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This week on Digital Life with Shelly Palmer, media junkies, Twitter goes global, Microsoft and T-mobile lose a ton of user data and e-books are the new, new thing. Plus, I’ll talk with the founder of USA Networks and current chairman of Liz Claiborne, Kay Koplovitz, and I’ll discuss the state of the media business Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. A recent survey finds that two-thirds of Americans are against online tracking. The report, conducted by UPenn and University of California, Berkeley, notes that users are even more unnerved after finding out how marketers use data to cater to consumers. The Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Motorola unveiled its Google smartphone yesterday. Dubbed the CLIQ, like all Google Android based phones, will only be available on T-Mobile. While the operating system is similar to that of the regular Android desktop, CLIQ’s interface will include a “social networking Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The National Football League has banned players from using Twitter. The NFL noted that players who use the micro-blogging network from meetings, coaching sessions or games would be fined. While the league has not adopted an official policy, most teams have Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Apple announced that the company sold over one million iPhone 3GS units this past weekend. Apple also reported that more than six million iPhone users have updated to the iPhone 3.0 operating system. While there was less hype than when the Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Samsung is set to introduce the second Google Android based phone. Unlike Apple’s iPhone and Palm’s Pre, Samsung’s I7500 does not include multi-touch controls, a feature that many consider the lifeblood of next generation handheld devices. Like the G1, the Samsung Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. According to several sources, Google is in late stage talks to acquire Twitter. If it happens, it will be pretty much what everyone expected. Google can help monetize the Twitter’s traffic and, maybe more importantly, they have the infrastructure to handle Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Yahoo is set to refresh its web video presence. While Yahoo tried its hand at web video last year in a joint venture with Pepsi dubbed “the 9”, new shows like “Primetime in No Time” maybe successful by utilizing sponsors and Continue Reading →

It’s official; we’re in a recession. Which is incredibly bad news to get at the opening of the holiday shopping season. Not that anyone needed the National Bureau of Economic Research (the private organization charged with making such determinations) to tell us that times are tough. We all know it too well. No matter what Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Google’s first Android enabled phone, the G1, will go on sale today. Google has also made the code for Android available to developers through an Apache 2.0 license that lets developers add to the codebase. The open-source mobile device, available Continue Reading →