Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Lookout Microsoft, Google is on the attack. The search giant announced major, much-needed updates to Google Docs, its cloud-based version of Microsoft Office. The new software has better collaborative tools and is really trying to be a direct replacement for its Microsoft counterpart. Let the office Continue Reading →
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Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Amazon is selling music downloads a day early and way cheaper then Apple. Price war? Nope. Apple is trying to use its considerable clout to get the record labels to rethink their super-consumer-friendly promotional relationship with Amazon. Who will win? Right now, you — some albums Continue Reading →
I just finished a radio interview with Kitty, a very nice talk show host somewhere in the Midwest. We did five minutes on “broadband.” She started by telling her audience that she had recently been on Twitter tweeting about her radio show and she got, “some kind of message about Twitter being over capacity.” She 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 →
As a Jobsian supplicant and an Apple acolyte, I really, really want to love the iPad. No one on Earth has made me buy more stuff I don’t need with money I don’t have than Steve Jobs. He’s my hero. One writer who came to visit me in my home office looked around and observed, Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Google announced a press conference for January 5th during which many believe it unveil the Nexus One. News of the announcement comes on the heels of T-Mobile telling its employees to prepare for the launch of the new smart phone in Continue Reading →
This week on Digital Life, has Oprah killed the local TV business? Who is attending college on iTunes for free? Is YouTube video quality better than cable, and is Google Chrome a Windows 7 killer? I’ll talk with Charlie Collier, president and general manager of AMC about Mad Men and I discuss the AFLAC Duck Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The music industry video portal Vevo will launch December 8th. The site, associated with both Sony and Universal, uses YouTube’s platform to host and stream high quality, official music videos from artists. Vevo’s goal is to reclaim the “premium luster” of Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The Kansas City Chiefs released star running back Larry Johnson after the athlete repeatedly slammed coaches and fans on Twitter. Due to the incident, Johnson, who had recently been suspended for misconduct, is no longer apart of the organization and currently Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Microsoft and T-Mobile are trying to explain to Sidekick users why all of their information has been lost. Over the weekend, a technical issue caused T-Mobile Sidekick users to lose all of their stored contacts, photos and other data saved on Continue Reading →