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ComScore: YouTube Losing Out to Hulu on Video Ads

The digital media battleground will continue to flare up this year. Online video is expected to be at the forefront, with components like mobility and social integration giving it a heady push towards success. The recent comScore report unveiled online video rankings for December 2011. A whopping 182 million US internet users watched online video content ...

Wikipedia Blacks Out for SOPA, Google and Facebook Quiet

The red hot SOPA drama (Stop Online Piracy Act) is creating pandemonium like you’ve never seen before. Its author has been involuntarily receiving ill-comments on the web, especially with the alleged infringement case slapped against him. Android users can even boycott this bill with a new app. Now, SOPA has attracted massive attention, or better yet agitation, ...

World’s Youngest Microsoft Pro Dies At 16

The tech world has not yet moved on from the loss of great pioneers and innovators in 2011, and here comes another demise. The prodigy from Pakistan that amazed no less than Microsoft’s founder Bill Gates, has passed away. This is indeed depressing news to start the year, but the heartache will grow when you ...

The Tech World Remembers MLK Day

Innovation and risk are kin. And, every single time I dwell on these two words, I remember a quote from the late great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” While this man’s heroics predominantly circled along the labor spectrum, his insights are ...

Will eBay and PayPal Split as Mobile Commerce Peaks?

The last holiday shopping extravaganza showed everyone a glimpse of the future: that of mobile commerce. Aside from having the most sellable line-up from smartphones to tablets, mobility has transcended to the next level of the game, giving birth to new markets: advertising, shopping and cashless payments. These offspring are set to take new heights ...

Things You Didn’t Know About CES: Infographic

Bombarded with product launches from some of the tech industry’s biggest names, larger-than-life innovations and even a few surprises—these are the things we do know about the Consumer Electronics Show. Held annually, the largest assembly of the influential brands from around the globe has become a platform to showcase the future in technology. What started at ...

Survey Says: the Holidays Weren’t Work-Free At All

The holidays are a time for relaxation, but that can be ruined by fretting over the innumerable emails waiting for you at the office.  For many, it’s better to combine the two, with a growing number of people bringing work home for the holiday season. It’s not like I check my smartphone ’round the clock ...

MySpace Channel + Justin Timberlake: A Comeback In The Making

When you get Justin Timberlake to talk about plans for the future, someone’s clearly trying to pave the way for a comeback. MySpace, the once-hot social networking site, is rebuilding its arsenals to invade internet TV. MySpace TV is coming alive through Panasonic televisions. This will be available on all Panasonic VIERA Connect enabled HDTVs. ...

Ultrabook Trends at CES: More MacBook Wannabes?

In this year’s anticipated Consumers Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, it is rather obvious that a bunch of companies are targeting Apple’s products with versions of their own. Well, these folks have a reason to aim at Apple–the upcoming release of the next-gen iPad and iPhone have been buzzing within the community for a ...

Can Netflix Oust its New British Rival?

Britain’s long wait is over, as Netflix enters the UK online video streaming market today. The company is on a positive streak following the report on a record-breaking 2 billion hours of streaming of their avid customers around the globe for the last quarter of 2011. The explosion of Netflix usage has attracted investors, as ...