Posts Tagged ‘ media ’

Rupert Murdoch turns to Twitter to attack Obama (Reuters)

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Reuters - Media baron Rupert Murdoch used his new Twitter account this weekend to attack the Obama administration's opposition to parts of proposed legislation designed to combat Internet piracy.

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1 Million Articles Auto-Shared Daily, So Yahoo! Expands Facebook Integration To 26 More Sites

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1 Million Articles Auto-Shared Daily, So Yahoo! Expands Facebook Integration To 26 More Sites

Facebook’s Frictionless Sharing integration has been a huge win for Yahoo! News US . After just 2 months, 1 million articles are being shared to Facebook daily leading to 500,000 daily referrals. To build on this, Yahoo! has expanded the integration to 26 more of its news sites . These include many international...

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Myriad Alien Vue Brings Android Apps To Your TV Without The Extra Hardware

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Myriad Alien Vue Brings Android Apps To Your TV Without The Extra Hardware

Myriad Group is probably best known for creating a solution that brings Android apps to some decidedly non-Android devices , and it looks like the Zurich-based company has set their sights on app-ifying yet another screen in your life: your television. Sorry tweakers, this isn’t the sort of thing you’ll spend a weekend...

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Fly Or Die: The New Xbox “Metro” UI

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Erick isn’t much of a gamer, which is why he’s particularly suited at assessing the new Xbox 360 UI, dubbed Metro by those in the know. Aside from the obvious changes in design, the UI actually makes it easier for guys like Erick to use the Xbox to watch movies, Youtube videos, UFC...

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Going Too Far: The ‘TechCrunch Embargo’ And Other Myths

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Going Too Far: The ‘TechCrunch Embargo’ And Other Myths

Antti Vilpponen , co-founder and CEO of ArcticStartup , a competitor to TechCrunch Europe when it comes to coverage of – surprise – tech startups from the Arctic region, wrote a post yesterday about the way we – supposedly – handle embargoes around here. We don’t always respond to criticism, especially not from...

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