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Can Technology Save Us from the Recession?
At an afternoon panel at Fortune Brainstorm Tech, there was a lot of discussion of technology and its role in the recession, and the reverse. Moderator Stephanie Mehta brought up a Fortune story that suggested that there was no big idea as important as the semiconductor or the browser. John Chen, CEO of Sybase disagreed, talking ...
Twitter Will Remain Free, May Add Business Accounts
Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, said instead of thinking of the service as a social tool to connect with friends, he wants Twitter to be seen as a communications and information network for discovering and sharing what is happening right now. This was part of a discussion at Fortune Brainstorm Tech about the company, perhaps the ...
News Corp.: Constraining Content Produces Piracy
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AOL's New Focus: Content, Mapping
AOL's new CEO Tim Armstrong believes the company can improve its core products and focus much more on the consumer experience, which will let the company grow and attract more advertising. In a discussion on Thursday at Brainstorm Tech, Armstrong said he is focusing AOL on content, Advertising.com, local and mapping, messaging, and AOL Ventures. Armstrong ...
Barnes and Noble Takes On Amazon in Ebooks
Years after online retailer Amazon stole the wind from the sales of Barnes & Noble's physical bookshelves, the retailer has struck back with the launch of an e-book virtual warehouse. B&N launched the Barnes & Noble eBookstore on Monday, which currently offers 700,000 electronic titles and will offer more than a million by 2010, according to ...
Canada's Privacy Commissioner Criticizes Facebook
The popular social networking site Facebook is not doing enough to protect the personal information it gets from subscribers, and it gives users confusing and incomplete information about privacy matters, Canada's privacy commissioner said on Thursday. “It's clear that privacy issues are top of mind for Facebook, and yet we found serious privacy gaps in the ...
Wannabe's Can Upload, Sell Tracks in 'Rock Band'
Ever wanted to self-publish your garage band's 1992 hit “Death Cupcakes for Diana" on MTV's Rock Band? Then it's time to get practicing. Harmonix and MTV Games announced Friday that they will launch the Rock Band Network, a platform to turn virtually any track into a Rock Band gameplay file, and then sell that track direct ...
Bose Launches Home Wireless Audio
Bose announced a new wireless music solution for the home today, the SoundLink. Available August 27th for the serious-commitment price of $549.95, the SoundLink will stream music from your PC's music library to anywhere in your house. The concept here has already been seen in products from Creative and Altec Lansing, to name two, but these ...
AOL: We're a Music Destination, Not a Radio
AOL on Thursday defended its music strategy, and took issue with a Tuesday report from the NPD Group that said while consumers are most familiar with AOL Music, Pandora gets the most play in terms of actual usage. “The report … measured us on a metric that we're not even striving for, which is essentially the ...
Pandora Preferred in Online Music Services
When it comes to online music services, consumers are most familiar with AOL Music, but in terms of actual usage, Pandora gets the most play, according to a Tuesday report from the NPD Group. Of the 4,051 people polled by NPD in the first quarter of 2009, about 30 percent were aware of AOL Music, followed ...
