While Comcast is looking to provide more value to its subscribers by offering its content on the web, YouTube is considering making a subscription play of its own that would potentially compete with the cable companies.
According to Reuters, the world’s top video sharing site is thinking about “variations of monthly subscription models such as those seen with cable TV providers.” This follows reports last month that YouTube was considering a la carte TV show rentals like iTunes.
Why the move away from free, streaming video? Content providers aren’t willing to part with some of their material on solely an ad-supported basis, while at the same time, consumers are flocking to the web to watch their favorite movies and TV shows. Full story...
Amazon has just added a major new platform to its Kindle arsenal: Mac. The free application lets you read ebooks on your computer, including those you’ve purchased previously from Amazon.
Facebook appears to be adding another level of analytics for Fan Page admins: weekly email reports.
Universal Music Group has debuted a new Guitar Hero-like music simulation game for the iPhone.
Update: It’s back!
Twitter has gone down for the count, and nobody knows why yet.
Are your parents on Facebook? Do you wish they weren’t? Well, it looks like you’re not alone.
Not too long ago we got word that Google is working on a TV search project with Dish Network, and now there’s every indication the search giant wants even more direct involvement with the television ecosystem.
Until recently, blogging clients for the BlackBerry have been pretty limited. But WordPress for BlackBerry was released last month, and today Tumblr released its official BlackBerry app, which lets you post photos, videos, audio, links and text directly from the BlackBerry to your microblog.
We’ve witnessed publishers drooling over the Apple iPad’s form factor before the darn thing was even announced, with Time Inc.
Foursquare might’ve been last year’s breakout app at SXSW, but it looks like this year’s conference had a much more profound impact on the service’s growth.
Earlier today, FTC commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour cited Google Buzz’s “irresponsible conduct” at launch as an example of how companies are being too careless with consumer privacy and online data.