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MOG Promises $5 Monthly All-You-Can-Eat Music Starting December 2nd
Subscription music services have been around for some time, but have never taken off in a way that eclipsed the success of the a la carte iTunes model. Napster and Rhapsody are two of the bigger names that remain, offering services between $7 and $15 per month for various flavors of ...
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Michelle Obama Picture in Google Image Results Creates Controversy
Search for Michelle Obama’s name via Google’s image search and you’ll likely find an image that has been characterized as a racist caricature of the first lady of the US in the top results. The image is offensive to many and while some are demanding it be removed, Google ...
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iTunes and Live Nation Team Up for Concert Downloads
Depending on how you look at it, live music was either the first or the last wave of music to hit the Internet. Live music trading groups have existed since the early days of USENET, and tape-friendly bands have allowed their live shows to be stored on archive.org, but with few exceptions, ...
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TweetsGiving Aims to Raise $100,000 for Charity Through Social Media
Last year, the very first TweetsGiving was born and the social media effort raised close to $11,000 to build a classroom in Tanzania. This year the Thanksgiving Twitter-themed charity event is back in action and hopes to pull in more than $100,000 in a 48 hour International affair for ...
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STATS: Xbox Live Generates One Million New Users for last.fm
Last week Microsoft rolled out a long-awaited social networking integration to the Xbox 360 console that included support for Twitter, Facebook, and CBS-owned social music site last.fm. The early reports are coming in about adoption of the new update, and last.fm is reporting they saw a ...
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Facebook Takes Another Step Towards IPO
Facebook, now worth $9.5 billion and rising, may have just taken its next step towards what many believe to be the company’s inevitable IPO. Just as Google did when it went public in 2004, Facebook has opted to adopt a dual class stock structure. According to The Wall Street Journal , ...
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Toys”R”Us Explodes on Facebook With Black Friday Preview
Black Friday tends to bring out the animalistic side of shoppers looking for great bargains. Smart retailers are hip to the craze, which has been somewhat of an internet meme ever since October, and they’re using the web and social media as platforms to generate even more interest.  ...
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Muppets Take On Bohemian Rhapsody at 1080p [VIDEO]
Muppets Take On Bohemian Rhapsody at 1080p [VIDEO]
mashable.com — The below video wins the Coolest Video of the Day, or perhaps of All-Time, Award: it’s the Muppets taking on Queen’s mega-hit Bohemian Rhapsody. It’s also a good excuse to remind you that YouTube recently added 1080p support for playing back videos recorded at true high ... (more) Muppets Take On Bohemian Rhapsody at 1080p [VIDEO]
Tweetable TV: 13 Primetime Comedy Stars on Twitter
Shira Lazar is the co-host of Yahoo! TV’s recently launched “ What’s So Funny? “, a daily 3-minute show that takes a look at the funniest moments from last night’s TV lineup and lets viewers vote on their favorites. The convergence between the small and even ...
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Amazon Improves Kindle Battery Life and Adds PDF Reader
Just in time to remind holiday shoppers, Amazon has announced an 85% battery life increase as well as a native PDF reader application for the Kindle digital book reader. Whereas the previous battery life topped out at about four days with wireless access turned on, the updated Kindle will run ...
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Google Previews New Search Ads [PICS]
As Google continues to innovate with Google Chrome OS and build new products like Google Wave , it might seem as if they’re leaving their core business — search — to gather dust. A few recent developments are proving otherwise. You may recall that Google acquired AdMob in the hopes of ...
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HootSuite Adds Support for Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter Lists
One of our favorite tools for the powerhouse Twitter user — HootSuite — just got even better. In a massive update, the free web service has added support for Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter Lists. As if that wasn’t cool enough, you can also schedule LinkedIn or Facebook ...
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5 Important Tips for Successful Web Meetings
Patrick Moran is chief strategy officer at Fuze Box , the company behind Fuze Meeting . He was also chief marketing officer at Mzinga, a leading social media and white label community provider, and led online marketing at Cisco WebEx. Companies of all sizes and in all sectors regularly use ...
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Trefis Makes Understanding Stock Prices Easy
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here . The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Name: Trefis Quick Pitch: ...
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Adam Lambert Booted from GMA; Twitter Responds With #ShameOnYouABC
Yesterday we wrote about Adam Lambert’s AMA Performance , which became the subject of controversy after the former American Idol contestant kissed another man during his act. That controversy just got a whole lot more intense, as ABC, the network that aired the AMA’s, has canceled a ...
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Auto-Tune Your Facebook Status Update
The whole auto-tune meme might be on minute 14 of its 15 minutes of Internet fame, but today’s new twist is still amusing. Sony has launched the “ Auto-Tune Your Status ” app that, as the name suggests, lets you create a status update and then have it played back as an auto-tuned song. The ...
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Dilbert Revisits Twitter [PIC]
You may remember that a couple months ago, Dilbert and his co-worker convinced his boss to join Twitter so they could track his updates and slack off accordingly. Today, Twitter makes a return to the classic comic strip, this time with Dilbert’s pet, Dogbert, deciding to give the ...
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TiVo to Provide TV Viewing Data to Google
At this point, most of us have accepted the fact that Google probably knows a lot about our online activities. Now, Google will get to know our TiVo habits too. TiVo and Google announced an agreement whereby TiVo will provide Google with analytical information to advertisers about what its ...
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RIP Joost
Remember Joost? There was a time when the peer-to-peer video sharing site was one of the hottest startups on the planet, with famous founders, tens of millions of dollars in investment, and thousands of people clamoring for invites. But those days are long over, as the likes of Hulu and ...
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Roomatlas Makes Finding Hotels a Breeze
Remember when mashups were all the rage? Lately, they’re rarely mentioned, but that doesn’t mean a good mashup can’t be a fantastic service, even one that can replace several others. A mashup called Roomatlas ended up in our inbox, with a fairly simple description: it ...
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