Headlines for April 30th, 2009
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by [modern media mom] in Lastest Headlines, Latest News, Links & Resources
- Disney signs onto Hulu – This means that TV shows from Disney-owned channels like ABC, SoapNet, and ABC Family will be coming to Hulu. Among them are "Lost," "Grey's Anatomy," "Ugly Betty," and "Scrubs." There will also be Disney movies available on the ad-supported streaming video site, but a press release did not name any of them. Content will be available "soon," the press release explained.
- New Phishing Attack Spreading On Facebook. This Time From FBstarter – "It comes in the form of a message from a friend telling you to “Look at this!” When you click on the link, you are taken to what appears to be a Facebook sign-in page. If you go ahead and sign in, the phishers have access to your account and can then send messages to all of your friends."
- Time Warner Expects to Spin Off AOL – "In a regulatory filing Wednesday, Time Warner said it was nearing a decision to spin off America Online, and put an end to the travails that began with the merger in 2000 of the two companies, a deal that has resulted in the evaporation of more than $100 billion of shareholder value."
- Swine Flu Frenzy Demonstrates Twitter’s Achilles’ Heel – Another reminder. Twitter is not a reliable source of information in a Crisis.
- Scam swine flu emails steal data – Just a reminder – please be careful. Scammers will prey on our fears.
