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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. After being hit with over a foot of snow over the weekend, Twitter users in Washington D.C. organized a snow ball fight. The crowd-sourced snow ball fight was all in good fun, until an off duty police officer brandished a gun Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Toys “R” Us is giving customers the opportunity to preview its Holiday sales online Rather than publish its Black Friday deals in newspapers, the popular toy store is previewing its sales event on Facebook. The sales preview is not only a Continue Reading →

This week on Digital Life, the Droids are coming, Hulu may charge for content, the e-reader wars heat up, and the downside of friending your employees. Plus, I’ll talk with Alan Wurtzel, the guy who runs research for NBC Universal, and I’ll discuss Google TV with the director of TV ads for Google, Mike Steib. Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Not to be outdone by Barnes & Noble, Amazon is set to release “Kindle for PC.” The new program will let anyone with a Windows-based computer buy, download and read Kindle books on their machine, even if you don’t own a Continue Reading →

Gamar Chatimah Tovah. MediaBytes will return as scheduled tomorrow morning. Time Warner is reportedly ready to begin looking into selling its magazine business. Shareholder Gordon Crawford noted that TW is “going to sell their print division, they are going to spin off AOL and they’re just going to be Warner Brothers, HBO and the Turner Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. A report by the Yankee Group believes that smartphone users will have downloaded over 7 billion applications by 2013. The research group estimates that in the next 4 years smartphone users will quadruple, effectively bringing sales of apps to $4.2 billion Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The FCC has four principles that serve as guidelines to preserve and promote the open and interconnected nature of the Public Internet, commonly referred to as, Net Neutrality. 1. Consumers are entitled to access the lawful Internet content of their choice; Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Despite ABC being optimistic that the new version of Who Wants to Be A Millionaire would be a success, the debut of the revival finished fourth place in its opening Sunday night slot. The program, which, for the first time in Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Web sites are rapidly preparing for a big day today, as coverage of Michael Jackson’s funeral is expected to strain servers. The ceremony is expected to start at 9:30 am PST at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. AEG will offer ticket holders for Michael Jackson’s sold-out This Is It tour a full refund. The concert promoter was responsible for the 50 sold out shows Jackson was to perform at London’s O2 Arena. While AEG sold approximately one million Continue Reading →