Live webcasts of red carpet events are an emerging trend with social networks and live video. In the last few weeks, we’ve seen the red carpet events for Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” and “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” bring in big viewers. The “Twilight” event, which was a collaboration between MySpace and Ustream, broke Ustream records by delivering 3 million viewers.
Unsurprisingly, the biggest social networking site on the web — Facebook — has also picked up on the trend. The American Music Awards will be streaming its first ever digital pre-show on Sunday, November 22 on the popular Celebs on Facebook Page. Full story...
Steve Jobs seemingly elected to reply to another question sent to his SJobs [at] apple.
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Earlier today, Steve Jobs talked publicly about his life saving liver transplant for the first time at a press conference where California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger introduced new legislation to encourage and make easier organ donation.