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Rupert Murdoch Threatens to Bankrupt News Corp with Google Ultimatum
In an attempt to counter this perception, Rupert Murdoch, head honcho of News Corp, the company that owns 20th Century Fox, The Sun and The Times in the UK, and popular websites Myspace and Hulu, is directing that all News Corp web properties will de-index their content from Google and is attempting to rally other [...]
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2 Billion iPhone Apps Downloaded | Apple’s Over It
Not much info on download 2 billion
About five months ago, when the 1 billionth iPhone app was downloaded, Apple made a big deal out of it. The company publicized the identity of the person who made the 1 billionth download and gave the Connecticut teenager a bunch of Apple hardware and software.
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Advertisers Seizing Opportunities on Zune Games
Advertising world adjusts to new technology
Media advertising used to be so simple. There was television, radio and print. As the Internet takes over as the main source of entertainment and information, advertisers are adopting ever-changing strategies to keep up.
Also, as new technological devices, ways to use them and what people are using them for continues [...] -
Google is Developing a Payment System for Online Newspapers
Will micropayments help keep newspapers alive?
Once upon a time, newspapers were the only game in town when it came to receiving news of the world at large. News empires were built that thrived for a century or more. However, as radio, television and now the World Wide Web have made our world smaller than it [...] -
Stuff Techies Like, Including Making Others’ Ideas Their Own
1. Blogs about stuff people like
You may have heard of Stuff White People Like or Stuff Christians Like or Stuff Journalists Like. This string of blogs and blog names shows that people who know how to create blogs — people who could be considered techies — like writing blogs about stuff people like, especially groups of [...] -
Technology of the Future | Sony Makes a Bold Move
Will 3D become mainstream?
I am thoroughly befuddled by the fact that “The Final Destination,” the sequel to the sequel to the sequel of “Final Destination,” was the weekend’s top box-office moneymaker and Americans spent $27.4 million to see it.
How does the fourth installment in a horror movie series make more money than any other film [...]
