An interesting report hit the Financial Times today, indicating that Apple is working with all of the major music labels on a way to boost album sales. But the report ...
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1 year, 1 month ago
Are Apple And The Music Labels Mixing Holiday “Cocktails” On The Tablet?
MG Siegler
An interesting report hit the Financial Times today, indicating that Apple is working with all of the major music labels on a way to boost album sales. But the report ...
1 year, 1 month ago
Justin.tv Opens Its API For Free, Hopes Live Video Will Explode
MG Siegler
“Archive video has clearly exploded all over the internet, but live video hasn’t. We think it’s because more flexibility is needed that no single product can meet, but an ...
1 year, 1 month ago
Hey You, Get Off Of My Cloud
Steve Gillmor
Sandwiched neatly between the RealTime is God and RealTime Who Needs It crowds is a new group that embraces both positions while moving forward rapidly. These folks include Brett Slatkin ...
1 year, 1 month ago
AT&T Reportedly Blocks 4chan. This Is Going To Get Ugly.
Jason Kincaid
As if AT&T wasn’t already bad enough. In an act that is sure to spark internet rebellions everywhere, AT&T has apparently declared war on the extremely popular imageboard 4chan.org, ...
1 year, 1 month ago
Investing Or Marketing? The Real Reason Lightspeed Invested In Ning At A Crazy Valuation
Michael Arrington
A lot of readers were incredulous over last week’s news that Ning raised another $15 million in venture capital from Lightspeed Venture Partners at a $750 million valuation. That comes ...
1 year, 1 month ago
Appsto.re - Because iPhone Apps Apparently Needed A Custom URL Shortener
Robin Wauters
Not sure which question is more appropriate here: why or why not? We’ve already witnessed the renewed interest in URL shortening services with the rise of communication platforms where brevity ...
1 year, 1 month ago
Retweet.com Looks To Be A TweetMeme Competitor With A Killer Domain Name
MG Siegler
Those little green reweet buttons you see across the web on sites like this one have helped TweetMeme rise in popularity. The buttons are now so ubiquitous that the service ...
1 year, 1 month ago
The Netflix Prize Comes To A Buzzer-Beater, Nailbiting Finish
Jason Kincaid
Who knew statistical computing competitions could be so cut throat? Since we reported on the contest last night, two teams in the Netflix Prize have spent the last few ...
1 year, 1 month ago
The Value Of Virtual Currency: The Real Price Of Super Rewards Was Closer to $50 Million
Erick Schonfeld
Last week saw an unusual burst of acquisition activity among Web companies. Yahoo bought email add-on Xoopit for about $20 million, Nokia bought social address book provider Cellity, and ...
1 year, 1 month ago
Mixx Traffic Took A Dive In June
Erick Schonfeld
News aggregator site and Digg-competitor Mixx had a rough June. Traffic to the site took a 68 percent nosedive in the U.S. from May to June, according to comScore ...