Monday, April 25, 2011

Netflix 1Q earnings soar on gain of 3.6M customers (AP)

Netflix 1Q earnings soar on gain of 3.6M customers (AP)

Netflix 1Q earnings soar on gain of 3.6M customers (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT

In this April 22, 2011 photo, the exterior of Netflix headquarters is shown in Los Gatos, Calif. Netflix Inc. reports quarterly financial earnings Monday, April 25, 2011, after the market close. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Netflix Inc. delivered another rousing performance in the first quarter, with its video subscription service attracting 3.6 million more customers to boost its U.S. audience to roughly the same size as the country's largest cable-TV carrier, Comcast Corp.

Nintendo says successor to Wii coming in 2012 (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 09:06 AM PDT

AP - The successor to Nintendo's hit Wii console will arrive next year.

Yahoo acquisition adds way to share TV show info (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 10:02 AM PDT

AP - Yahoo Inc. has bought the maker of mobile software that makes it easier for people to let their friends know what TV shows they're watching.

Facebook's New Deals Product Coming to Five Cities Tomorrow (Mashable)

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 03:08 PM PDT

Mashable - Facebook is finally launching local Deals -- a feature that will compete with Groupon's core product, not Foursquare's -- in five cities starting Tuesday.

PlayStation Network Outage Blamed on 'External Intrusion' (NewsFactor)

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 02:05 PM PDT

NewsFactor - Sony's PlayStation Network and its Qriocity music service were still down Monday afternoon, with no word on when they will be back online. On Friday, the company reported that the downtime was caused by "an external intrusion" to both services.

U.S. surpasses UK in online coverage of Will and Kate (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 01:34 PM PDT

Reuters - America's romance with royalty is blooming, just four days away from Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton.

Vick, Humane Society say app glorifies dogfighting (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 08:41 PM PDT

AP - Michael Vick and the Humane Society said on Monday that an application built to run on Google Inc.'s Android software glorifies dogfighting.

Android phones keep track of their owners, too -- but they ask (Appolicious)

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 04:30 PM PDT

Appolicious - There's been much made out of the recently reported, but not so unknown, feature of Apple's iPhone, which stores GPS location data in an unencrypted file, effectively tracking the iPhone's user continually and saving the information indefinitely.

Facebook launches deals program, rivals Groupon (AP)

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 09:08 PM PDT

AP - What happens when you cross the world's largest social network with one of the hottest business models in e-commerce? Facebook wants to find out.

Nintendo CEO: alliances with other firms may be needed (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 08:22 PM PDT

A woman poses with a 3D game pad by Nintendo at the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover February 27, 2011. REUTERS/Tobias SchwarzReuters - Nintendo said on Tuesday that alliances with other companies may be necessary, a day after the game maker reported its second straight fall in annual profit and said it would launch a successor to its aging Wii console.

Moguls, Your Industry Blog Has Arrived (Mashable)

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 12:18 PM PDT

Mashable - Monday morning, Dan Abrams launched Mogulite, the seventh blog in the portfolio of niche content sites that make up Abrams Media.

Get away fast with gorgeous Jetsetter for iPad (Appolicious)

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Appolicious - Jetsetter, the invitation-only travel site from Gilt Groupe, is now offering exclusive access to iPad users. Since Jetsetter is first-come, first-served and deals are limited, serious vacationers will want to have the site close at hand when new flash sales go live at 2 p.m. CDT. Jetsetter for iPad puts this luxury in your lap.

AT&T to sell portable antenna (Investor's Business Daily)

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 03:28 PM PDT

Investor's Business Daily - The telecom giant's new cellular antenna will let users provide their own wireless service in remote or disaster-stricken areas. One product can fit into a suitcase and handle 14 simultaneous calls and data at less-than-broadband speeds. In a disaster, first responders could deploy the AT&T system immediately instead of waiting for a phone company to restore service with a truck that acts like a mobile cell tower. Shares slipped 0.4% to 30.55.

Amazon woes prove we can't have blind faith in the cloud (Digital Trends)

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 04:02 PM PDT

Digital Trends - As Amazon’s cloud catastrophe stretches into day five, you can just feel the “I told you so’s” about to make an appearance. The cloud has been getting a lot of attention recently, largely thanks to Google and Apple’s forthcoming digital music services, and with the hype has come plenty of skepticism.

Why Was Yahoo So Hot To Acquire iPhone App Maker IntoNow? (PC World)

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 04:20 PM PDT

PC World - Yahoo just paid $27 million for iPhone app maker IntoNow.

Verizon Partners With BoxTone on Mobile Management (PC World)

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 12:40 PM PDT

PC World - Verizon Wireless on Monday said it is now offering enterprises BoxTone's mobile device management software, allowing some customers to pay for the software on their Verizon Wireless bills.

Amazon EC2 Outage Shows Risks of Cloud (PC World)

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 12:36 PM PDT

PC World - Amazon's EC2 cloud went dark last week--knocking sites like Foursquare, Reddit, and Quora offline, and affecting hundreds of Amazon cloud customers. The outage is a black eye for the young cloud services industry and gives businesses a reason to think twice about trusting servers or data storage in the cloud.
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