Showing posts with label HBO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HBO. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

NBC's Olympic Livestreaming Is a Step Forward. But Is It a Permanent One? - plus my links synopsis

Which organizations have been shaking things up in the realm of tech? Let's take a peek.

In our first little grouping, why don't we take a look at the sites taking about Microsoft and Hotmail:
- Microsoft Surface Tablets Scheduled for Oct. 26 Debut from www.eweek.com
- Microsoft Shakes up Game Developers With Metro from technorati.com
- Outlook.com: Here's What Microsoft's New Webmail Looks Like (Plus, A Walkthrough) from www.webpronews.com





NBC has been getting a lot of press too:
- NBC's Olympic Livestreaming Is a Step Forward. But Is It a Permanent One? from entertainment.time.com
- Fanhattan Adds A Watchlist And Shows From NBC, HBO, And Cinemax To Its Video Discovery App from techcrunch.com
- NBC Olympics Partnership With Twitter Shows Worst Use of Social Media from www.eweek.com





Next on the list are Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg.
- Facebook Responds to Accusations of Click Fraud, Holding Page Name Hostage - "A small hosted e-commerce store company says it isgiving up on Facebook because a large majority of ad clicks are coming from bots and the popular social network is now allegedly holding their page name hostage" - said searchenginewatch.com
- This Friday's Facebook Ecosystem CrunchUp: Come Learn What's Working For Airbnb And SongPop - techcrunch.com
- Can Facebook Succeed With Sponsored Stories? - www.eweek.com

















Friday, July 27, 2012

Apple Must Deliver the iPad Mini - along with my blog posts overview

The field of tech hardly ever stands still. Let's take a look at which organizations have been making news.

One intriguing topic of conversation is iPhone and Steve Jobs. Let's check it out shall we?
- Should You Wait for the iPhone 5? from mashable.com
- Sprint Q2 2012 Earnings: Net Loss Widens To $1.4B, 1.5M iPhones Sold from techcrunch.com
- Apple Sags as Consumers Buy Cheaper iPhones from techland.time.com





Netflix has been receiving a lot of press as well:
- That HBO/Netflix Partnership Probably Isn't Coming Anytime Soon from www.webpronews.com

Zynga and Milestone were mentioned a lot too:
- Zynga Plunges 40% in Tech Bloodbath - "Zynga's dismal report rattled investors who had been bracing for bad news from the tech sector after bellwether Intel last week reduced its forecast for the rest of the year" - said business.time.com
- Zynga's Explains "Challenging" Q2: Facebook Platform Changes, Late Launches, Draw Something Drops - techcrunch.com
- Zynga Shares Fall 41 Percent After Mostly Positive Q2 Results - www.webpronews.com

What else? Well, iPad and U.S. were in the media a fair amount:
- Apple Must Deliver the iPad Mini - "When Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive were designing the first Apple iPad tablet, they looked at almost two dozen size options" - said mashable.com
- iPhone, iPad, Mac Sales Break Records, but Apple Results Disappoint Some - www.eweek.com