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• First Look: Zune, Twitter, Facebook And Last.fm On Xbox

  PaidContent - 2009-11-18

  Four months after announcing the features, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) added social networking and music radio functionality to its Xbox 360 console on Tuesday, along with the first European foray for its Zune brand see earlier reports from Tameka and I. Here are my initial explorations with each new service…Last.fm...

  Tags: Last.fm, Facebook, Twitter Inc., Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Entertainment, Gaming, Music, Social Media, Companies, CBS, CBS Interactive, Microsoft, xBox, Twitter, Robert Andrews

• Industry Moves Roundup: Twitter; Discovery; CBS Interactive

  PaidContent - 2009-11-11

  —Twitter: Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) senior research scientist Utkarsh Srivastava—whose expertise is in building large-scale distributed systems—is joining the microblogging service in an unspecified role, Louis Gray reports. He confirms the move—on Twitter.—Discovery Communications: Todd Zander has been promoted to vice president of digital media distribution, tasked with expanding the...

  Tags: Davenport Co., Twitter Inc., Industry, CBS Interactive Inc., Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Companies, CBS, CBS Interactive, Twitter, Joseph Tartakoff

• "Mad Men" Debut Ignites the Era of the Social Premiere

  BNET - 2009-08-16

  "Mad Men" may be launching its third season tonight on the big box, but it will also play out online. Though maybe not the first social premiere, it's indicative of a trend toward big TV events being shared with friends, virtually, in real-time. In this caseâ€" as CNN was with...

  Tags: Facebook, Premiere, Twitter, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Catharine P. Taylor

• Tech Law: Facebook to Open Code, Twitter Sued Over Patents, More

  BNET - 2009-08-10

  Facebook must turn over source code in a patent suit; TechRadium sues Twitter; the first criminal prosecution of domain name theft is about to happen; Microsoft and Yahoo start the regulatory paperwork for their deal; SCO gets a bankruptcy trustee appointed by a judge; and the Activision/Double Fine dispute over...

  Tags: Facebook, Patent, Domain Name, Twitter, Bankruptcy, Domain Names, Litigation, Personal Finance, Games, Internet, Business Operations, Personal Technology, Erik Sherman

• New INQ handsets will sync with iTunes

  Strategy Eye - 2009-08-03

  INQ Mobile has struck a deal with startup DoubleTwist to release two new smartphones before the end of the year which will sync with songs stored in iTunes and Windows Media Player. The two 3G phones, the INQ Chat and the INQ Mini, are aimed at the mass market...

  Tags: Software, Phone, Handset, Apple iTunes, INQ Mobile, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Twitter, doubleTwist, Editorial, Apple Inc.

• What Does the NFL Have in Common With Iran's Clerics?

  BNET - 2009-08-02

  The guys who run the National Football League NFL are learning the same lesson that the guys who run Iran had to learn earlier this year -- that maintaining an authoritarian grip on power is difficult in this age of social media. "With Twitter's Arrival, NFL...

  Tags: NFL, Twitter, Team Management, Games, Management, Personal Technology, David Weir

• Twitter signs SMS deal with O2

  Strategy Eye - 2009-07-13

  O2 is to become the latest mobile operator to partner with Twitter to allow users to receive tweets via SMS, resurrecting a service that Twitter abandoned last year. O2 customers will be able to receive @replies and direct messages for free, under a 600-a-month fair usage limit. ...

  Tags: O2 Plc., SMS, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Manufacturing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, O2, Editorial, Vodafone Group Plc.

• Twitter as the Foundation of Your Business

  BNET - 2009-06-27

  If you haven't yet seen this TwitScoop video that captured the tag cloud of trending topics at Twitter as the news broke of Michael Jackson's death on Thursday, check it out. TwitScoop is only one of a massive number of efforts to build a business (or...

  Tags: Twitter, TwitScoop, E-books, Government, Wiki, Personal Technology, Online Communications, David Weir

• Alexa: Twitter Web Traffic Eclipses CNN & NY Times

  BNET - 2009-06-25

  The ratings service Alexa provides one of the best tools available for assessing current traffic trends at websites, and as the chart above indicates, Twitter has now eclipsed both CNN and The New York Times on the web. Note that this does not reflect all the usage on smart phones,...

  Tags: Web, Alexa Internet Inc., Traffic, New York Times Co., Twitter, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Smart Phones, Channel Management, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, David Weir

• The Twitter-ization of "The Tonight Show"

  BNET - 2009-06-11

  So it looks like my theory that Conan O'Brien is going to max out Twitter â€" for as long as there is something to max out â€" is at least partially right. The "Twitter Tracker" sketch made its second appearance last night, but, while even better than the first one,...

  Tags: Twitter, Fallon, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Catharine P. Taylor