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Emails from the Prez- What's in Your Blackberry
A president and his BlackBerry Wouldn't you love to know what Obama's typing? Is a president with a BlackBerry on his belt really just like the rest of us? From the leaked e-mails of Barack Obama: 7:58 a.m. To: Michelle Obama From: BHO In line at Starbucks. Oh wait, they're ...
A Bad Day for Music on Wall Street
The sinking economy dragged U.S. stocks down 3.3% on Thursday, and some companies in the music sector took even deeper dives. Warner Music Group fell 4.6% to just 10 cents above its all time low of $2.00. Live Nation dropped a whopping 13.8% despite naming a strong new international executive team. Real was down 4.8% and ...
Millions Hit by Google Breakdown
OH MY GOD! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!! Google users around the world have been hit by a malfunction that incorrectly reports every other website as potentially harmful. An apparent system error left millions of visitors to the site puzzled when links to all search results were flagged with the warning 'This site may harm ...
From Weekend Warrior to $4.2m by Giving His Music Away for Free
This guest post by Floor 64 CEO Mike Mesniak, an insightful fellow who I had the pleasure of spending a bit of time with at Midemnet, first appeared on TechDirt. Here's yet another one for the books to respond to those who claim that music giveaways only work for “big" artists. Corey Smith was a high ...
From Analog Dollars to Digital Dimes and Back
NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker recently lamented that the entertainment industry has exchanged “analog dollars for digital dimes". Five years ago we sold as many CD's as possible for $15. Now the music industry hopes that a few consumers will give them 99 cents...or less. But exceptions are beginning to emerge from a new musical middle ...
Where Your Favorite Actress Could End up Next: Youtube
Hollywood talent agency William Morris is in talks for a deal that would funnel the talent agency's clients into videos created for the Internet giant. Hollywood talent agencies pride themselves on placing their star clients into the biggest movies and TV shows. Now, add YouTube to the list. William Morris Agency, one of the largest talent ...
How Does the Economic Stimulus Plan Affect Tech?
The economic stimulus package has dominated nightly newscasts and newspaper headlines this week, and while Democrats and Republicans are still undecided over whether the bill is unnecessary or just the type of boost our economy needs, the stimulus does include some serious cash for tech-related projects. The House approved the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan this ...
Maximizing Your Music Experience (Part Three)
In the final part of his three part essay, our resident music industry philosopher Kyle Bylin makes his conclusions about why the digital natives are different from the previous generations and defines the four trends that separate them. (Read Parts One and Two.) New Music With the ability to maximize almost every aspect of ...
Is Your ISP Throttling Bandwidth? Google Will Know
Is your ISP throttling your Internet connection or is it just time to get a new computer? How much bandwidth are you actually using? Are you getting the Internet speeds promised by your provider? These may seem like basic questions, but they are not easily answered. At the root of last year's Comcast network management debacle ...
Maximizing Your Music Experience (Part Two)
In part two of his three part essay, our resident music industry philosopher Kyle Bylin continues his exploration of the differences between digital natives and the previous generations. (Read Part One) In his book The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz explains, “We all know people who do their choosing quickly and decisively ...
