Once the bastion of cheap DVD rentals, the victor over the war against Blockbuster and thousands of local DVD rental stores, Netflex is getting out of the business. At least that’s what they hope will happen. Netflix is pushing their customers into
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Netflix Raised Prices for DVDs
July 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Internet
Tags: DVD·Netflix·PlayStation·PlayStation 3·Rental·Rental shop·Streaming media·redbox
Will Facebook Win the Google War?
June 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Facebook, Google
The winner-takes-almost-all battle between giants is entering phase two as Google begins to compete directly against Facebook and as Facebook is rumored to be starting a new email service. Both companies have completely different methods, but share the same ultimate goal of taking over the online world. Google wants to be the ultimate container and [...]
Tags: Facebook·Google·Search Engines·Searching·Social network·Social network service·Virtual world·Web search engine
LinkedIn IPO Busting Trends
May 19th, 2011 · No Comments · LinkedIn
With the dot-bomb-bubble at the top of many investors’ minds, others appear to be ignoring a plethora of old axioms. LinkedIn (a website I’ve been using for years) is now publicly traded, and as the top social media site for professionals, things are acting a little unprofessional. “LinkedIn is just the latest internet startup to [...]
Tags: Dot-com bubble·IPO·Initial public offering·Renren·Silicon Valley·Wall Street·ZipCar·craig peterson·linkedin
New National Do-Not-Track Legislation Will Kill Content Sites
May 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Google, Internet
“Do-Not-Track” legislation was introduced to the Senate yesterday by Sen. John D. Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), which would give consumers the ability to prevent Internet companies from tracking their online activity. Although it sounds good at first glance, this legislation would actually end up hurting online media companies and many Internet users’ online experiences. There’s a [...]
Tags: Federal Trade Commission·Jay Rockefeller·Jeff Jarvis·John D. Rockefeller·Senate·United States·United States Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation·Washington Post
UBL Raid First Revealed on Twitter
May 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Twitter
An IT consultant, living in Abbottabad, unknowingly tweeted details of the US-led operation as it happened. Sohaib Athar wrote that a helicopter was hovering overhead shortly before the assault began and said that it might not be a Pakistani aircraft. He wrote: “Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event).” Soon after, he [...]
Tags: Abbottabad·Barack Obama·CNN·Helicopter·Information technology consulting·Osama bin Laden·Pakistan·Twitter
Situtation Room Photo During Obama Raid Subject of Humor
May 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Internet
On Monday, less than a day after President Barack Obama announced to the world that Osama bin Laden had been killed in Pakistan, a photo of his national security team watching the secret mission unfold from the safety of the White House situation room was uploaded by the government. It’s an intense photo of a [...]
Tags: Barack Obama·National security·Osama BinLaden·Pakistan·United States·United States Navy SEALs·White House·White House Situation Room
Google and Facebook Rumored to be Courting Skype
May 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Internet
Google and Facebook have both had discussions with internet telephony pioneer Skype about a possible joint venture, according to a Reuters report. Additionally, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has had what Reuters calls “internal” discussions about the possibility of buying Skype outright. The Reuters report, which cites two anonymous sources, comes three months after Skype delayed [...]
Tags: Facebook·Google·Initial public offering·JointVenture·MarkZuckerberg·Reuters·Skype·Tony Bates
Is Groupon the Leader of the Next Bubble?
May 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Internet
18 months ago, Groupon didn’t exist. Today, it has over 70 million users in 500-odd different markets, is making more than a billion dollars a year, has dozens if not hundreds of copycat rivals, and is said to be worth as much as $25 billion. What’s going on here? There’s obviously something clever and innovative [...]
Tags: Andrew Mason·Business·David Bonderman·Facebook·Google·Groupon·LivingSocial·TPG Capital
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