private [...]
Archive for April, 2011
FindLikes is a service that lets you find music and videos that you like based on what you’ve liked on Facebook. Not only does FindLikes find your own Likes from Facebook, but it pulls in all the stuff your friends like. This is a great way to expand your horizons and get direct referrals and [...]
It was inevitable with the ridiculous growth of Android. Apple currently still holds the title for largest app store, but that will change in just a few months. This info comes as part of a report from Distimo. “The Apple App Store for iPhone is the largest store in terms of all applications available; however [...]
Apple has finally released a statement regarding the location data controversy which erupted last week. The statement answers 10 questions that should help iPhone users understand exactly what is going with their location data. The main take-away here is that Apple is not actually tracking your location. They aren’t even storing your location. The location [...]
Google Realtime Search just got a lot more useful with the addition of results from services like Quora, Gowalla, Facebook, and a few others. The additional services came yesterday with no official announcement from Google. Other services added include (but may not be limited to): Plixi, Me2day, and Twitgoo. The discovery was made in a [...]
Under Armour has launched an interesting digital search for two outstanding candidates to join the sports performance apparel brand this summer as members of the “Ultimate Intern Team”. “Under Armour is constantly looking for fresh and innovative ways to reach our audience and tell our story,” said Dan Mecchi, Under Armour’s Director of Digital Media. [...]
Michael Vick is urging Google to drop a dog-fighting game from the Android Market. He says he’s “come to learn the hard way that dogfighting is a dead-end street,” referencing his 20-month stint in federal prison for a dogfighting conviction. “Now, I am on the right side of this issue, and I think it’s important [...]
It’s almost ridiculous when you think about the fact that YouTube was not the first to offer a movie-on-demand service, an area now dominated by the likes of Apple and Netflix. That’s all about to change as YouTube is finally set to launch a service which charges users to stream mainstream Hollywood movies. The new [...]
Sturvs is a source for Nigerian news which, at first glance, looks like your average blog. Some have also referred to the site as the Nigerian version of Digg. It definitely has a snazzier color scheme, though. The site, still under development, features a home page with an overview of the categories available, currently: Election [...]
Students Circle Network is a Kyrenia-area start-up (Girne American University Roots) founded in 2010. It is a social network focusing on education for college and high school students, but also provides free course resources and materials, live faculty/teachers/lecturers to help students, scholarship offers, study groups, and many more student-focused services. The site is currently indexing [...]
As you may know, Amazon has introduced a new service called Amazon Cloud Player. This lets you upload and play your personal music collection from any supported web browser or on your Android mobile device. You can also purchase your MP3′s from Amazon and store them in your Cloud Player and it doesn’t count against [ Read More ]
Your iPhone is Tracking You…So is Your Android Everyone pretty much lost it once it was discovered that their beloved iPhones were tracking their every move. Never mind the fact that locating a device through triangulation is a well-known technique. In reality, there isn’t much to fear about this iPhone tracking thing. It boils down [...]
Big Snoop Dogg, well-known for his activities both on and offline, is promoting another brand using social media. Blast by Colt 45 is his new thing and some are not very happy about it. Paul Porter, founder of the media watchdog group Industry Ears, is one of those people. While Snoop and Pabst reach out [...]
Stanley Burrell, whom you may know as MC Hammer, will be lending advice to minority entrepreneurs in the New Media Entrepreneurship, or NewMe, accelerator program in Silicon Valley this summer. Starting June 16, seven minority-led start-ups from across the country will live in a rented house in Mountain View, CA. They will be able to [...]
Greenpeace released a study (PDF) Thursday which gives some top tech companies low marks for energy efficiency. According to the study, Google and Yahoo made the grade while others still have some work to do. “We expect these companies to play a pivotal role in ensuring we move to clean, safe renewable energy system and [...]
