Media & Entertainment

Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: PayPal’s new iPhone app lets users send money to each other. Making a transaction is as easy as bumping your iPhone with a friends, and instantly moves money from one account to another. The new application also makes it easy for users to share a restaurant Continue Reading →

Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: After selling 120,000 iPads on the first day of pre-orders, Apple announced that it will give iPad owners who need to replace the battery a new iPad. The shift in warranty policy is a bonus for consumers, and may signal that Apple either made a superior Continue Reading →

Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Vodafone HTC smartphones have been shipped with malware. The report comes after Panda Security found the code inside the Android-based smartphone. The virus on the phone spread to PCs the phone was connected to and may have aided in some cases of identity theft. Barnes & Continue Reading →

Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Sony just revealed its new PlayStation Move motion controller. The new controller is similar to the Wii controller in that it moves seamlessly with the user, with Sony calling it an “extension of your body.” The Move uses the PlayStation Eye camera to sync the gamers Continue Reading →

Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Beware if your Twitter friends start tweeting diet advice at you.  Some hackers are sending direct messages and tweets saying “I lost 20 lbs in 2 weeks!” and “Check out this diet I tried, it works!.” If you get a message, do not click it. Seriously. Continue Reading →

Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Viacom is pulling The Daily show and the Colbert Report from Hulu effective March 9th.  This is a huge blow to Hulu and a simple inconvenience for you. You can still get both show free online at their official websites. Is there an iPad in your Continue Reading →

Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: 3DTV is here!  The first Samsung 3D-enabled HDTV is currently available for purchase on Amazon. What are you going to watch on your new 55 inch 3D Samsung … nothing yet. Want to program your Comcast DVR remotely, yep, there’s an app for that.  Comcast has Continue Reading →

As the Comcast-NBCU merger nears approval, Senator Al Franken of Minnesota is calling for Comcast to continue to make NBC programs available for free online. Franken wants to make sure that if Comcast owns both the content and the broadband through which its delivered, that continues to deliver content fairly to all users, including those Continue Reading →

This week on Digital Life. Is Facebook bigger than Yahoo? Why are telcos ganging up on Apple. Amazon announces Kindle for BlackBerry, and I’ll talk with John Abell, wired.com’s NY Bureau Chief about the FCC’s new national broadband plan, plus I’ll talk with Nokia‘s branded content manager, George Linardos, about super cool stuff you can Continue Reading →

CBS is set to begin selling shows on iTunes for $0.99. The move comes just as Apple prepares to launch the iPad, a device which may transform mobile TV viewing. The move cuts the price of digital TV shows in half, making TV shows more affordable for users to download. Amazon unveiled a free Kindle Continue Reading →