AC/DC does a double with Walmart and MTV

Walmart goes a step further in strengthening its foothold on the music industry, by tying up for an exclusive agreement with AC/DC, with an exclusive album which involves getting its first major exclusive video game to go with it. Read more

MySpace Music launches with a bang

So for all those who have been waiting eagerly for the launch of Myspace Music, the great day is here with a bang! The collaboration between Myspace, one of the biggest internet networking giants, and all four of the largest recording companies is definitely something people have been waiting for, for long, and Apple definitely has some reason to worry. Read more

Mobilize 08: What’s the future for location-based ad-selling?

If you’re afraid ad-targeting that combines location-based services is not there yet, you may not have reason to worry, as in a small but sure way the concept is catching up.

That was the consensus of a panel at the GigaOM Mobilize conference that looked Read more

Publishers worldwide wary of Google-Yahoo Deal

While Google and Yahoo decide to shake hands on advertising partnership, looks like the news is not going to well with publishers worldwide. In the early hours of Monday morning, the World Association of Newspapers posted a lengthy communique on its Web site calling the Google-Yahoo advertising partnership anti-competitive, urging regulators to put the deal to a halt. Read more

BlipTV: Michael Moore’s ode back to his fans

If you’re a couchie, a net-addict, a lover of intelligent viewing, then for one, you’re like me. Secondly, from the way things are going, the net might just soon become your single stop for all entertainment. As if the release of soaps on the net wasn’t enough, Michael Moore’s latest documentary called Slacker Uprising is also slated to released on BlipTV, the website, for three weeks in September. Read more

Mobile Phones now used as an education tool by some teachers

Before, mobile phones were banned in schools and classrooms because they could be tools for cheating. But now, they’ve become more than just communication tools because some teachers are already using them to send educational podcasts, virtual handouts, and e-mails. Read more

Thanks to lagging sales (ouch), XBOX prices plummet!

If price has been one of your concerns (I am sure there are plenty) in buying the XBOX 360 for your kid, then maybe you’d be a wee bit happy to hear that the XBOX is going to cost  80 dollars lesser hereafter. Yeah, it is expected to retail for $199, as aganst the previous $279. And why is the company doing this? Sure, lagging sales is one reason, but the company’s director for product management, Aaron Greenberg also feels that that this would also stimulate sales during the holiday season. Read more

Hulu will be your ultimate soap-center soon

If you’re a fan of shows like Chuck, Knight Riders, and 30 Rock, and love the internet as your single medium of communicating and keeping abreast of the outer world, then here’s a double whammy for you.

NBC has decided to debut the television series on Hulu, the video streaming website before making them available on TV. Read more

TV encapsulating itself on the web in a big way

If you’re like me and love to go hunting for all the TV series of your favourite novels, and at the same time are someone who would give anything to make the internet the single meeting place of all my day to day activities, then here’s some good news for people like us.

Yeah, specialised web shows are rising every year.  Of course some of this is just marketing material for some great on TV launch, Read more

YouTube homepage being revamped to make some big dollars

If you’ve been wondering whatsup with the Youtube homepage, you don’t need to be surprised. What you see there is part of Google’s decision to finally make some good money out of Youtube. No, don’t get your hopes high. You don’t have anything to gain from it. Read more

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