How To Split Up The U.S.

Silicon Alley Insider  56 minutes ago

As I've been digging deeper into the data I've gathered on 210 million public Facebook profiles, I've been fascinated by some of the patterns that have emerged.

Yahoo's New Music Boss Needs To Call Pandora Right Now (YHOO)

Silicon Alley Insider  about an hour ago

Yahoo has hired former Universal Music Group SVP Jeff Bronikowski to be its new head of Yahoo Music, Billboard reports.

ABC Affiliates Raging Against ESPN For Stealing Sports Broadcasts (DIS)

Silicon Alley Insider  about an hour ago

ABC affiliates are mad as hell at ESPN.

Disney's sports network has taken several live broadcasts from ABC and placed it onto the cable network.

Google Caving On Its Bookstore Terms (GOOG, AMZN, AAPL)

Silicon Alley Insider  2 hours ago

Before Amazon caved on e-book pricing, and before Apple debuted the iPad, Google was talking to publishers about its own e-book store called Google Editions.

Android Closes In On Palm In Marketshare (GOOG, AAPL, VZ, RIM, MSFT)

Silicon Alley Insider  3 hours ago

New data from comScore shows Google's Android doubled its US marketshare from September to December, and is now closing in on Palm.

IAC Writes Down $1 Billion Of Its Search Business (IACI)

Silicon Alley Insider  3 hours ago

IAC's troubled search business actually grew revenue last quarter, helping the company beat the Street's expectations for Q4.

The Apple Store Is Down -- New Macbooks Coming? (AAPL)

Silicon Alley Insider  3 hours ago

Apple's online store is down. Everyone is hoping that when it opens it's filled with a refreshed Macbook Pro lineup.

Big Media Jumps On The Foursquare Bandwagon

Silicon Alley Insider  3 hours ago

Brands seem to be tripping over themselves to align with hot mobile startup Foursquare.

After Pepsi, Tasti D-Lite and Metro News dipped their toes, a wave of media brands including Bravo TV, HBO, Warner Brothers, Zagat and the History Channel are now testing the waters, experimenting with the platform in new and interesting ways.

Google Forced To Cut Nexus One Termination Fee From Astronomical $350 To Outrageous $150

Silicon Alley Insider  14 hours ago

Another speed bump on Google's plan to take over the mobile phone world. 

Amy Schatz at WSJ:

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Watch Out Twitter, Here Comes Google! (GOOG)

Silicon Alley Insider  16 hours ago

Word broke today that Google will announce something of a Twitter-killer tomorrow. But unless the thing plays well with Facebook and Twitter, we don't give it much of a chance.