The cable network known for its hair-pulling, table-turning, housewife-humiliating reality lineup is zooming its lens on Silicon Valley with a reality series co-produced by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s sister.
Randi Zuckerberg, Zuck’s older sister and former Facebooker, is an executive …
Mobile news aggregator Zite is giving popular web publishers their own sections within its digital magazine apps, the company announced today.
Zite, which was was acquired in August 2011 by CNN for over $20 million, lets you build a custom …
It’s raining pink slips at Yahoo today, as the iconic tech company announced it was laying off 2,000 employees — or 14 percent of its total workforce — as part of a massive restructuring effort.
Yahoo has suffered a great …
Grooveshark is undoubtedly playing a sad song today, but it’s definitely not from an artist licensed by major music company EMI.
EMI, one of the largest music publishers in the world, has terminated its contract with the streaming music service. …
Though digital magazine circulation has increased significantly in recent months, it remains a mere one percent of overall circulation, Ad Age reported last week. A group of five major publishers is hoping Next Issue Media, a company launching its full-feature …
Online retail giant Amazon has launched a new streaming video app for Sony’s PlayStation 3 game console, the company announced today.
As part of the agreement between Sony and Amazon, the Amazon Instant Video App will be prominently featured on …
Video rental service Neflix may soon see a dip in its stock value thanks to a downgrade by Barclays Capital analyst Anthony DiClemente.
Netflix had a particularly rocky 2011, with a 60 percent price hike on combined streaming-and-DVD rental plans …
Online retail giant Amazon is testing a new mobile app store service that lets users make purchases within the app itself, according to a report from BusinessWeek.
An Amazon-branded app store would compete directly with both Apple’s iOS App Store …
Drag-and-drop website builders are nothing new, but Breezi is hoping to shake the space up just a little bit. Breezi’s website builder is aimed at “creative types” and designers who are clueless about website building but want complete control over …
Over the last 10 years Everyday Health has built one of the biggest tech companies native to New York, with more than 500 employees centered here in Silicon Alley. Today the company cemented its presence as the number one health …
Another cog has fallen into place for the music and movie industries’ plan to transform major internet service providers into a copyright violation task force.
Today ISPs and media companies announced new plans for the Center for Copyright Information (CCI), …
StumbleUpon kicked its turnaround into higher gear Monday with the hire of its first-ever vice president of sales.
Teal Newland, a former Digitas executive and Disney brand strategist, has joined the long-running web discovery engine and will oversee StumbleUpon’s advertising …
The fabled Apple television set that’s been rumored for years will probably be a premium piece of hardware, but not much more, according to Barclays media analyst Anthony DiClement.
In a recent note, DiClement said a Apple-branded TV set could …
Rovio is betting that it will be a long time before Angry Birds runs out of steam. This fall, the Finnish company will launch a cartoon series for fans of the game.
The company has one of the hottest brands …
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As the buzz around the new iPad launch continues, both traditional and online publishers are “caught between the gravitational pull of the legacy tradition and the need to chart a faster digital course.” That was a key finding in a …
The social news-reader Flud isn’t just for iOS fans anymore: the company recently launched both Android and Windows Phone apps. And now, it’s planning to raise up to $8 million in a new round of funding.
Like competitors Pulse and …
Eat your heart out Humpty Dumpty. Comcast has managed to put the Internet back together again with just a few simple keystrokes and mouse clicks. But before you go patting the company on the back, you should know that it’s …
Streaming video service Hulu has finally launched its Hulu Plus app on a handful of tablets that run Android OS, the company announced today on its blog.
The app is available for free in the Google Play store, but users …
Recently defunct file-hosting service Megaupload has decided not to pursue further legal action against Universal Music Group.
UMG first accused the company’s “Mega Video” music video of copyright infringement back in January, sent out Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown …
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Seek and you shall find. That’s the promise of an improved Facebook search engine said to be in works at the world’s largest social network.
“Search, really functional and robust search, is sadly lacking within the Facebook interface,” Alitmeter Group …
