All you Netflix whiners need to STHU. Seriously.

All you Netflix whiners need to STHU. Seriously.

There is a war going on right now and while it might not be bloody or leaving bodies strewn all over the place it is a nasty war and you my friend are the frontline troopers. It is a war […]

Tumblr Growth Intensifies, Platform Nears 10 Billionth Post

Tumblr Growth Intensifies, Platform Nears 10 Billionth Post

Social blogging platform Tumblr may get less attention than more singularly-focused entities- the microblogging site Twitter, for instance, the social network Facebook, or the blogging and CMS platform WordPress- but the company’s explosive growth over the past year is likely […]

Reddit Reports Explosive Growth in Just Over a Year

Reddit Reports Explosive Growth in Just Over a Year

The admins at reddit have updated their official blog, describing to readers just how massive the site has become in the past 15 months. It may seem that reddit is everywhere- high-profile AMAs with lawmakers, possibly inspiring a massive rally […]

Oprah to Sit Down For Facebook Live-Stream

Oprah to Sit Down For Facebook Live-Stream

Media mogul Oprah Winfrey, now helming the newbie network OWN, will appear in a live-streamed video with Facebook late next week. In addition to the interview- which will take place at Facebook’s headquarters- the big O will be sitting down […]

Google, Fox News Team Up to Host Presidential Debate

Google, Fox News Team Up to Host Presidential Debate

Right here would be the place for a cheap “don’t be evil” joke, but I’ll let you fill in the blank. Google, via YouTube, is teaming up with… newschannel… Fox News to host a presidential debate for GOP candidates later […]

YouTube Launches Movie Rentals in Canada

YouTube Launches Movie Rentals in Canada

The internet’s largest video site has a movie rental service, you know- a service which is now available in Canada. (As well as the US, YouTube reminds us in a blog post.) The service expanded its library of titles in […]

‘Martha Stewart Living’ Introduces iPad Subscriptions

‘Martha Stewart Living’ Introduces iPad Subscriptions

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia- the media empire of ruler of all things domestic, Martha Stewart- is the latest print mag to hook readers in digital formats with an attractively priced subscription option for iPad users. Two of the publishers’ titles- […]

Hulu Launches in Japan

Hulu Launches in Japan

Hulu has finally begun its long awaited international expansion, opening the doors on a subscription only service in Japan. Hulu Japan is offering programming from NBCu, CBS, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox, Disney/ABC and other partners and costs 1,480 yen ($19.20) […]

Facebook Set to Join Streaming Fray?

Facebook Set to Join Streaming Fray?

In what probably feels like the final slap in the face to basically dead social network MySpace, a report over on Mashable indicates that the dominant social network may have set its sights on joining the well populated streaming music […]

Spotify API Released For iOS, Apps Expected to Follow

Spotify API Released For iOS, Apps Expected to Follow

  In a blog post yesterday, Spotify announced that the company was making its code available to developers in order to enable the creation of an entire category of apps for Apple devices. The release of Spotify Embedded Player libspotify […]

Netflix Losing Starz Streaming Contract As Customer Numbers Dwindle

Netflix Losing Starz Streaming Contract As Customer Numbers Dwindle

Netflix can’t seem to get anything right these days, first the company raises the price of their streaming and DVD services, losing a decent part of their user base and now the company’s stock has fallen 9% on news that […]

Flickme.com Launches Streaming Service With Social Spin, Sony and Warner Bros. Content

Flickme.com Launches Streaming Service With Social Spin, Sony and Warner Bros. Content

It’s not news that the streaming market is a bit heavily populated at the moment, with companies like Netflix, Amazon, Vudu and Hulu all vying for a piece of the rapidly expanding streaming video pie. While the services boast some […]

#Instacane: The Day Instagram Started Mattering For Hyperlocal News

#Instacane: The Day Instagram Started Mattering For Hyperlocal News

I love Instagram, I love the ease at which photos can be uploaded, I love the sleek interface the program offers, I love that sharing and tagging photos is friendly on my iPhone, but I honestly never thought of Instagram […]

Blogger Finally Gets Much Needed Updates, Google Adds Cleaner Editor UI, Analytics Help

Blogger Finally Gets Much Needed Updates, Google Adds Cleaner Editor UI, Analytics Help

Blogger hasn’t had a major update in years and has lost much of it’s ground to the likes of WordPress, Tumblr and arguably even Twitter and now to combat those losses and to bring the program inline with Google’s new […]