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Headlines for January 5th, 2010

[modern media mom] — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:01:38 +0000

ESPN to launch 3D network in June – ESPN is going 3D. The venerable sports network will launch ESPN 3D on June 11 with a World Cup soccer match, creating what it says will be the first all three-dimensional television network to the home.
Google May Show Its Phone Today – Google Inc., seeking to wrest consumers from Apple Inc., and Research In Motion Inc., is poised to unveil a mobile phone that uses its Android software at a press event today, analysts said.
Facebook blocks social network profile removal service – "Social network giant Facebook has blocked a website from accessing people's profiles in order to delete their online presence.
The site, Web 2.0 Suicide Machine, offers to remove users from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Myspace.

It does not delete their accounts but changes the passwords and removes "friend" connections."
Smartphones continue to surge – "Was 2009 the year of the smartphone? Or will it be 2010? Either way, a new Forrester report confirmed a surge in smartphone ownership last year and expects more growth and more competition this year."
Apple Hits 3 Billion Apps Served Milestone – Holy App Store! Apple is bragging that more than 3 billion apps for its iPhone and iPod Touch have been downloaded since the store opened on July 10, 2008. That's a lot of Super Monkey Balls, Facebook, and Google Earth Apple app downloads.

Headlines for September 21st, 2009

[modern media mom] — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:00:38 +0000

MySpace unleashes two-way syncing with Twitter – “MySpace announced in a blog post on Monday that the company will now offer two-way syncing with Twitter. The service is being rolled out immediately.”
Facebook shuts down thorny marketing tool – “The social network says it will shut down Beacon, a program that tracks users’ activities on other Web sites. When it launched in 2007, Beacon was immediately attacked by users as a privacy violation.”
Google Doodle Mystery Solved: Happy Birthday, H.G. Wells – ABC News – “You might have noticed an unexplained set of doodles on the Google home page and a couple tweets from our official Twitter stream, @google, over the last two weeks,” the company said. “We’re finally acknowledging the reason for the doodles with an official nod to Herbert George, who would be 143 years old today.”
Apple Examines iPhone Battery Woes – “Users are complaining that the iPhone OS 3.1 software decreases battery life, hinders logging in to Exchange accounts, and causes random shutdowns.”
FCC chairman Genachowski outlines Net neutrality rules – “The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission outlined rules on Monday that would prohibit Internet providers from selectively blocking Web content and applications.”

Headlines for June 16th, 2009

[modern media mom] — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:00:13 +0000

Two to Love | Wii Tennis Scores Style – TWO NEW TENNIS GAMES FOR Wii: “Grand Slam Tennis” from EA Sports features 23 pro characters, including 11 retired legends like John McEnroe, rendered in his prime with big hair, short shorts and a wooden racket, and Chris Evert, wearing a blue hair bow, bangs and retro kicks. “Virtua Tennis 2009″ from Sega has contemporary pros, photorealistic graphics and the creepy ability to engineer cyborg-like players down to their eyebrows (choose from eight contemporary shapes). But what may be the best new feature for Wii-obsessed fashionistas comes from “Grand Slam Tennis”: a calorie counter.
Here come the mobile payment wars – “Some would say our cell phone bills are high enough already. But two emerging start-ups are hoping to make mobile devices a hub for one of the hottest trends on the Web: micropayments.”
Google scrambles over Microsoft Bing – Reports have it that Google co-founder Sergey Brin was so rattled by Microsoft’s Bing search engine that a team of top engineers have been assembled in put together some “urgent upgrades” to Google’s search engine. Underscoring the difference this time around, the New York Post spoke to an anonymous insider, who noted, “New search engines have come and gone in the past 10 years, but Bing seems to be of particular interest to Sergey.”
More Americans Go To Facebook Than MySpace – “Facebook bypassed MySpace in terms of total U.S. visitors for the first time in May, as Facebook’s popularity in terms its user base continued to rise.”
Senators press FCC to examine exclusive cell phone deals – “Are you annoyed that you can’t get an iPhone on Verizon, or an Android G1 on Sprint? So are certain members of the US Senate, who have written a letter to the Federal Communications Commission asking it to review the legality of wireless exclusivity agreements. If the FCC finds that such agreements limit competition and choice, Congress may consider passing legislation to help balance things out.”
Opera Unite Puts File Sharing in the Browser – “On Tuesday, Opera released Opera Unite, a technical preview of a service that turns the Opera browser into a Web server for file sharing and streaming.”

Headlines for April 14th, 2009

[modern media mom] — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:01:36 +0000

Amazon Rights Error After Tweet-Rage on Twitter – An error caused many books to lose their ranking.
Former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio to Report to Prison – Joe Nacchio, the former Qwest CEO was convicted two years ago on insider-trading charges.
MySpace ‘Lite’ Brings Bloated Profile Pages Down To Size – allows users "to switch between the site’s traditional ‘Full’ view and a new view, called ‘Lite’, which strips out the customization and media that the site’s profiles have become known for."
Twitter all clear after worm wave – This worm was quite a nuisance for a lot of users.
StumbleUpon goes indie –

Headlines for April 2nd, 2009

[modern media mom] — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:02:53 +0000

For teens, a friend online is usually a friend offline, too – "For 44%, using social networking sites such as MySpace or Facebook had no effect on their relationship with their friends; 43% said it made them closer."
Avoid April Foolishness: Check That Web Address – A good lesson for anyone online: look before you share links.
April Fools: YouTube Flails, Amazon Cloud Computing In A Blimp, 3D Chrome Browsing, Google Masters A.I. – Did you catch all of these April Fools pranks?
West Virginia introduces anti-bullying bill – The premise is good intentions, but there is a lot of room for interpretation. Who will judge what is really harassment? Will you define it the same way that I do?
Cable Mulls Its Future in an Era of Wireless, Free Content – How is wireless affecting the cable industry? Will it be irrelevant one day? Or will it bring the next big thing?

Headlines for March 24th, 2009

[modern media mom] — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:00:04 +0000

Twitter blamed in Jennifer Aniston, John Mayer breakup – We all know, Twitter *is* addicting.
Expletives Deleted: Swearing in Social Media – "Most interesting of all related questions, if I’m a sole proprietor or consultant whose business often comes through online channels, should I remain “human and authentic” (i.e., occasionally and as necessary employing slight vulgarisms) and attract the kinds of clients I enjoy working with; or should I refrain from all obscenities and profanities so as to widen the conversion bottleneck and risk losing as little new business as possible?"
Facebook Hockey Sticks, MySpace Languishes – MySpace lost 2% of users in just one month, while Facebook grew by nearly 40 million members in February alone.
About time: Best Buy being sued over price matching fail – The suit alleges that: “Best Buy uses false and deceptive trade practices in advertising and applying the company’s well-known “price match guarantee” policy.
Yahoo Names New Marketing Chief – Hopefully, she will insist that yahoo pretty up their currently unattractive Home page.
Tech Stocks Soar on Bailout Plans – "Tech stocks soared Monday after the government unveiled its long-awaited plan to relieve banks of toxic assets that are clogging the financial system."

Headlines for March 20th, 2009

[modern media mom] — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:07:14 +0000

10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know – A must read for ANY Facebook user.
‘Hidden Treasures’ come to light at History.com – This sounds fascinating.
AT&T to sell iPhone without contract for $599 – Get an iPhone without the commitment.
Citysearch Gets More Social – New features include social media and going mobile.
Take it back: Gmail gets ‘Undo Send’ Labs feature – We've all wished for this feature at some point.
MySpace Launches In-Browser Photo Editing Tools – This could be either really cool, or really embarrassing.