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Apple Probe Expands to Other Media

Source: HypeBot
June 2, 2010

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The Coming Data Explosion

Source: Michael Ricci
June 2, 2010

One of the key aspects of the emerging Internet of Things - where real-world objects are connected to the Internet - is the massive amount of new data on the Web that will result.

As more and more 'things' in the world are connected to the Internet, it follows that more data will be uploaded to and downloaded from the cloud. And this is in addition to the burgeoning amount of user-generated content - which has increased 15-fold over the ...

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AT&Ts Data Limits Rein in Cloud-Based Media Services

Source: All About Jazz
June 2, 2010

Wireless networks and music services were thought to be converging to create cloud-based music services, allowing us to access whatever media we want within seconds from anywhere.

That day is further off, now that AT&T has ceased selling unlimited data plans for smartphones and Apple iPads and implemented monthly data limits: 200 MB for $15 or 2 GB for $25, expandable for $10 per gigabyte. As apps conceived with the iPhone in mind especially data-hungry music, video and magazine services ...

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Update: Story Behind Buzzmedia and the Music Blogs

Source: HypeBot
June 2, 2010

A vaguely worded Memorial Day press release from BuzzMedia which “announced the addition of six established and influential music sites" - PureVolume, PopMatters, Gorilla vs. Bear, The Hype Machine, Concrete Loop and RCRD LBL - “complementing" Buzz's “current music properties" Stereogum, Buzznet, Idolator and Absolute Punk led to speculation that the online media company had bought the six music blogs with a total monthly readership of 5 million.

In fact, each blog has structured its own unique deal with Buzz ...

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Bye Bye Lala. Hello iTunes in the Cloud?

Source: HypeBot
June 2, 2010

The Lala service has been discontinued as of May 31st, 2010.

That's the simple message that lala.com visitors find on the home page since yesterday when Apple, as promised, closed the music service it bought several months ago. But is a new iTune's music service poised to replace it?

Some are speculating that Steve Jobs will share his plans or at least hint ...

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Buzzmedia Adds 6 Major Music Blogs: The Hype Machine, Purevolume, Popmatters Gorilla vs. Bear, Concrete Loop and RCRD LBL

Source: HypeBot
June 1, 2010

(UPDATE 2) BuzzMedia has added today 6 major music blogs. PureVolume, PopMatters, Gorilla vs. Bear, The Hype Machine, Concrete Loop and RCRD LBL join Stereogum, Buzznet, Idolator and Absolute Punk in the web entertainment publisher's music portfolio.

Each of the blogs have been considered major independent voices in music. Together they reach five million fans per month and ...

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Is Quit Facebook Day a Bust?

Source: All About Jazz
June 1, 2010

It's June 1st. Shouldn't you be leaving Facebook now?

Despite an uproar over privacy concerns, don't expect many Facebook users to be jumping ship on Memorial Day, or as its known online, Quit Facebook Day.

Some of this might have to do with the revised privacy settings Facebook rolled out across the site last week, but there was never likely going a mass exodus. Some estimates put the number of U.S. Facebook users leaving today at about 2%. Your friends ...

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Google's Departure from the Mainland Spurs 'Wall-Climbing'

Source: All About Jazz
June 1, 2010

Google's departure from China after refusing to cooperate with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)s Internet blockade has not only earned Google international support and praise but has also stimulated far-reaching discussions in China.

Some human rights activists and media professionals are saying that the more the CCP tries to block the Internet, the more people will use FanQiang software to bypass the blockade. FanQiang is a nickname for anti-censorship software that can be used to break through the Internet ...

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