Facebook, CNN reconnect for Obama State of the Union address

Facebook, CNN reconnect for Obama State of the Union address

Facebook’s Connect service — a service that lets other web sites integrate status updates and other features from Facebook into their own interfaces — seems to be gaining traction of late. And it should get an extra boost during President Barack Obama’s first State of… Continue Reading

Taboola clinches $4.5 million, and CNN to boot

Taboola clinches $4.5 million, and CNN to boot

Taboola, a Tel Aviv-based video discovery startup, has just launched its “ViDiscovery” product, which analyzes the context and content of videos, and the viewing and behavior patterns of users in order to recommend videos. It has also secured $4.5 million in a second round of… Continue Reading

CNN’s cool hologram technology also used tonight

CNN’s cool hologram technology also used tonight

In addition to its Magic Wall touchable maps, CNN is also using some cool hologram technology tonight to interview guests from afar. The guests appear to be in the room and move about in three dimensions, even though their images are being beamed in from… Continue Reading

Roundup: Google goes deeper into TV ads, CNN uses Facebook Connect, Flickr’s new homepage and more

Roundup: Google goes deeper into TV ads, CNN uses Facebook Connect, Flickr’s new homepage and more

Here’s the latest action:

Google starting to catch on to this TV ad thing? –It’s been almost two years since the search advertising giant made its first foray into television advertising. In order to grow, it’s going to need more time slots (inventory) to sell. It took… Continue Reading

Is political debate driving people to Twitter and changing its nature?

Is political debate driving people to Twitter and changing its nature?

Twitter started out as a service in which you were given 140 characters to give mundane updates about your activities at any given moment. That’s why you still see the “What are you doing?” question above the text input box on the site. But somewhere… Continue Reading

New CNN show pushes the limits of Twitter — literally

New CNN show pushes the limits of Twitter — literally

One anchor for the cable news channel CNN has become enamored with the micro-messaging service Twitter over the past several weeks. He used tweets (Twitter messages) to complement his coverage of the recent Hurrican Gustav and now the network has apparently decided to take it… Continue Reading