1 In 3 Smartphones Sold In Q4 Had 4G Connectivity
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Aided by the launch of the iPhone 4S, the number of U.S. smartphones embedded with mobile broadband connectivity jumped in 2011, increasing… Read more »
Music's Celestial Jukeboxes Square Off In Germany; Next Stop Asia-Pac
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The new wave of global subscription music services going global has picked Germany, perhaps Europe’s most under-developed digital music mark… Read more »
Hey SXSW, Where Are The Mobile Payments?
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I’ve seen a lot of things at South by Southwest, but what I haven’t seen are mobile payments. I haven’t seen a single person pay for somethi… Read more »
3 Italia Gives A Boost To Europe's LTE Ambitions
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Western Europe may be behind North America and East Asia when it comes to rolling out LTE, but in Italy, at least, operators are doing their… Read more »
10 Ways Big Data Changes Everything
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A yottabyte isn’t what happens when the Jedi master starts gnawing on your leg. It’s the information equivalent of one quadrillion gigabytes… Read more »
Exclusive: How Much Do Kindle Singles Authors Make?
The top-ten list of bestselling Kindle Singles includes a number of big-name writers. But how is the format working for writers who don’t ha… Read more »
Exclusive: Amazon Has Sold Over Two Million Kindle Singles
When Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) launched the Kindle Singles program a little over a year ago, nobody knew whether there was a market for e-books th… Read more »
For Connected TV, The New Last Mile Is Dining Room To Living Room
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Last week, I lambasted Virgin Media for taking two years to launch its iPad TV guide for its TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) set-top box.
I have since le… Read more »
Diller To Networks: Get Radio Shack To Pay Retrans & Aereo Will Too
Barry Diller’s latest investment in media disruption hasn’t even launched yet and it’s already in court. That’s part of the appeal of Aereo… Read more »
Erotic Novel You Read About In The NYT Started Out As Twilight Fan Fiction
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Fifty Shades of Grey, the erotic novel that has risen to the top of the NYT and Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) bestseller lists primarily through word… Read more »
E-Book Smackdown: Who Should Control Pricing — Publishers Or Amazon?
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A couple of years ago, with Amazon steadily pushing down the prices of e-books, the fortunes of the big book publishers were sinking fast. T… Read more »
The Science Behind The New iPad's Display
You might still be deciding whether the brighter, crisper Retina display justifies upgrading to the new iPad – in addition to smoother graph… Read more »
Why Aren't More People Cutting The Cord? Regional Sports Networks
This week, Major League Soccer introduced updated apps that let fans stream 230 live pro soccer games next season on iOS and Android mobile… Read more »
Loopt Sales Shows Future Of Location Is Commerce
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I’ve been following Sam Altman and his location-based start-up Loopt for years. So it was a bit of a surprise to hear that the company was s… Read more »
Interview: Omnifone CEO Eyes Investments As Music Access Takes Off
Veteran music access vendor Omnifone may not own a stake in Rara, the fledgling Spotify rival it span off last year – but CEO Jeff Hughes te… Read more »
Live From SF (Sorta): Why Apple Events Break Publishers
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There are lots of events that enjoy near-universal attention from both the media and the general public: the Super Bowl, the World Cup, and… Read more »
Industry Moves: TubeMogul; Vibrant; RTP; Joule; Adara; Think Realtime
Here is a roundup of some of the latest executive-level hirings and exits in the world of digital media business…
– TubeMogul: Paul Joac… Read more »
Forget LTE — The Real iPad Wireless Story Is Bluetooth
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Amid the various upgrades announced for Apple’s new iPad was a hot new wireless technology. You might think I’m referring to the tablet’s 4G… Read more »
Pottermore Is (Finally) Coming. In April!
