Picking up your landline phone and dialing in to vote for Clay Aiken on American Idol is so 2003, and texting ‘VOTE’ over and over for the sake of David Archuleta is so 2008. The latest way to vote for your favorite Idol? Via Facebook.
Entertainment Weekly reports that ‘American Idol’ has finally decided to take advantage of social …
What exactly is Twitter? That’s a question some are asking as the company continues to close down services from competing companies that are based around the core 140 character social phenomenon. The latest to be affected is TwapperKeeper, which has been forced to shut down its API and archiving features after Twitter complained that the …
It’s the Top 20 Must-Have Android apps post, but truncated to fit in a two minute video. So not all 20 are there, but—BUT!—the video showcases a handful of them and then refers you back to the actual post.
Circle of life, wheel of for-tuuune and so on.
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The final nail in the myth of cord cutting? That would the news that DirecTV’s Q4 2010 showed the company’s largest customer growth in ten years, adding 289,000 subscribers in the US alone in the last three months of the year.
In total, DirecTV added 667,000 subscribers in the quarter, giving the company its second best year in its …
February 23, 2011
There’s a lot of music online–more than most people have time to keep up with. That’s why you’ve got us. Every week, we’ll point you toward three excellent new downloads or videos from chart-topping stars, cult favorites and unknown geniuses.
1. The big musical surprise this week was the release of Radiohead’s …
The Nancy Drew series might have been around for 80 years, but that doesn’t mean that the art of the mystery novel is outdated. Her Interactive has updated the fan favorite female detective’s adventures with the Nancy Drew Mobile Mysteries app. Using text inspired by the original books, the app creates an interactive story for readers. …
If Google has its way, YouTube won’t just be the destination for clips about honey badgers and viral videos in the future; it’ll also be where you go to watch live sports. The online video giant is in talks with both the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League to stream live games online.
The talks follow the …
The comics and animation worlds are in shock today with the news that writer and producer Dwayne McDuffie has died from complications following a surgical procedure on Monday evening.
McDuffie got started in the comics industry as an assistant editor for Marvel Comics in the late 1980s, before becoming a freelance writer responsible …
A U.S. District judge ruled today that Internet TV service ivi was breaking the law by offering live streams of network and cable television. The company, which offers online broadcasts of 55 stations in the Los Angeles, Chicago and New York area for under $5 a month, was ordered to cease operations immediately as a result of a …
Spotify may still be signing one music label (That’d be Universal) away from its long-awaited US launch, but the streaming music company has just made another move suggesting that it’s getting ready to try and take America by storm. The company has sold a stake of just under 5% to investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers for $50 …
Thanks to a new partnership between startups WHERE and Bump, finding new places to try out will be as easy as tapping phones. And, no, that’s not a euphemism.
Bump’s technology – which allows users to share data between mobile devices when tapped together – may be familiar to you; it’s already being used by companies like PayPal and …
Why wait for your official spokesperson to make a comment or until you get that TV time to say what you really feel about football? The New York Times reports that NFL players are taking to Twitter to express their unhappiness about the current bargaining going on between the NFL and the NFL Players Union regarding the collective …
