Record industry bosses hit back
Record industry bosses have hit back at the ‘myth’ that musicians no longer need them to become successful, insisting the internet can help raise their profile but cannot make them stars.
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In our Scamville series of posts last October we exposed the massive user fraud occurring Facebook and MySpace social games. Fake quizzes tied to long term mobile subscriptions, malware-laden toolbar downloads and other scams were the center of the controversy. The industry did a lot of talking in the wake of those posts and [...] [...more]
Record industry hits back at ‘myth’ of go-it-alone stars
Record industry bosses hit back Tuesday at the “myth” that musicians no longer need them to become successful, insisting the Internet can help raise their profile but cannot make them stars.
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Saying goodbye to my Flip Mino HD and officially starting to film the vlogs with my new Flip Ultra HD and vlogging about the Champions League.Day 222 of my Youtube video diary/daily vlog! Vlogging about my life, family, friends and my special projects. Please leave a comment and rate! Thanks a bundle Don’t [...] [...more]
The site’s new co-presidents are overseeing revival plans to keep MySpace from sinking further.
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Microsoft ‘Pink’ Smartphone Back on Track?
Long rumored, but never confirmed, Microsoft-branded smartphone dubbed “Pink” has the Internet abuzz again with speculation that the device is headed to the market soon.
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Last month, Google acquired reMail, the startup behind a very powerful application that brought full-text search to the iPhone. That’s great news for the reMail team, but it had a major downside: Google was effectively killing off the product by removing it from the App Store (though it would continue to function for users [...] [...more]
For the past several weeks, there have been quite a few whispers around the web about a new service called Burbn. Besides having a great name, the service is apparently in a very hot space right now: location-based services. I say “apparently,” because the service is still very much a stealth project. But it’s not [...] [...more]
Film critic Roger Ebert has been unable to speak with his own voice since 2006, when he underwent surgery related to his battle with thyroid cancer. Since then, he’s been using a computerized voice (notably, “Alex,” a voice built-in to Mac OS X), to communicate all this time. But today on Oprah, he’s debuting a [...] [...more]
Last Monday, my husband asked me if I was really marketing on the internet. I replied that internet marketing was what I have been doing for over 5 years now, in case he hadn’t noticed! But he asked again, are you really marketing on the internet or just internet marketing?
I gave a withering please explain [...] [...more]