Online Ad Revenue At All-Time High Online advertising revenue in the U.S. reached an all-time high of $6.2 billion in the second quarter, an overall increase of 14 percent. While search ads are still the leading source of revenue for online advertising, digital video ad revenue increased 31 percent. The consumer-packaged goods and pharmaceutical industries Continue Reading →
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Texting While Driving Kills Thousands There have been approximately 16,000 deaths in the U.S. from drivers who were distracted by their cell phones from 2001-2007, according to research from The University of North Texas Science Center. The rapid rise of text messaging is one of the leading causes of deaths while driving. It was also Continue Reading →
Apple Loosens Up On App Development Apple has decided to relax its restrictions on the development tools used to make apps. Developers can now use third-party tools, like Adobe’s software to convert Flash apps into native iPhone apps, which was previously banned by Apple. Additionally, Apple will publish it’s guidelines for evaluating an app for Continue Reading →
New and Much Improved Apple TV Steve Jobs unveiled a new version of Apple TV at the Apple press event on Wednesday. The new device is smaller than it’s predecessor and will only deliver rentals, including 99-cent TV shows from News Corp. and the Walt Disney Co. The device also connects with Netflix and online Continue Reading →
Google Makes Mail a Priority Google unveiled a new feature for Gmail called Priority Inbox, to help combat e-mail overload. Priority Inbox organizes emails and puts them into one of three categories: “Important and Unread,” “Starred” and “Everything Else.” The new feature also places a higher priority on messages received from contacts that a user Continue Reading →
Will Disney Go Dark on TWC? The Walt Disney Company and Time Warner Cable have made significant progress regarding their programming fee negotiations. People close to the talks report that online video is the major source of dispute. If an agreement is not made before midnight this Wednesday, ABC local, ESPN and some Disney channels Continue Reading →
Make Telephone Calls via Gmail Google introduced a new service that allows Gmail users to place telephone calls directly from their email accounts. Calls made to phones in the U.S. and Canada are free, and International calls to countries like Japan and Britain are as low as 2 cents per minute. Google’s new service is Continue Reading →
Man Goes to Jail After Sending Friend Request on Facebook A Florida man was sent to jail after sending a friend request on Facebook. Harry Bruder violated a restraining order filed by his estranged wife, Carole, after attempting to contact her twice on Facebook. Mr. Bruder didn’t think that social networking constituted as “contact,” which Continue Reading →
Malware Hits An All-Time High McCafee reported that malware has hit an all-time high in the second quarter of 2010. There are a reported 6 million malicious files online, up from 4 million in Q1. USB sticks are the biggest contributors to the increase as well as cyber criminals who used the popularity of the Continue Reading →
August 9, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: The Web Will Kill Universities According to Bill Gates, in the next five years free content and lectures available online will be better than any single university. Gates believes that universities don’t need to be “place-based”, and a system should be developed Continue Reading →