J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter-focused web community and e-bookstore, Pottermore.com, will finally launch to a general audience in April after… Read more »
Virgin's TiVo Slow-Mo: An iPad App, Two Years Later
Talk about “agile development”! Virgin Media has finally put a September 2012 launch date on the long-promised iPad controller for its TiVo… Read more »
The U.S. Threat To Sue Apple And Publishers: What It Means
The Justice Department is about to sue Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and five publishers for conspiring to raise the price of e-books. The warning is a… Read more »
The iPad Lowdown 3-8-12
A full list of the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPad coverage from our parent site GigaOm.
» Apple TV’s missed opportunity: Ryan Lawler’s… Read more »
Second Screen Must Find Its Own Voice To Redefine TV
For all the talk about TV’s “second screen” device experiences, so far they are mostly being used for social interaction around shows. But s… Read more »
NBC Sports Doubles Olympic Digital Ad Revenue With Time Left On The Clock
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NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Sports sold $25 million in digital advertising for the 2008 Beijing Olympics — and has more than doubled the amount for t… Read more »
Apple's New iPad: 4G, High-Res Display, Quad-Core Chip
It’s official: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has announced a new iPad. Apparently just called “the new iPad,” it will come with the much-rumored Retina… Read more »
The AP's New Apps: The Style, Substance And Strategy
The Associated Press this week unveiled snazzy updates to its popular news apps. Here’s a review plus a look at what the apps mean for the A… Read more »
Live Blogging The Apple Event Today
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Today at 10 a.m. PT Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) executives will take the stage at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco to unveil what is… Read more »
Cosmopolitan Hits 100,000 Digital Paid Subscribers
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Cosmopolitan (U.S. edition) is the first Hearst magazine to hit 100,000 paid digital subscribers, the company announced today. Read more »
Google eBooks Now 'Books On Google Play', With Big Sales
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With yesterday’s launch of Google Play, the poor old Google (NSDQ: GOOG) eBookstore has a new name and is part of a portal that also offers… Read more »
Axel Springer Fears Public Media Apps Will Blunt Digital Tipping Point
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Online advertising and new content fees have helped Europe’s largest news publisher become the latest to reach a print-to-digital tipping po… Read more »
Why Verizon Is Killing DSL And Cheap Broadband
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The slow death of DSL will cause the rapid rise of expensive broadband for underserved areas if Verizon’s Fusion home broadband service is a… Read more »
Google Play Is The New Android Market
So long, Android Market: later on Tuesday Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is scheduled to begin rolling out a new version of its storefront for apps, mu… Read more »
Spam Lawsuits Weigh On Twilio, Group Texting Apps
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Group messaging apps continue to be both a hot communications tool and a legal minefield. Like other developers who decided to build first a… Read more »
In Major Digitization Effort, Scholastic Launches E-Reading App For Kids
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The kids’ e-book market is still nascent, with e-books making up just about three percent of children’s book sales. That could change now th… Read more »
Google Aims To Convince Mobile Game Makers On In-App Payments
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will this week try to convince mobile game developers to adopt its improved in-app payments features, as it vies with Ap… Read more »
How Apple Could Screw The U.S. Wireless Industry
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All signs point to Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) unveiling its 3rd generation iPad on Wednesday, and while millions of consumers will follow Apple’s Sa… Read more »
A Cautionary Tale About 'People Discovery' Apps
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This was the weekend everyone signed up and joined Highlight or Glancee. TechCrunch has written about it and Robert Scoble has been going on… Read more »
Time Magazine, Foursquare Partner For Political Conventions
Time Magazine is offering some special content to Foursquare users who check in at the Republican National Convention in Tampa in August or… Read more »
The Economist Hands All Digital Strategy To Its Tablet Chief
The Economist is handing control of its website to its tablet magazines controller, in a bid to unite the previously competitive units. Read more »
Hackers Allegedly Steal Sony's Archive Of 50k+ Michael Jackson Tracks
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Sony (NYSE: SNE) is facing yet another major security breach. Hackers reportedly illegally downloaded over Michael Jackson’s entire back cat… Read more »
