Saturday, January 21, 2012

INFLUENCE GAME: Online companies win piracy fight (AP)

INFLUENCE GAME: Online companies win piracy fight (AP)

INFLUENCE GAME: Online companies win piracy fight (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 10:38 AM PST

This screen shot shows the home page Google.com. A campaign whose backers include tech heavyweights like Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. has successfully portrayed the bills — the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect Intellectual Property Act — as an attack on a free and open Internet rather than a way to protect the jobs of Americans in the movie and music industries, in a protest Wenesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Google.com)AP - Outspent but hardly outgunned, online and high-tech companies triggered an avalanche of Internet clicks to force Congress to shelve legislation that would curb online piracy. They outmaneuvered the entertainment industry and other old guard business interests, leaving them bitter and befuddled.

StyleSeat Is OpenTable for Beauty Appointments (Mashable)

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:20 PM PST

Mashable - The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: StyleSeat

Newsmaker: Megaupload a story of Dotcom boom and bust (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 08:16 PM PST

Reuters - Among the roll-call of hip-hop artists and other celebrities plugging Megaupload.com's digital storage services in an online promotional video, a cameo from the website's founder would have gone unnoticed by many.

Why Sony's 'PlayStation Phones' Failed to Make a Splash (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:30 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The tech world was abuzz when the original Sony-Ericcson Xperia Play was released last year, on Verizon and later on AT&T. People called it "the PlayStation Phone," before and after its release, because it was "PlayStation Certified" ... whatever that meant. Apparently, a slide-out game controller and a handful of PlayStation games, sold through apps called the PlayStation Suite.

LG’s budget-friendly Android phone hits stores (Appolicious)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 10:00 AM PST

Appolicious - Android devices are expected to surpass PC sales as soon as next year, if you believe the recent report from market analysis firm Asymco. The trend will likely be attributed in some part to a growing number of sub-$100 smartphones, which are expected to become extremely popular in developing and established markets alike. LG has its bases covered with the new Optimus Spirit, priced nicely at $149 with some noteworthy specs. Polaroid is also turning heads with its upcoming Android camera, while Motorola's taste-testing Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on its Xoom Wi-Fi tablet.

Gingrich says primary win a blow to elites (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 07:41 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich waves to the crowd after speaking during a South Carolina Republican presidential primary night rally, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Columbia, S.C. Callista Gingrich looks on at right. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - With a resounding comeback win in South Carolina, Newt Gingrich sent a message to Mitt Romney: not so fast.

TiVo updates HD user interface, adds multi-room streaming (Digital Trends)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 12:34 PM PST

Digital Trends - Announced on the official TiVo blog earlier this week, the DVR service company is rolling out a new user interface for owners of the TiVo Premiere, TiVo Premiere XL, and TiVo Premiere Elite. Called version 20.2, the new update overhauls the previously translucent high definition grid guide and live guide as well as introduces a mini-guide, info banners, speed improvements, a revision to the discover bar, improvements to the search algorythm and the ability to stream content between TiVo boxes on the same home network. Multi-room streaming is a popular trend that’s been introduced by a handful of media companies over the past year.

These fantasy sports iPhone apps are worthy of their own store (Appolicious)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 06:00 AM PST

Appolicious - If you're already tired of your group of friends who talk about their fantasy football teams like they've personally coached them, your life is about to get a little bit more frustrating. According to TechCrunch, CBS Sports is working on what is essentially an app store for fantasy sports apps.

France Tel to stand firm on mobile pricing: CEO (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 01:11 PM PST

Reuters - France Telecom will not match the low-cost mobile offers recently launched by new operator Iliad because such aggressive pricing would be bad for network quality and innovation in the long-run, said its chief executive.

MegaUpload owner found hiding in safe room with sawed-off shotgun (Digital Trends)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 01:20 PM PST

Digital Trends - Since the closure of file-sharing site MegaUpload and the following Anonymous attack on federal and music industry sites, details regarding the arrest of MegaUpload founder Kim “Dotcom” Schmitz have been made public. German national, 38-year-old Schmitz was spending the day in his country mansion hideaway when dozens of police officers with helicopters swarmed the home. Schmitz then engaged several electronic locks throughout the household and refused to allow police entry into the $23 million mansion in Coatesville, New Zealand. As police officers forced their way into the home, Schmitz barricaded himself in the mansion’s safe room. After police sliced through the safe room door, they found him next to a sawed-off shotgun. 

Steve Jobs family absent from Disney board despite stake (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 03:14 PM PST

Reuters - When Disney shareholders vote to re-elect directors at its annual meeting in March, neither Steve Jobs' wife nor a representative from his trust will be on the ballot, even though the trust is the media company's largest shareholder.
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