A Nielsen report revealing the current trends in the TV and film industry shows that Netflix is the top player in the online video domain.  The time spent per viewer on its streaming website have increased to 11 hours, up  23% from December 2010. In comparison with January 2010, the time spent watching online video ...

Tablets, tablets, everywhere!  At the Unpacked event of the Mobile World Congress, taking place in Barcelona, Samsung introduced to visitors its Galaxy Tab 10.1, running on Android 3.0. The second-gen device is larger in size than its previous counterpart, envisaging a 10.1-inch display, lighter in weight and more ergonomically created (we love ergonomics).  The Galaxy ...

Apple is expected, by the mid of 2011 to release a smaller version of the current iPhone, about half of the size, and at half of the price, of the current device, according to the Wall Street Journal. After having charged $99 per year for MobileMe, Apple will introduce this updated service storing personal photos, ...

Update: A MySpace representative contacted us with a note insisting the MocoSpace acquisition interest is mere press hype on the gaming network’s part, saying its “unlikely they have the money.”  However, social gaming has become a big part of online networking, so it’s still an interesting topic to explore, even outside of a MocoSpace acquisition. ...

The implications of cloud management can be very demanding, in terms of costs and as well as comfort. Even Facebook CTO Bret Taylor admits that having bought servers was not a wise idea for the growing social network, due to the high costs of maintenance they require and issues that come up irrespective of time ...

Facebook’s got a new policy in place, listing 40 approved ad providers for developers to use on its network.  Beginning later this month, the list of some 40 allowed networks will define the manner of campaigns across the social network.  What stands out about the deal is Google’s absence from the list.  Another nod to the ...

Rackspace has acquired Anso Labs, a cloud consulting and services provider and NASA collaborator, under undisclosed terms. One of the main reasons for finalizing the transaction is to create a bunch of inter-operable cloud services so that customers can move workload from one cloud service provider to another at will, giving them increased flexibility. This ...

Yahoo revealed its plans to launching the ‘Livestand from Yahoo’ in the next couple of months, a digital newsstand for tablets running at first on iOS and Android. Blake Irving, the company’s chief product officer announced in a conference call that Yahoo intends to deliver content of personal interest with the digital newsstand, asserting publishers’ ...

Twitter is now the center of attention in the business market as discussions with at least some potential suitors have produced an estimated valuation of $8 billion to $10 billion. In December 2010 Twitter was valued at $3.7 billion as well on the receiving of $200 million in new venture capital. Rumours also say that ...

Finally, the 9.7-inch TouchPad was launched today by Hewlett-Packard within the WebOS event in San Francisco. The new device will run on WebOS, acquired by HP along with Palm in a $1.2 billion deal in April 2010 and now the investment must pay off. HP used the occasion to also launch two new smartphones, both ...