Verizon Buying AOL For $4.4 Billion To Focus On Mobile Advertising And Online Video
Verizon announces its intentions to purchase Aol
CBS Debacle Over DISH Hopper Award Taints Leadership, CNET
In an underhanded move, CBS unintentionally gives DISH Network one of the most epic wins in Internet history.
RIM Launches BlackBerry Media Sync
RIM has officially launched its long awaited BlackBerry Media Sync application for the 8800, Pearl, and 8300 Curve series of devices. The application syncs music playlists from Apple’s iTunes (non-DRM files only) and also updates playlists inline with iTunes to make sure that music on the BlackBerry is constantly updated, with the option to manage […]
MWC: RIM Announces Prepaid Data Option, Home-Based Media Server
In a press release, RIM has announced a new prepaid solution powered by Alcatel-Lucent equipment that monitors data transmission in real-time, negating the need for an oftentimes expensive and sometimes unecessary data plan. The solution consists of software hosted by Alcatel-Lucent running concurrently on the operator’s network that monitors usage in real-time and charges accordingly. […]
Cingular: MEdia Net Portal Renovated
One of the biggest criticisms of the AT&T Wireless merger with Cingular has been Cingular’s inability to incorporate mMode, and the mMode portal into Cingular. Today, Cingular has begun to address those complaints. The MEdia Net Portal’s homepage today was updated, and it attempts to strike a balance between mMode’s graphically-rich portal and MEdia Net’s […]
Cingular: MobiTV Adds Sony Ericsson Z500a Support
MobiTV has added support for the Sony Ericsson Z500a. However, despite the phone’s support for Class 10 EDGE, MobiTV is only offering the “standard frame-rate experience” for the device. The Z500a supports all the standards that the “high frame-rate experience” devices support, mainly MIDP 2.0 and 3G data (through EDGE). Cingular customers can access MobiTV […]
The (New) Media & Apple
I’m going to take Apple to task, I really have no choice, but even if you could care less about Apple, Macintosh, or the iPod, you’d probably be interested in what their latest offering to the world could do to this site. Read More…